Racing today comes from Kyneton and Lismore. In Victoria it looks like a massive day for B Rawiller and he is piloting my best bet in the last.
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Shumpty’s Punt: Monday Best Bet (Sports)
The Indiana Pacers have been in brilliant form in the NBA of late and I can’t see the Boston Celtics getting close to them today. The line is 12 points which is larger than I would ordinarily like but I think they are good enough to cover it.
Best bet: Indiana Pacers to cover the line (-12.0 points) against the Boston Celtics in the NBA.
Shumpty’s Punt: Sunday Best Bet (Sport)
In basketball in America today I have a hunch that the Houston Rockets will bounce back from their crushing loss yesterday against the Indiana Pacers and put a score on the Detroit Pistons. I expect them to cover the line.
Best Bet: Houston Rockets to cover the line (-2.5 points) against the Detroit Pistons in the NBA.
Shumpty’s Punt: Best Bet
The Oklahoma City Thunder (19-4) are the hottest team in the NBA at the moment and travel to Denver seeking to extend their current winning streak to seven games and to win its fifteenth game of sixteen. In their last fifteen games they have scored 100 or more points in eleven of those games whilst restraining their opponents to less to than 100 points in ten of the fifteen games. The Nuggets (14-9) have won seven of their last eight games at home and have an excellent record against the Thunder having won nine of the last eleven games between the two teams.
This game, for me, comes down to the form of the stars from Oklahoma City: Durant and Westbrook. Durant leads the NBA in scoring with 28.5 points per game and Westbrook has been creating opportunities in attack with steals of which he has a team leading 40. I think they will have too much offensive power for the Nuggets and will cover the line of -3.0 points.
Bet: Oklahoma City Thunder to cover the line (-3.0 points) against the Denver Nuggets in the NBA.
Shumpty’s Punt: Best Bet 17/12/13
The St Louis Blues travel to Ottawa to take on the Senators in the NHL today in would should be an entertaining game between two of the more enterprising teams in the league. The Blues (22-6-3) possess an offence that ranks among the best in hockey this year with 3.45 goals per game. They have scored at least two goals in all but one game this season. The Senators (13-15-6) welcome back defenseman Jared Cowen who was suspended for the last two games. They missed him on Saturday during a 5-2 loss to Los Angeles where they fell behind 3-0 in the first 12 minutes of the game.
All in all, I think the Blues will have too much scoring power for the Senators in this game and will cover the line of -1.5 goals.
Best Bet: St Louis Blues to cover the line against the Ottawa Senators in the NHL.
Odds: $3.30 (courtesy of sportingbet.com.au)
As always, good luck and good punting!
Shumpty’s Punt: Best Bet 16/12/13
The Sunday Night Football game in the US pits the Cincinnati Bengals against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh. The Bengals come into this game having won three straight games by an average of 14 points per contest and possess a 9-4 record. They can lock down a finals spot with a win today and some other results falling their way. The Steelers have had a season to forget and possess a decimated offensive line that has led to talismatic quarterback Ben Roethlisberger being sacked 39 times (tied for 3rd worst record in the league).
The Bengals defence has allowed 135 plays of 10+ yards which is the fewest in the NFL whilst the Steelers have only been able to reel off 142 such plays which is the 4th worst in the league.
All of this leads me to the view that the Bengals will win this game and will cover the points spread of minus 2 points with some ease. At $1.91 the return is limited but this represents my bet of the day.
Bet: Cincinnati Bengals to cover the line (-2.0 points) against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL.
As always: please gamble responsibly.
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