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$9 Volume 30, Issue 14 April 1-8, 2015 First Of Two Special NBA-Only Issues! CAN THUNDER KEEP PACE WITHOUT DURANT? INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • Picks on Every Game • Incredible Stat of the Week • Best Bets and Key Plays • Awesome Angle & Tremendous Trends • NBA Power Ratings • NBA Day of the Week ATS Results GET SMART GET PLAYBOOK GET EVERY EDGE IMAGINABLE COPYRIGHT NOTICE - All materials in this newsletter are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, rebroadcast, displayed, or otherwise published without the prior written permission of Playbook.com. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice, nor may you offer for sale or resale the material included herein. VegasINSIDER.com THIS WEEK IN BASKETBALL – APRIL 1-8, 2015 Remember: You Have A PLAYBOOK BEST BET Whenever Our Predicted Margin Of Victory Is 7 Or More Points In Favor Of Your Line NBA BASKETBALL DALLAS over Houston by 1 GOLDEN STATE over Phoenix by 10 Wednesday, April 1 Friday, April 3 CHARLOTTE over Detroit by 1 WASHINGTON over New York by 8 WASHINGTON over Philadelphia by 12 INDIANA over Charlotte by 2 San Antonio over ORLANDO by 7 Toronto over BROOKLYN by 2 BOSTON over Indiana by 2 BOSTON over Milwaukee by 4 NEW YORK over Brooklyn by 2 MEMPHIS over Oklahoma City by 8 MILWAUKEE over Chicago by 5 MINNESOTA over Orlando by 5 Toronto over MINNESOTA by 8 CHICAGO over Detroit by 10 SAN ANTONIO over Denver by 8 OKLAHOMA CITY over Dallas by 11 New Orleans over SACRAMENTO by 2 Granted, the Thunder has diminished with the season-ending loss of it’s electric all-star F Kevin Durant but the fact of the 4# BEST BET matter is the Mavericks are no lightning rods themselves – especially when it comes to rebounding the ball. Yes, it’s Portland over LA LAKERS by 13 Dallas who brings the league’s WORST glass-cleaning crew in the league into this fray (-3.89 net rebound margin). Making Two teams headed in opposite directions clash at the Staples matters worse for the Mavs is the fact that OKC just happens Center tonight with the Blazers playoff bound and the Lakers to be the BEST rebounding unit in the loop (+4.77). Toss in the playground bound. Normally we’d be all over the Kobe-less fact that Mark Cuban’s kids enter off a revenger with Indiana Lakers, seeking same-season triple revenge and all. In fact while owning a dank 1-7 ATS mark in games after facing the they enter this contest off a same-season triple revenger here Pacers. Revenge from a 119-115 defeat at Dallas on March 16 against New Orleans Wednesday night. However, the well- also sets the table as our well-oiled machine reminds us the oiled machine insists it’s the time of the year to avoid such Thunder are 4-0 ATS the last four games in this series when traps as it notes that teams with same-season triple revenge- looking to avenge a loss of 5 or fewer points. As Dandy Don exact, off a same-season triple revenge-exact tilt, are just 5-14 would sometimes remind Dallas, “Turn out the lights. The ATS as hosts, including 2-13 SUATS in game in which they party’s over.” own a win percentage of less than .350 on the season. Given the fact that the beach boys are just 3-7 ATS as hosts with the same aforementioned triple revenge in games in which they HOUSTON over Sacramento by 12 sport a losing record certainly piques our interest. Finally, UTAH over Denver by 10 with Portland in all-out playoff positioning mode, we turn to PORTLAND over LA Clippers by 3 The Clincher: The Trail Blazers are 19-4 ATS from Game New Orleans over LA LAKERS by 1 38 out in this series, including 11-0 ATS away. Thursday, April 2 Saturday, April 4 # 3 BEST BET CHARLOTTE over Philadelphia by 7 CLEVELAND over Miami by 17 DETROIT over Miami by 3 TORONTO over Boston by 1 This back-and-forth affair between LeBron James and his ATLANTA over Brooklyn by 11 former mates has seen the home team take home the bacon in all three showdowns this season. And we fully expect MEMPHIS over Washington by 6 nothing less than a grand slam here tonight. For openers, not MILWAUKEE over Orlando by 8 only will the Cavs be out to avenge a 14-point loss suffered DALLAS over Golden State by 1 at Miami (sans the King) on March 16, our history book also LA Clippers over DENVER by 3 notes that teams featuring LeBron on their roster are a super sturdy 23-4 SU in the last 27 games in this series – including a stellar 13-0 at home. If that’s not enough to point you in Cleveland’s directions, here’s a good bit of