Will our Miami Heat Under PAR Principle improve to 13-3? Plus, other best bets for Wednesday
Brooklyn Nets are not willing to offer a long-term contract extension to Kyrie Irving. Irving can opt out of his deal and become a free agent this summer. He would earn $36.5 million next year. The NBA is a drama series. Maybe the Nets and Lakers can work out a sign-and-trade involving Kyri and Russell Westbrook.
Miami Heat Under PAR Principle is 12-3 this postseason. Celtics lost in Game 4, but they're not abandoning things in Wednesday's game. Jayson Tatum is one of my favorite players, he finished with 43 PAR Monday night, thanks to 16 free throws. He struggled from three, going 1-for-7, and is now 8- for-29 (27.6%) from 3 in the series. The home team has averaged 31 free throw attempts per game through the first four games of the playoff series, while the road team is shooting only 20.75.
The Miami Heat are 12-3 this postseason. Jayson Tatum is under 39.5 points, assists, rebounds and steals.
Cubs are playing at the Great American Ballpark tonight. The forecast has winds howling in from right field at over 10 mph. There's a chance of rain, which will help pitchers. Chicago's Kyle Hendricks and Cincinnati's Luis Castillo are good pitchers, but their offenses are not.
The under is 5-2 in the last seven meetings in Cincinnati.
Guardians at Astros is a game to be bet on under 8.5 (-110) at Houston's Minute Maid Park. The park is hitter-friendly during the day but not at night. Cristian Javier walks a lot and his home run rate is slightly worse than league average. Cal Quantrill's home runs allowed are well below the league's average, so he's not a big concern for me.
The under is 17-5-1 in Houston's last 23 home games.
Justin Thomas, Mito Pereira and Matt Fitzpatrick finished in the top 10 during the PGA Championship last week. It was the first big weekly hit for him since he started doing this. He bet on them on his own. This week he bets on Sam Burns, Sungjae Im, Daniel Berger and Pereiras.
