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Another edition of midweek Bookie Busters only this one has a different flavor. Served in the form of small conference tournaments and some pivotal college basketball matchups, the slate sets up for a feast.
Let's eat!
New Plays
Coming soon....
3/7 827
BAYER LEVERKUSEN VS EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
over 3 5U MAX BOMB
908
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS @ PHOENIX SUNS 2nd half over 113.5 3U MAX
850
MILWAUKEE BUCKS @ LOS ANGELES LAKERS Over 228 3U MAX
756 CST
EASTERN KENTUCKY @ BELMONT Belmont 2nd half -5.5 2U
748 CST
Lakers ML 3U MAX
650 CST
UTAH JAZZ @ BOSTON CELTICS First Q under 54 2u
648
Davidson -4 3U MAX
529
Belmont -13 2U
527
Belmont -13 2U
450 cST
GARDNER WEBB @ WINTHROP Over 149 3U MAX
449
BOISE STATE @ SAN DIEGO STATE (#5) SD ST -5 Fh 2U
-9 3U MAX
3/6 324 CST
VMI @ SAMFORD FH over 72.5 3U MAX
551
HOUSTON (#21) @ CONNECTICUTHouston -2 3U
226 CST
BOISE STATE @ UNLV Over 143 3U MAX
Previous Plays
MONTREAL IMPACT VS DEPORTIVO SAPRISSA
FH over 1 risk 3U
Game over 3 2U
631 cst
GEORGIA @ SOUTH CAROLINA
2nd half over 83 2U
550 CST
SAMFORD @ WESTERN CAROLINA
FH over 76 3U
game over 161 2U
Central Florida at Connecticut FH under 63 1U
Chattanooga at VMI Over 144 3U MAX
255 HT UPDATE
LYON VS JUVENTUSOver 2 for game 5U MAX BOMB
150 CST
CHAMPS LEAGUE
REAL MADRID VS MANCHESTER CITY
FH over 1 5U MAX
Game over 2.5 5U MAX BOMB
550 CST
TEXAS TECH @ OKLAHOMA
FH under 64 3U
Game under 138 2U
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Fred VanVleet scored 26 points, Amen Thompson added 25 and the Houston Rockets avoided elimination with a 131-116 rout of the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of a first-round playoff series Wednesday night.
he's COOKIN' 🔥 pic.twitter.com/e5dUnmrRxE
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) May 1, 2025
Game 6 is Friday in San Francisco.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr threw in the towel early in this one with the game out of hand. A layup by VanVleet midway through the third quarter made it 93-64, and Kerr called timeout and cleared his bench.
Houston coach Ime Udoka followed suit with about a minute to go in the third and his team up 105-76. He put all his starters back in with about eight minutes left after Golden State cut the lead to 109-92.
Dillon Brooks added 24 points on a night when all five Houston scored in double figures.
DB finishing strong 💪 pic.twitter.com/vTNqLAFGZd
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) May 1, 2025
A 9-5 run by the Warriors got them within 114-101 before a fracas broke out with about four minutes to go. Pat Spencer pushed Brooks and then was ejected after headbutting Alperen Sengun in the ensuing scuffle.
Houston went on a 7-2 run after that to put the game away.
The Rockets put together their best game this postseason to extend the series after losing both games in California, including Game 3, which Jimmy Butler sat out with an injury,
They raced to a 14-point lead after one quarter and by the time Stephen Curry made his first basket on a 3-pointer midway through the second, they led 55-32.
They had a 27-point lead at halftime behind 19 points from VanVleet.
Butler managed just eight points in 25 minutes on 2-of-10 shooting after combining for 52 points in the two full games he’d played in this series.
Curry was 4 of 12 for 13 points after scoring more than 30 points in two of the first four games to move the Warriors within a game of clinching the series.
The Warriors made 15 of 44 3-pointers and shot 41.7% overall. The Rockets made 13 of 30 3s and shot 55.1%.
By extending the series, the Rockets have a chance to become the 14th team in NBA history to overcome a 3-1 deficit in a best-of-seven series. Houston has done it twice, most recently in the 2015 Western Conference semifinals against the Clippers.
The Warriors were on the wrong end of such a comeback, losing the 2016 NBA Finals to LeBron James and Cleveland after having a 3-1 advantage.
Golden State has dominated the Rockets in the playoffs, eliminating them four times between 2015 and 2019.
VanVleet caught up with Vanessa Richardson after the win.
“The playoffs are about constantly improving.. getting better game to game.”
Let’s build on this & handle business back in The Bay 👏 pic.twitter.com/M8pOOUqPxv
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) May 1, 2025