ammo provided below by our all-knowing machine: the Cavs own a 12-2 ATS AWESOME ANGLE ledger when seeking same-season revenge from a loss of more than 8 points in this series. And, of course, there’s always The OF THE WEEK Clincher: The Cavaliers are 71-16-4 ATS in games they 10 EASY win SU when seeking revenge from a double-digit loss. PLAY ON any .500 exact PIECES NBA dog in its fi nal 10 games of the regular ATS W-L Record Get Marc Lawrence’s basketball picks at: Since 1995: season if they are facing 17- 3 VegasINSIDER.com a division opponent. (85%) page 2 • www.VegasINSIDER.com Utah over PHOENIX by 6 YYouou ccanan ggetet aallll ooff A ‘Final Four’ Saturday night showdown feature another Western Conference clash involving two teams looking to MMarcarc LLawrence'sawrence's pad their stats by season’s end. The visiting Jazz have actually NNCAACAA TTournamentournament done just that of late, playing better than .600 ball since last February. They enter tonight’s fray looking to avenge ppicksicks aatt a 7-point loss suffered here in early February knowing are VVegasegas IInsider.comnsider.com – 25-13-1 ATS in this fl oor since 1994, including 7-3 ATS when seeking same-season revenge. On the fl ip side, the Suns are ddon'ton't mmississ a wallowing under .500 both SU and ATS in all games since late ssingleingle wwinner!inner! January (read: choking like dogs in hopes of landing a playoff slot). Meanwhile, Phoenix takes the court off a double- revenge affair against Golden State with another revenger waiting on deck versus Atlanta (4-9 ATS before the Hawks). Tuesday, April 7 The bottom line, though, is it’s never hard taking points with the best defensive team in the league from one of the worst. MIAMI over Charlotte by 5 And for the Jazz, that’s the name of that tune. ATLANTA over Phoenix by 8 PORTLAND over New Orleans by 6 OKLAHOMA CITY over San Antonio by 6 Do we dare? You bet we do. Like Garth Brooks, it’s ‘Thunder Sunday, April 5 Rolls’ one more time for Oklahoma City as they host yet another foe with nasty revenge on their minds. It comes from 5# BEST BET a season-worst 39-point loss suffered at the Alamo less than two weeks ago. A 9-4 SUATS mark at home in same-season OKLAHOMA CITY over Houston by 11 revengers from a loss of 17 or more points in this series gives us the buy-sign. So does OKC’s sterling 9-1 SUATS mark as Throughout the course of the season, there are games on a host in this series. The loss? Try a season-ending 112-107 each team’s schedule that certain squads schedule in red ink. defeat here the last time they hosted the Spurs in last year’s Well, get out the lipstick! Not only have the Thunder taken it Western Conference fi nals. With San Antonio taking the fl oor on the chops in both meetings with the Rockets this season, off a revenge tilt with Golden State Sunday night and looking they were held to a season-low 65 points on this court when dead ahead to back-to-backers with Houston, the rumbling in they last hosted Houston back in November. It matched the this contest is all OKC. fewest points scored at home by OKC since at least 1990. Meanwhile, the Rockets invade off a revenge affair with one state rival in Dallas with back-to-back games on deck Golden State over NEW ORLEANS by 1 with another state rival in San Antonio. Our all-knowing SACRAMENTO over Minnesota by 3 database chips in, noting that Houie is just 8-17 ATS in its last LA CLIPPERS over LA Lakers by 13 twenty-fi ve games when facing a foe seeking same-season double revenge-exact, while the boom-boys are 13-6-1 ATS Wednesday, April 8 when seeking same-season double revenge-exact. To further cement our case, we call on The Clincher: The Thunder are Washington over PHILADELPHIA by 4 18-8 SUATS at home with same-season revenge from a loss of Chicago over ORLANDO by 4 3 or more points in this series, including 10-1-1 ATS in games Toronto over CHARLOTTE by 4 where Houston sports a winning record and OKC owns a win percentage of less than .650 on the season. Indiana over NEW YORK by 2 Atlanta over BROOKLYN by 6 DETROIT over Boston by 2 CLEVELAND over Chicago by 10 Cleveland over MILWAUKEE by 1 INDIANA over Miami by 4 MEMPHIS over New Orleans by 9 Golden State over SAN ANTONIO by 1 SAN ANTONIO over Houston by 3 NEW YORK over Philadelphia by 2 UTAH over Sacramento by 6 SACRAMENTO over Utah by 1 DENVER over LA Lakers by 2 LA Clippers over LA LAKERS by 9 DALLAS over Phoenix by 8 Monday, April 6 PORTLAND over Minnesota by 14 NO GAMES SCHEDULED NOTE: Home team is shown in ALL CAPS.