Doc’s Sports

Crazy score for Game 1 but we just don’t see a repeat here. It’s telling that the oddsmakers didn’t raise the total to 6.5. The Kings are one of the best defensive teams in the league and you know they are embarrassed for allowing seven goals. We think they do everything in their power to hold Edmonton to a real low score. Four straight meetings before Game 1 went under the posted total and we think both teams step up the defense here in this critical Game 2.

Just don’t see the Heat getting blown out by Boston in consecutive games. This total is crazy low at 203.5 at the time of this writing. With such a low total, every point for the underdog is more valuable. We agree this will be a low scoring game and we think the Heat will keep this competitive on the strength of their defense. This Miami team is banged up right now but they play with a lot of heart and are well coached. They will have a plan coming into this game and they aren’t going to just roll over tonight. And we have to remember that it is the Heat who have played in two Finals in recent years while this super team from Boston has been to only one. It’s telling that the bookies have not adjusted the line since the Celtics covered in Game 1 and we think the public is all over Boston here and we will side with the sportsbooks and count on the Miami defense to pull some tricks out of their sleeve and keep this one competitive.

3 Unit Play. Take #975 Over Chicago @ Minnesota (7:40p.m., Wednesday, April 24 MLB.tv) Not too often you see a total this low in MLB. The White Sox are terrible but they did score 5 runs last night. I see them getting at least 3 runs tonight and that should put us in good shape to collect since Minnesota is a big favorite in this game. Weather should not be that big of a issues to prevent runs from being scored in this game.