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| Brian Bitler | 1:00 PM Toronto Raptors vs Cleveland Cavaliers NBA 04/18 |
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| Pick: Cleveland Cavaliers -8 For my best free pick on the board here for Saturday I am looking at NBA playoff basketball and the Cleveland Cavaliers locking up with the Toronto Raptors. Yes the Cavs have been one of the worst ATS teams in the NBA this season but this Raptors team we have seen time and time again not be able to step up and big games. Sure this team has been solid versus the bottom feeders in the NBA but look for them to fall apart in the second half versus this deep and determined Cavs squad. Play on the Cleveland Cavaliers lay the points rotation #578 | |
| Rocketman Sports | 1:00 PM Toronto Raptors vs Cleveland Cavaliers NBA 04/18 |
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| Pick: Cleveland Cavaliers -8 Rocketman Sports FREE NBA play Saturday 4-18-26 Toronto @ Cleveland (1:00 PM EST) Play On: Cleveland -8 The Toronto Raptors travel to Cleveland to take on the Cavs on Saturday afternoon. Toronto is 46-36 SU overall this year while Cleveland comes in with a 52-30 SU overall record on the season. Cleveland is playing well lately going 10-3 SU over the past month and 4-1 SU over the past 2 weeks. Cleveland is 13-3 SU last 16 home games. Toronto is 1-4 ATS last 5 road games. Cleveland is 14-6 SU last 20 games at home vs Toronto. Cleveland is the better team here and will want to play well in front of their home crowd here in Game 1 of this series. We'll recommend a small play on Cleveland today! Thanks and good luck, Rocky HOT 80% NBA current run! I have entered my 30th year in the industry! Rocky Atkinson has a TOP 8* NBA BEST BET for Saturday. One of the BEST HANDICAPPERS in the world is on an impressive 49-33 60% basketball run over his last 85 picks! Join the same handicapper that has made $1,000/game bettors $12,380 since January 28, 2026! | |
| Mikey Sports | 1:00 PM Toronto Raptors vs Cleveland Cavaliers NBA 04/18 |
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| Pick: Cleveland Cavaliers -8 Mikey Sports FREE NBA play Saturday 4-18-26 Cleveland -8 Mikey Sports has been on an INCREDIBLE 1330-1056 (56%) RUN over his last 2445 MLB picks! He has now made $1,000/game bettors $56,950 in profits since June 30, 2010. Join Mikey Sports with his Money Line for Saturday on Royals v. Yankees! Mikey Sports has a TOP 10* UFC play for Saturday! Mikey is 10-3 77% last 13 UFC plays! | |
| Joe D'Amico | 6:00 PM Atlanta Hawks vs New York Knicks NBA 04/18 |
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| Pick: New York Knicks -5.5 *2 BIG GAME RELEASES TODAY* Today we BURN THE BOOKS in 3 sports: 5-1 NBA LAS VEGAS STRIP MOVE, 10-3 NBA FAST BREAK, 17-7 NHL POWER PLAY, and my SMASH PLAY in MLB today. Join me and together we will BURN THE BOOKS DOWN! Saturday's FREE PLAY: New York Knicks. Game 582. 3:00 PM PST/6:00 PM EST. The Knicks have dominated the Hawks taking five of the last six meetings straight up, including two of three matchups this season. They certainly come into this postseason hotter, winning five of their final six games SU, and covering their last five games played. Meanwhile, Atlanta struggled down the stretch dropping three of their last four, both SU and ATS. Playing at Madison Square Garden has certainly benefited the Knickerbockers. They are one of the best home teams in the NBA going 30-10 on their own court. Statistically, New York scores about the same as Atlanta, while their defense is significantly stronger. They are better from the free-throw line, when this game gets physical, and without question, are much stronger at both ends of the court on the boards. Take the Knicks. Thank you. | |
| R&R Totals | 6:00 PM Atlanta Hawks vs New York Knicks NBA 04/18 |
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| Pick: Under 216.5 R&R Totals FREE NBA Over-Under Saturday 4-18-26 UNDER 218 Atlanta/New York R&R Totals has a TOP MLB Over-Under for Saturday! Now an impressive 45-23 (66%) over his last 74 OVERALL picks! Join us and make money like the $1,000 per game clients who are up $18,630 since March 19, 2026! R&R Totals has a TOP NBA Over-Under for Saturday! Now an impressive 44-21 (68%) over his last 71 OVERALL picks! Join us and make money like the $1,000 per game clients who are up $19,830 since March 19, 2026! R&R Totals has a TOP NHL Over-Under for Saturday! Now an impressive 45-21 (68%) over his last 72 OVERALL picks! Join us and make money like the $1,000 per game clients who are up $20,830 since March 19, 2026! | |
| Chip Chirimbes | 8:30 PM Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA 04/18 |
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| Pick: Los Angeles Lakers 5.5 Chip’s Triple-Play SWEEP (3-0) NBA Best Bets Chip Chirimbes, the Big Game Player, Las Vegas Hilton Champion, and seven-time basketball handicapping champion, has been called a “Postseason Wizard” by the nation’s media and SWEPT (3-0) the NBA board Friday and is 10-2 ATS in NBA ‘sides’ the past eight days. Chip is now a documented 31-18-1 63% with his highest-rated NBA Megabucks and 112-81 58% overall. Saturday, receive his Triple-Play of NBA Playoff best bet between Atlanta and New York, his Power Play winner between Toronto and Cleveland and his Money Game winner between the Minnesota and Denver..Get it all for just $69! Chip’s FREE NBA Winner Houston at L.A. Lakers 8:30 ET Lakers (+) over Rockets - Only one game separated these two with Los Angeles winning 53 and Houston 52. In the three meetings this year the Roakets won on Christmas day and the Lakers won the last two games played three days apart in Houston on March 16-18. Kevin Durant and LeBron James will show their Hall of Fame talents and with LA in a world of hurt they have become an underdog at home. Take the LAKERS! | |
