Bet On NBA Basketball Playoffs – Complete Mystery Enfolds The Landscape
Want to make NBA betting picks this weekend? You’re going to have to be very nimble and aware. As of Thursday morning, no weekend matchups have been set in stone.
Potential NBA Betting Matchups For Sunday, May 15
(No Games Will Be Played On Saturday, May 14):
Eastern Conference Semifinal, Game 7
Atlanta Hawks @ Chicago Bulls
NBA betting experts felt that this would be a four- or five-game series, but the fifth-seeded Hawks have done well to extend the competition to six games. Game 6 is tonight in Atlanta, so if the Hawks can hold serve on their home court, they will force a deciding seventh game on Sunday in Chicago. The Bulls have not been impressive in these playoffs so far; Derrick Rose is being forced to do far too much on his own. Carlos Boozer has been a bust, although the big man for the Bulls has turned up the intensity in Games 4 and 5 of this series. Kyle Korver is a defensive liability, and the overall inexperience of this club on the grand stage has become conspicuous. With all that having been said, though, do sports betting gurus think the Hawks can actually pull the upset if the series gets to a Game 7? It’s doubtful. Atlanta got crushed by Boston in a Game 7 on the road in 2008. The Hawks, who beat Miami in the 2009 first round in seven games and then beat Milwaukee last year in seven games (also in round one), won each of those series at home. A Game 7 on the road is not something this franchise has ever navigated with skill or success. Chicago would have to be the pick in this situation.Atlanta Chicago Betting Pick: Chicago
Western Conference Semifinal, Game 7
Memphis Grizzlies @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Even MLB baseball betting experts think that these are two evenly-matched teams. Game 6 isn’t until Friday night in Memphis, so we don’t know if a Game 7 in Oklahoma City will be necessary, but at the present moment, it’s likely that we’re going to get a one-game decider between the Grizzlies and the Thunder. These teams battled through three overtime periods in an epic Game 4 on Monday night. They have engaged in punch-counterpunch basketball and always seem to have an answer for each other. Memphis stung Oklahoma City in Game 1 with its inside prowess, but the Thunder blunted the Grizzlies’ big men in Game 2. Oklahoma City blew a fourth-quarter lead in Game 3 while Memphis squandered a 17-point second-quarter lead in Game 4. This is going to be an even-steven Game 7, but home court and Kevin Durant are hard to beat in a one-game pressure-cooker situation. Pick Oklahoma City if this Game 7 becomes reality.
Memphis Oklahoma City Betting Pick: Oklahoma City
Western Conference Final, Game 1
Memphis/Oklahoma City @ Dallas Mavericks
If Oklahoma City or Memphis wrap up a six-game series win in the West semifinals, they’d face Dallas on the road this Sunday. Dallas will be very rested after its four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers. Yes, the Mavs would be rusty in the first half, but the combination of home court, Dirk Nowitzki, and a lot of Laker-fueled confidence would put Dallas in very good position on Sunday.
Memphis/Oklahoma City Dallas Betting Pick: Dallas
