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Sunday’s Best MLB, NBA & NHL Bets (5/7)

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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

Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners

I don’t want to get crazy over Bryce Miller’s first start for the Mariners. He had a 1.50 ERA in six innings while striking out 10. But he also faced the Athletics.

It’s still an impressive feat, but expectations for Miller are now sky-high. If he allows three runs tonight, fans will be shocked.

I wouldn’t be.

The Astros have struggled to hit righties. Point blank. But they’ve also hit nearly 25% of line drives against righties and have a lineup struggling to get hits. The lineup still features Alex Bregman, Yordan Alvarez, Jose Abreu, Kyle Tucker, and Jeremy Pena. Eventually, this team will figure it out.

Meanwhile, the Mariners haven’t been that much better offensively. They’ll face Brandon Bielak, a righty with six strikeouts in four innings. Bielak will likely struggle against lefties more. But the Seattle lefties are striking out over 26% of the time against righties. Bielak has enough strikeout potential to retire the Mariners’ lefties.

I’m taking the Astros at +112.

Bet: Astros (+112)

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NBA Playoffs Best Bets

Devin Booker OVER 31.5 Points (-115)

The Nuggets were able to dominate in Denver but failed to take the 3-0 lead in Phoenix. The problem with the Suns is only Devon Booker and Kevin Durant are generating m offense, so how did they solve it? By generating more offense. Durant and Booker scored a combined 86 points on 32-of-56 shots from the floor in the Game 3 win.

This was Booker’s third 40+ point performance, and he is averaging 36.9 in the playoffs. Phoenix knows their best chance to win this series is to have Durant and Booker out-score the Nuggets. You have to expect Booker to continue shooting at the volume he’s been at.

-John Supowitz

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NHL Playoffs Best Bets

Carolina Hurricanes (+108) at New Jersey Devils (-130) | O/U 5.5 (+104/-126)

The Hurricanes had no problem handling the Devils through the first two games. They’ve been getting excellent opportunities at the net and had a 55% expected goals rate in these two wins. 

The Hurricanes will continue to roll with Frederik Andersen in the crease as Antti Raanta remains out with an illness, but even when he returns, Andersen should remain the goalie. He’s been excellent in his last three games with a .963 save percentage and 0.97 GAA.

The Devils find themselves in familiar territory. While they know about being down 2-0, the Hurricanes are not the Rangers. Carolina is faster, stronger, and more balanced.

Akira Schmid’s magic might be running out. The New Jersey rookie goaltender was pulled from Games 1 & 2, and we could see Vitek Vanecek starting in this important game.

If the offense was going to struggle with the Canes missing a couple of important skaters, they would have lost against the Islanders. That roster is deep, and neither Schmid nor Vanecek will have an answer.

Pick: Hurricanes Moneyline (+108)

-John Supowitz

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