Doc’s Sports

We were on the under the last time these teams played and the Hornets filled up the basket all night to the tune of 136 points. That was an embarrassing defensive performance from Miami, who scored only 106. Miami plays at a fast pace but Charlotte plays at a slower pace, and in the postseason teams play better defense and that should be the case here with so much on the line. The Hornets were one of the best under teams all season long and we think they slow things down a lot here and this one should wind up well under the posted number.

Both teams are trending to the over recently as they are a combined 13-6-1 to the over in 20 combined games. Minnesota is coming in off a 3-6 loss to the Blues in St. Louis last night. The over is 4-1 in the last five second legs of back-to-backs. That game against the Blues was the second time in three games where the Wild gave up at least five goals. Minnesota has scored at least four goals in five of their last seven. The Ducks have given up at least four goals in seven of their last eight. While this game doesn’t have playoff implications, Anaheim has lost seven of eight and will want to get some momentum heading into their first playoffs in forever and they will put an emphasis on getting the offense going. We think that is the same goal for the home team, and we don’t see either team putting that much energy into the defense.

2 Unit Play. Take #973 Toronto +110 over Milwaukee (7:40p.m., Tuesday, April 14 MLB.tv) The Brewers are banged up and their lineup is just not very good at the moment. This is a strong pitching matchup, but I feel the bats of the Blue Jays will be the difference. We will take advantage of a nice underdog price.