Today’s edition of the Best Games To Bet On is certainly going to take you on a wild roller coaster ride.
Our first game involves two American League rivals—the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers—locking horns for a makeup game at Comerica Park. A win here is much-needed for these two teams, who are looking to end their respective losing skids. Who will get back on track first?
Later on the action shifts to Oracle Arena, wherein the first game of the highly-anticipated 2016 NBA Finals will commence between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. Who will draw first blood?
Read on below for a brief look for both of these matchups. And if you’re craving for some tennis action as well, click here for our preview of the quarterfinals clash between Serena Williams and Yulia Putintseva.
Line: New York Yankees (-120) vs. Detroit Tigers (+110); total: 9.0– view all MLB lines
Going on the mound for the New York Yankees will be Michael Pineda (2-6, 6.92 ERA). He’s had a really rough season thus far, but tonight is another opportunity for him to finally get back on track. Pineda, however, is only 1-4 with a 6.31 ERA, a 1.64 WHIP and .312 opponents’ batting average across five road starts this year.
As for the Detroit Tigers, they’ll be countering with Matt Boyd (0-0, 2.79 ERA), who made a spot start last Saturday at Oakland. In that game, he logged in five innings of three-run ball and struck out seven batters. It’ll be interesting to see if Boyd can replicate or outdo this performance later tonight against the Yankees.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors (9:00 PM ET)
Line: Cleveland Cavaliers (+6) vs. Golden State Warriors (-6); total: 210.5 – view all NBA lines
It’s going to be an all-out war between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. And needlesss to say, LeBron James and the Cavs will do everything they can to avenge last year’s loss in the finals.
Tonight’s Game 1 is going to be a perfect opportunity for them to start doing so. Look to James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love to get the party started for Cleveland. Those three have been clicking on all cylinders throughout this postseason and James, in particular, has led the way with sensational averages of 24.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 7.0 assits per contest.
As for the defending champions, expect Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson to remain as lethal as ever. Yes, they should be pretty tired after a grueling seven-game series with the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals, but even so, both should be more than ready to carry their team in this evening’s opener. Curry and Thompson are racking up 52.9 points combined in the playoffs.
Writer’s Prediction
Golden State (-6) starts slow, but eventually turns up the heat in the fourth quarter to win it, 111-100.
