Pick 'n' Roll: Today's best NBA bets
Washington Wizards at Sacramento Kings
Kings fans don’t have much to cheer for these days. But when Sacramento hosts Washington Wednesday, fans will have plenty of reasons to “cheers”.
As a promotion to put butts in the seats and show their die-hard fans just how much they care, the franchise is offering "Spread the Kings Cheer With Dollar Beer" - selling suds for only a buck a pop.
The promotion, usually saved for university bars, has caught a lot of flak from anti-alcohol organizations. And the fact that the game will be televised on ESPN has many historians harkening back to the infamous minor league baseball “nickel beer” night 35 years ago which ended in the home team forfeiting the game after the fans went loco.
"This is sort of a throwback idea, and it's one of those things you could potentially see backfiring," researcher Christian End of Xavier University told the Sacramento Bee. "I don't want to condemn the Kings, but I hope they are encouraging people to drink responsibly because that's a lot of people and there could be quite a lot of beer consumed."
As for the chaos on the floor, Sacramento has been money in the bank for basketball bettors. The Kings picked up their third straight cover in a win over Minnesota Saturday and have gone 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games.
Add that profitable play to the drunken masses in Arco Arena, and you have a solid play on the home team.
Pick: Sacramento
Los Angeles Clippers at Minnesota Timberwolves (-1.5, 191.5)
If you’ve been watching the Timberwolves this season, chances are you feel like spreading some holiday cheer all over the bathroom floor. If you have been betting lowly Minnesota, you have been able to stomach the team’s vomit inducing play thanks to the bulging wallet in your back pocket.
The Timberwolves picked up just their fourth win of the season against the Utah Jazz Monday, but turned in their eighth cover in the last 10 games. Minnesota’s dismal performances on the floor have forced books to inflate their numbers so much, they’ve actually made the T-Wolves spread proof.
"We're starting to get it," guard Corey Brewer told the Minnesota Pioneer Press after Monday’s 110-108 win as 13-point home underdogs. "Earlier in the season we would have panicked. Tonight we just stayed together. We knew we had to stay poised and make plays, and that's what we did."
Minnesota has already faced the Clippers twice this season, losing straight up both times but covering the spread in each game. Their most recent meeting was a 91-87 loss in Los Angeles in which the Timberwolves covered as 5.5-point road dogs.
Pick: Minnesota
Washington Wizards at Sacramento Kings
Kings fans don’t have much to cheer for these days. But when Sacramento hosts Washington Wednesday, fans will have plenty of reasons to “cheers”.
As a promotion to put butts in the seats and show their die-hard fans just how much they care, the franchise is offering "Spread the Kings Cheer With Dollar Beer" - selling suds for only a buck a pop.
The promotion, usually saved for university bars, has caught a lot of flak from anti-alcohol organizations. And the fact that the game will be televised on ESPN has many historians harkening back to the infamous minor league baseball “nickel beer” night 35 years ago which ended in the home team forfeiting the game after the fans went loco.
"This is sort of a throwback idea, and it's one of those things you could potentially see backfiring," researcher Christian End of Xavier University told the Sacramento Bee. "I don't want to condemn the Kings, but I hope they are encouraging people to drink responsibly because that's a lot of people and there could be quite a lot of beer consumed."
As for the chaos on the floor, Sacramento has been money in the bank for basketball bettors. The Kings picked up their third straight cover in a win over Minnesota Saturday and have gone 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games.
Add that profitable play to the drunken masses in Arco Arena, and you have a solid play on the home team.
Pick: Sacramento
Los Angeles Clippers at Minnesota Timberwolves (-1.5, 191.5)
If you’ve been watching the Timberwolves this season, chances are you feel like spreading some holiday cheer all over the bathroom floor. If you have been betting lowly Minnesota, you have been able to stomach the team’s vomit inducing play thanks to the bulging wallet in your back pocket.
The Timberwolves picked up just their fourth win of the season against the Utah Jazz Monday, but turned in their eighth cover in the last 10 games. Minnesota’s dismal performances on the floor have forced books to inflate their numbers so much, they’ve actually made the T-Wolves spread proof.
"We're starting to get it," guard Corey Brewer told the Minnesota Pioneer Press after Monday’s 110-108 win as 13-point home underdogs. "Earlier in the season we would have panicked. Tonight we just stayed together. We knew we had to stay poised and make plays, and that's what we did."
Minnesota has already faced the Clippers twice this season, losing straight up both times but covering the spread in each game. Their most recent meeting was a 91-87 loss in Los Angeles in which the Timberwolves covered as 5.5-point road dogs.
Pick: Minnesota
