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Feb 4 NBA Action: Los Angeles Lakers @ New Orleans Pelicans
Los Angeles Lakers @ New Orleans Pelicans -10 (-105) Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana February 4, 2016, 6:35PM PST Coming off...

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Feb 4, 20161 min read


Jan 28 NBA Action: Sacramento Kings @ New Orleans Pelicans
Sacramento Kings @ New Orleans Pelicans +3.5 (-105) Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana January 28, 2016, 5PM PST Prior to...

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Jan 28, 20162 min read


Jan 19 NBA Action: Minnesota Timberwolves @ New Orleans Pelicans
Minnesota Timberwolves @ New Orleans Pelicans o203 (-105) Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana January 19, 2016, 5:00PM PST We...

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Jan 19, 20161 min read


Dec 14 NBA Action: New Orleans Pelicans @ Portland Trail Blazers
New Orleans Pelicans @ Portland Trail Blazers u211.0 (-105) Moda Center, Portland, Oregon December 14,2015, 7:00PM PST We are looking for...

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Dec 14, 20151 min read


Nov 18 NBA Action: Two Totals Plays
Of our 33 wagers on NBA totals so far this season, only four have favored the over. We would like to think that this bias is reflective...

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Nov 18, 20152 min read


Friday the 13th NBA Betting Likely No Worse than Thursday the 12th
It is common in Western societies to believe the 13th day of the month to be unluky when it falls on a Friday. In fact, scholars cite...

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Nov 13, 20152 min read


Nov 10 NBA Action: Two Totals Play, One Spread Bet
Our preferred NBA plays for Tuesday appear below, along with the vigs we actually paid when laying our wagers. As always, our estimated...

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Nov 10, 20151 min read


Nov 7 NBA Action: Pair Bet on New Orleans Pelicans @ Dallas Mavericks
New Orleans Pelicans +6.0 (-125) @ Dallas Mavericks u211.5 (-105) In aggregate, our work calls for the the Mavs to just edge by the...

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Nov 7, 20152 min read


Halloween NBA Action: 2 Side Plays, 2 Totals Bets
We started hot yesterday as the Cavs covered easily, the Pistons not only beat the number, but won outright and the Rockets scoring was...

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Oct 31, 20151 min read


NBA Opening Night: 3 Games, 3 Plays
Our approach to handicapping early-season NBA action relies primarily on two independent simulation routines, a third computer prediction...

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Oct 27, 20152 min read


April Fool's NBA Action: Hopefully the Joke Won't be on us!
There are 12 NBA games scheduled for Thursday evening. Our Real Plus/Minus-based power ratings methodology highlights the following high...

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Apr 1, 20152 min read


Mar 27th NBA Action: Sacramento Kings @ New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans -6.5 @ Sacramento Kings Our Real Plus/Minus-based power ratings framework makes New Orleans about 8 point favorites when the...

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Mar 27, 20152 min read


Mar 22nd NBA Action: RPM Picks Four Games from 11 Game Schedule
There are four games on today's NBA docket where our RPM-based model forecasts reasonably high conviction wins versus the number. We are...

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Mar 22, 20153 min read


Feb 2 NBA Action: Five Plays on Post-Super Bowl Docket
Our system highlights five compelling wagering opportunities in today's NBA action: three bets on totals and two on sides. Charlotte...

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Feb 2, 20153 min read


Dec 20 NBA Play: Betting Total on Portland Blazers @ New Orleans Pelicans
Portland Blazers at New Orleans Pelicans o201 (-117) Our two computer simulation systems point to a range of 205-212 for the combined...

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Dec 20, 20142 min read


Dec 10 Early Bird NBA Plays: 2 Bets on Totals, 1 Bet on Sides
Philadelphia 76ers at Atlanta Hawks u201.5 The computers point to the 76ers at the Hawks being a relatively low scoring affair,...

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Dec 10, 20142 min read
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