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Saturday’s Best MLB, NBA & NHL Bets (5/6)

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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

Toronto Blue Jays (-146) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (+124) | O/U 9.0 (-110/-110)

The Pirates dropped their fifth straight game last night when they lost 4-0 to the Blue Jays. The two sides are back at it this evening at 5:35 p.m. ET from PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA.

Toronto opts for Jose Berrios to handle the starting pitching duties tonight, while Pittsburgh counters with Johan Oviedo. Neither starter has been excellent this season, but Berrios has been the worst of the two. The right-hander comes into this one at 2-3 with a 5.29 ERA and 1.29 WHIP over six starts.

I think this is a great chance for the Pirates to snap their five-game win streak at home. Berrios gives up a ton of hits - 37 to be exact (1.09 per inning). With Pittsburgh executing a small ball brand of baseball this year, it'll work in their favor nicely. Look for the Pirates to crowd the basepaths and use their speed to advance 90 feet at will, as they lead the league in stolen bases this year (45). Let's take a shot with the Pirates against a starting pitcher who simply hasn't been able to figure it out since coming to Toronto in 2021.

Bet: Pittsburgh Pirates Moneyline (+124)

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NBA Playoffs Best Bets

New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat

The Knicks underwhelmed on their home floor in the series' first two games, and the likely return of Jimmy Butler warrants Miami being favored. However, I'm not yet convinced a healthy Butler means the Heat have a stranglehold on this series and believe that they are being overpriced at this number.

New York's best flashed in Game 2, and the team's struggles on offense were a function of the foreign zone defense which Miami employed. With the time the Knicks have had to prepare in between games, especially after already having seen it, one would expect the team to have answers for the unique defensive scheme of the Heat. And, even if Miami pivots to a more traditional defense, it shouldn't be expected that they'd be able to stymie the likes of Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle, and RJ Barrett (who has played surprisingly well this series).

The real preference in taking the Knicks here is the Heat offense, however. The Heat has been playing far ahead of their skis this postseason, and their reliance on middling role players such as Gabe Vincent, Max Strus, and Caleb Martin is worrisome and unsustainable. In that same vein, Jimmy Butler's heroics can't go on forever, and Miami's offense ranked 25th in the NBA in Pts/Poss for the regular season- the crash back down to earth is inevitable.

Let's get ahead of the Heat's likely offensive regression before it happens and back the duo of Brunson and Randle to keep this close on the road. There is obvious overreaction baked into this number, and now might be the time to point out that the Heat were the NBA's worst team ATS in the regular season this year (30-49-3). Popular projection sites such as 538.com project this around Heat -2, and I tend to agree. We're getting a discount on the Knicks at this number, which likely won't last.

Bet: Knicks +4 (-110)

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NHL Playoffs Best Bets

Leon Draisaitl over 1.5 points (-115)

The Oilers come into Game 2 with the best-scoring offense in the playoffs. That's familiar territory since they were the best in the regular season.

It is impossible to contain an offense with three guys who finished the regular season with 100 points and four that were 30-plus goal scorers. One of those guys is Draisaitl, who, if the Oilers go all the way, looks to be a lock for the Conn Smythe.

Draisaitl is tied for the most points (15) and the most goals (7) in the playoffs. He's been so good that a multiple-point o/u doesn't even get an even return, but it's still a bet you should take.

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