NBA
Houston Rockets @ Boston Celtics: Houston Rockets (+ 15.5) /// 1.83
Last bet won. Well, there's no surprise there. Philadelphia confidently destroyed Sacramento by 19 points. Anyway, moving on, why Philly should have won - I already detailed in my prediction. Just say this is the 10th straight win for the 76ers over Sacramento. Now I need 5 more successful predictions to get to 50% wins. The total score of my bets: NBA 34-39 in favor of unsuccessful, MLB 30-27 in favor of successful, NFL+NCAAF 3-7 in favor of unsuccessful.
New bet: Houston on the road will not lose to Boston by more than 15 points. This is the first game against Boston for Ime Udoka as Houston's head coach! There is an English fairy tale called "The House That Jack Built". So today's game I would call "The Boston that Ime Udoka built"! Boston, before Ime Udoka took over as head coach, hadn't played in the NBA Finals since that 7-game Finals in 2009/2010 season, when the Lakers made the world fall in love with them. But Ime Udoka came and created the modern day Boston! With Ime Udoka, Boston played in the NBA Finals in the 2021/2022 season against Golden State. Boston started that series with confidence. But Golden State with a great deep bench, with still "alive" Otto Porter, with still prime Andrew Wiggins and Klay Thompson on character beat that strongest Boston! And then? And then Ime Udoka was suspended from his head coaching duties because of a sex scandal. And today Ime Udoka will get his revenge! It might even be the first home loss for Boston this season (but I'm not calling you to bet on Houston to win!). Since Ime Udoka knows absolutely everything about Boston's players. And Boston is in a terrible morale condition right now, as just yesterday they were destroyed by Milwaukee by 33 points. Houston had a back-to-back against Detroit, but I'm sure all efforts will be thrown at Boston! And Dillon Brooks may even return from injury. At least there is a possibility according to insider Danielle Lerner (that's Houston Rockets sports columnist) that Dillon will play over the course of Houston's current six-game road series. And a little bit of stats: Houston has only lost by more than 15 points on the road 1 time this season (and that was in 1-st game against Orlando). In all of their next 15 games, the Rockets have not lost to their opponents by more than 10 points. And the Rockets' opponents were: Denver (2 games), Milwaukee, Miami, New Orleans, Clippers, Lakers, Dallas, Cleveland. And these are all teams that are playing very solidly at home this season! You want to bet? Sure. 😎😉