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Friday’s Best MLB, NBA & NHL Bets (5/19)

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No matter your sport of choice, there's always sports betting action to be had. We'll have you covered each and every day with our daily best bets. Here are all of our best bets across each major sport in action today.

Today's Best Bets

Here are today's best bets.

MLB Best Bets

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Zac Gallen will take the mound for Arizona tonight. He has a 2.33 xFIP over the last 30 days with 34.1% of strikeouts. Gallen is earning a high rate of grounders and giving up just 2.4% of walks in the last month.

He's taking on a Pirates offense that has hit a .128 ISO and wOBA of .302 with their projected lineup against righties over that same time frame. Pittsburgh has struck out 24.6% of the time with their projected lineup and has six batters striking out at least 24% of the time against righties.

Gallen's been one of the best pitchers in baseball. That'll continue tonight. Take Over 6.5 for his strikeouts.

Bet: Zac Gallen Over 6.5 Ks (-128)

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NBA Playoffs Best Bets

Bam Adebayo Over 30.5 Pts + Ast + Reb (-115 BetRivers)

Now Boston is favored by nine points, but they couldn't capitalize on home-court advantage last time. The Celtics do represent a solid defense, but all the props have been focused on playoff Jimmy Butler.

Adebayo earned a 31 percent bet rating from the BettingPros Prop Bet Cheat Sheet, one of the best props of the day. He's been averaging 10 boards a game over the last two weeks in sustainable fashion, with nearly 20 points to go along with that. It's easy to project him at 33 combo prop.

He has a 70 percent chance of hitting this prop, so I fully feel confident throwing one unit on this prop.

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NHL Playoffs Best Bets

Dallas Stars (+108) @ Vegas Golden Knights (-129) | O/U 5.5 (-104/-118)

A big part of the Dallas Stars' success during this postseason push has been the play of their elite blue line. Over their eight wins between the first two rounds, Dallas has allowed an average of just 1.75 goals per game.

Spearheaded by one of the best defensemen in the world, Miro Heiskanen, the Stars have been one of the toughest teams to find high-danger scoring chances against in the second half of the season. Since the Christmas break, at 5-on-5, Dallas ranks second in the league in expected goals against per 60 minutes (xGA/60).

This elite defensive play has continued into the postseason as the Stars rank first among all playoff teams through the first two rounds in xGA/60 at 5-on-5. Backing up this elite defense is goaltender Jake Oettinger, who put together another dominant campaign in 2023.

Through 62 appearances in the crease during the regular season, Oettinger posted a 37-11-11 record with a .919 save percentage (SV%) and 2.37 goals against average (GAA). Across the ice, Adin Hill is slated to start between the pipes for the Vegas Golden Knights.

Hill has been an unsung hero for the Knights since taking over the injured Laurent Brossoit against the Edmonton Oilers. Through five appearances in the crease this postseason, Hill is 3-1 with a commanding .934 SV% and 2.20 GAA.

His underlying metrics suggest that regression may not be in the cards, considering that he boasts +0.7 goals saved above expected per 60 minutes (GSAx/60) at 5-on-5. In front of Hill is a big and physical blue line that ranked 11th in the league this season in xGA/60 at 5-on-5.

If Vegas was able to quell Edmonton's offense last round, then they can do the same against Dallas.

Best Bet: Under 5.5 (-118)

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