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Sunday’s Best NBA, MLB, & NHL Bets (5/14)

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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

San Francisco Giants vs. Arizona Diamondbacks

The San Francisco Giants will send Logan Webb to the mound for today's matchup. Webb has a 3-5 record with a 3.46 ERA. He's been a bit unlucky over the course of the season. But I like his chances tonight.

Webb has had a 3.03 xFIP over the last 30 days. He's struck out close to 24% of batters and has walked under 4% in the last month. He's also adding nearly 65% of ground balls when the ball is batted into play and has limited line drives to 14.1%. He's been elite analytically over the last 30 days.

Arizona's been very good at limiting strikeouts. But Webb doesn't need a whole lot of strikeouts to be dominant. He needs ground balls. The Arizona lineup has hit nearly 48% of ground balls over the last 30 days against righties using their projected lineup.

On the other hand, Brandon Pfaadt is headed to the mound for the Diamondbacks today. Pfaadt is a young pitcher with high expectations. However, he's pitched in two games and has a 12.10 ERA in 9.2 innings. Pfaadt has allowed 16 hits and 13 earned runs with only six strikeouts and three walks in nearly 10 innings. Maybe he's just not ready yet.

San Francisco has hit a .220 ISO and wOBA of .325 with their projected lineup against righties. Meanwhile, Pfaadt has a 7.08 xFIP over the last month with limited ground balls and high line drives.

Give me the Giants.

Bet: Giants (-142)

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NBA Playoffs Best Bets

Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics

The rest of the game should play out similarly as far as being a defensive battle. Game 7s tend to fit a narrative of being low scoring. Dating back to 2019, we've seen nine of the last 14 Game 7s go under 200 points. Given the defensive makeup of these two teams, there is little reason to expect that to change. We've already seen a shift towards slower, more low-scoring games as this series has progressed, culminating in a 179-point Game 6.

Increased intensity on defense will lead to both teams playing a little tighter. Neither of these squads turns the ball over particularly often, and both teams will be more conscious about ball security in this winner take all game. This means both teams should be able to run their offenses, which were the 8th and 4th longest average possession lengths in the league for Boston and Philadelphia, respectively. Expect these teams to be methodical and even attempt to grind out possessions to keep this a low-scoring affair that fits the Game 7 mold.

Pick: 1u on Celtics 1Q -2.5 (+100)

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NHL Playoffs Best Bets

Vegas Golden Knights (+150) at Edmonton Oilers (-182) | O/U 6.5 (-138/+112)

The Golden Knights are just one win away from the Western Conference Finals. They had to do it without one of their key players on the blue line Alex Pietrangelo, and they could barely hang on. They held a 4-2 lead before the five-minute major by Keegan Kolesar and only gave up just one goal to Connor McDavid, which is monumental against the best power-play team in the playoffs.

Adin Hill has been brilliant since taking over for the injured Laurent Brossoit and has a .927 save percentage and 0.8 goals saved above expected.

The Oilers' offense is all set, and they should be out in full force Sunday, and Darnell Nurse will make his return after serving a suspension.

The question for them is who will be between the pipes? Stuart Skinner got pulled again, and this is the second time in three games he hasn't finished. Jack Campbell hasn't been great in relief, with a .957 save percentage in three appearances during the playoffs. If Skinner gets the start in Game 6 in a possible elimination, he could get the hook again if he struggles.

If the Golden Knights give too many power-play opportunities, we could see the Oilers go up by a lot. On the other side, Vegas has been the far better team at even strength, and Edmonton needs to have a defensive outing resembling Games 2 and 4. Skinner has had bounce-back performance every time he's been pulled, so maybe he has more magic in him.

The Oilers will be able to extend this series to a winner-take-all at home.

Pick: Oilers -1.5 (+126)

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