NHL play....

My internet just came up after being down for an hour, as I had the write-up below typed up but could not post....However, you can keep this information in the back of your head...

I took the Philadelphia Flyers at +178 because their head coach got fired this morning, so we have the "new coach coaching his first game" angle in play tonight...This angle works across the 4 major sports, NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB...More for the first 3 sports, I would say...

Not to mention the Flyers are coming off an embarrassing 7-1 loss last night for their 8th straight loss, 2 shy of their franchise record...

Maybe you can sneak a live game bet in...

Monday NBA picks...

When is this winning run going to end?...

Gotta be tonight...

Of course, I have been saying that for 3 straight days...

My #1 NBA sides have won 10 straight....That is one win off my all-time record of 11 straight set back in the late 1990s...I often thought I should have had a longer streak than 11 since I started tracking my ranked picks in the mid 1990s...But it's harder than you think...By the time I am done capping the board, I often have any one of 2 to 3 picks that could qualify as a #1 pick...So picking that one game out of 2, 3 or 4 sometimes is not easy and then the pick has to win, of course...My #1 pick generally does better when I only have one clear-cut pick that jumps off the page at me...But even then, it's rare to only have 1 pick jump off the board at me daily, and then, once again, to win 11 in a row?...Not as easy as you think...During the course of every NBA season, I have at least one 7-game winning streak every season and have some 8 and 9-game streaks mixed in with those 7-gamers over the years...

But this is officially my hottest streak for #1 NBA sides.

10-0 last 10

17-1 last 18

21-2 last 23

Only my 11-0 from  the late 90's beats my current 10-0 (which I have done at least 1 other time), but I have never had a 17-1 or 21-2 stretch before...

I am 34-13 for the regular season (72.3%), 9-4 for the preseason (69.2%) and 43-17 overall (71.7%)...

Also, ALL of my NBA Sides picks are also scorching hot as this may be my best 7-week stretch ever...I had a similar 7-week stretch in either 2005 or 2006 to start the season, documented on therx.com forum, and I am trying to find that one to see how many units I was up, as I know it was in the neighborhood of where I am right now...

I am at 207-142-2 now (59.3%), one day shy of 7 complete weeks of the season, up 50.8 units...

If you include the preseason, I am 245-167-4, (59.5%), up 61.3 units...

Over my last 18 days of games (no games on Thanksgiving), I have had 16 winning days, one 3-3 day and one 2-3 day, for a record of  92-47, (66.2%) for all NBA Sides, up 40.3 units...

This is the best run I have ever had with my NBA sides...

My #1 NBA Totals have been a struggle at 23-22-2 in the regular season and 6-7 during the preseason, although I have my longest winning streak of the year happening right now at 4 in a row...

I will post until this hot streak crashes and burns, which I have been expecting for days...

Tonight:

Sides:

1) SA, 2) GS, 3) OKC, 4) Cle, 5) LAC, 6) Den, 7) Mem, 8) Was, 9) Min, 10) Cha

Totals:

1) Den ov, 2) LAC un, 3) Mem ov, 4) Min un, 5) OKC ov, 6) GS un, 7) Was ov, 8) SA un, 9) Cha ov, 10) Cle un

I like my top 4 sides tonight, which means they will go 1-3 or 0-4, and I am not crazy about any totals tonight...Although I have to admit that the Spurs are my clear-cut #1 pick for tonight, which probably means it will lose by 1/2 a point...

Sunday NBA...

 Another win, so 20 of 22 wins on the NBA #1 sides and a 4-2 day on the sides picks for another winning day....

Sides:

1) Hou, 2) Cle, 3) Was, 4) Cha

Totals:

1) Was un, 2) Hou ov, 3) Cha un, 4) Cle ov

Saturday NBA picks...

 Another easy #1 Sides winner last night, so 19-2 my last 21 of those...Also went 6-3 on all NBA Sides last night as they stay red hot with just 1 losing day in the last 17 days...

This scalding hot streak won't last much longer, trust me...

I totally whiffed this afternoon, not even realizing there was an early game, so obviously no picks there, but here is everything else...

Sides:

1) Mem, 2) SA, 3) Bos, 4) Mia, 5) Chi, 6) LAC

Totals:

1) Mem un, 2) Chi ov, 3) LAC ov, 4) SA un, 5) Mia un, 6) Bos un

Friday NBA...

I have not posted yet this season, but should have been...I have been doing this a while and back in the 1980s and 1990s, there were a ton of handicappers who had 1-800 numbers to call to pay for their locks of the week, or month or year and they would quote you some insane record that they had over the last 10 or 20 games or so...

Well, ok, I can finally do that myself, except it's a legit record of my last 20 #1 NBA Sides picks, where I have gone 18-2 while also going 14-1 my last 15 picks and 7-0 my last 7 picks...

My #1 Sides are 31-13 on the year (70.5%), and I was 9-4 in the preseason (69.2%) for an overall record of 40-17 (70.2%)....

My #1 Totals, ahhh, not so good so far at 20-22-2 for the regular season, 6-7 in the preseason...

For people who have followed me off and on during the last 19 years online, you know I pick every NBA side and total, every day and rank those picks...My NBA sides for EVERY pick are on fire, too, going 232-161-4 on the year (59%), and are up 54.9 units this season (including the preseason), and last night was my first losing night 2-3, in the last 16 days...

I just wanted to post this tonight before my #1 side loses tonight, because I always wanted to say that my last 20 #1 NBA Sides picks went 18-2...

And oh by the way, here are all my NBA picks for tonight, and I do like a lot of sides tonight, which means I will probably go 3-6:

Sides:

1) GS, 2) Atl, 3) Bos, 4) Hou, 5) Cle, 6) Ind, 7) NO, 8) Min, 9) LAC

Totals:

1) Cle ov, 2) NO ov, 3) Atl un, 4) Hou ov, 5) GS un, 6) Bos ov, 7) LAC ov, 8) Min ov, 9) Ind un

Also, my NFL plays have been on fire until the last 2 weeks, which means the law of averages has caught up with me, so I will probably get destroyed there over the final 6 weeks...I was over 70% there, too, all season, but might not be now after a not-as-hot last 2 weeks...

 

 

Saturday play...

 

12-10, +$100

#1 Sides: 7-3

#1 Totals: 3-7

 1 bet:

 Toronto/New Orleans under 215.5 – laying $110 to win $100

 Sides:

1) Orl, 2) Cle, 3) Cha, 4) NY, 5) Hou, 6) Tor

Totals:

1) Tor un, 2) Cha un, 3) Cle ov, 4) NY un, 5) Orl un, 6) Hou un,

GL...

Friday plays...

 11-9, +$110

#1 Sides: 6-3
#1 Totals: 3-6

2 bets.

Milwaukee -14.5
Chicago/Milwaukee over 233
($110 to win $100 each)

Sides:
1) Milw, 2) Bos, 3) SA, 4) Den, 5) LAC, 6) Dal, 7) Cha, 8) Was, 9) Atl, 10) Por

Totals:
1) Milw ov, 2) Por ov, 3) Atl ov, 4) Den un, 5) LAC un, 6) Cha ov, 7) SA ov, 8) Bos ov, 9) Was un, 10) Dal un

GL...