| Alex Smart | 8:30 PM Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA 04/18 |
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| Pick: Under 207.5 Man, Saturday is finally here, the 2026 NBA playoffs tip off with four Game 1s, and if I'm looking for a clean totals play, I'm zeroing in on the nightcap in Los Angeles: Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers. I'm on the Under in what shapes up as the lowest total of the evening, and the more I think about it, the more this one feels like classic opening-night basketball. The specific angle that grabs me is the "Game 1 defensive clampdown." Teams come out extra physical right away. They scout the hell out of each other, eliminate transition buckets, and turn games into slow, grinding half-court sets. You see it every year: pace drops by around four possessions per game compared to the regular season, and overall scoring usually falls by about five to six points per team. It's not that the talent disappears — it's that defenses actually show up and make everything harder. Houston and LA fit this mold perfectly. The Rockets have been one of the league's best defensive outfits all year, ranking top-six in defensive rating while leading the NBA in offensive rebounding. They thrive on forcing opponents into tough, contested shots and winning the glass. The Lakers, even with their ups and downs, have shown they can lock in and play lower-possession games when the lights get brighter. Their regular-season meetings against Houston were exactly the kind of ugly, physical battles you'd expect , think games ending in the low 190s or tight 200s, with lots of rebounding wars and not a ton of easy fast-break points. History really backs this up. Over the last six playoff seasons, home Game 1s have gone Under the total at a 33-15 clip , that's about 69%. In the broader first round, unders have been the profitable side in lower-total games especially. And when you look at playoff basketball overall, shooting percentages dip (especially from midrange and corners), teams take fewer restricted-area attempts, and the game just slows down as everyone tries to set the tone for the series. This Lakers-Rockets total sits well below the other openers for good reason. You're not getting the potential track-meet feel of some of the other matchups. Instead, you've got two clubs built for rebounding slugfests and deliberate offense. Add in the usual playoff jitters and extra defensive attention in Game 1, and you've got a strong setup for a lower-scoring night. Look, this pick isn't going to light up the timeline or anything , the other games have higher lines that match how those teams played all season. But if you're strictly shopping totals on opening night, this feels like the smartest, cleanest spot. I've watched enough of these series starters to know: teams often come out trying to stop the other side first, and the points come harder than people expect. Bottom line for me? Expect a tight, physical, half-court grind in LA on Saturday. The under has treated bettors well in these exact situations for years, and the way both these rosters are constructed only makes it more appealing. | |
| BEST NBA HANDICAPPERS | ||
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| Top Handicappers | Profit | WCR |
| Alex Smart | $15540.00 | 8.3 |
| Brian Bitler | $14835.00 | 7.6 |
| Rob Vinciletti | $12010.00 | 8.1 |
| BA Sports | $11320.00 | 3.7 |
| Big Mike Sports | $6565.00 | 30.4 |
| Wilson Cole Sports | $6467.00 | 29.4 |
| Kevin Thomas | $5254.00 | 3.5 |
| TOP NBA CAPPERS PAST 7 DAYS | ||
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| Top Handicappers | Profit | WCR |
| Alex Smart | $4950.00 | 70.7 |
| Kevin Thomas | $4700.00 | 69.1 |
| Chip Chirimbes | $3960.00 | 39.2 |
| Wilson Cole Sports | $3000.00 | 100.0 |
| Damian Sosh | $2850.00 | 40.7 |
| Brian Bitler | $2700.00 | 56.3 |
| Mikey Sports | $2050.00 | 39.4 |
| TOP NBA CAPPERS PAST 30 DAYS | ||
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| Top Handicappers | Profit | WCR |
| Damian Sosh | $15200.00 | 47.5 |
| BA Sports | $9280.00 | 20.6 |
| Alex Smart | $8900.00 | 29.9 |
| Kevin Thomas | $7200.00 | 25.5 |
| John Ryan | $5317.00 | 18.8 |
| Rob Vinciletti | $4170.00 | 15.4 |
| Rockys Lock Club | $3240.00 | 20.3 |
| TOP NBA CAPPERS PAST 60 DAYS | ||
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| Top Handicappers | Profit | WCR |
| Alex Smart | $16720.00 | 27.5 |
| BA Sports | $7330.00 | 11.5 |
| John Ryan | $6334.00 | 10.8 |
| Rob Vinciletti | $5845.00 | 9.9 |
| Stephen Nover | $5308.00 | 21.4 |
| Wilson Cole Sports | $5000.00 | 100.0 |
| Kevin Thomas | $4876.00 | 8.8 |
| TOP NBA CAPPERS PAST 90 DAYS | ||
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| Top Handicappers | Profit | WCR |
| Alex Smart | $19710.00 | 22.2 |
| Rob Vinciletti | $18345.00 | 21.4 |
| Wilson Cole Sports | $10400.00 | 83.2 |
| John Ryan | $6818.00 | 7.9 |
| Kevin Thomas | $5751.00 | 6.9 |
| Mike Lundin | $5650.00 | 3.6 |
| Stephen Nover | $4913.00 | 14.8 |
