[LT Profits]

Starting Tuesday (April 1), we will start a new April Hoops Parlay Contest with a prize of $250 account at 5 Dimes, 3 time roll-over. Last place will receive a $25 5 Dimes account with a 3 time roll over. If there is a tie for last place in both units and game-by-game record (15 parlay minimum), there will be NO last place prize.

*IMPORTANT*
All players must have an account at 5 Dimes prior to making picks Sign up here

Before participating, players must PM their 5 Dimes account ID to SBRforum Staff


1. Check in the NBA BASKETBALL HANDICAPPING FORUM each day for the daily thread to be posted by LT Profits. Lines will be posted by 1:00 p.m. (ET) each day. Plays may be posted before that, but the official posted lines will be used for grading.

2. Posted spreads and totals are the only eligible plays for grading, no Money Lines or Halves allowed. NBA, NCAA Men's and beginning April 1, NCAA Women's games included.

3. Two-game parlay picks, laying 10 to win 26. Post entire parlay at same time, no open parlays.

4. Here’s the catch: Your play must include a write-up! The write-up does not have to be long, just a sentence or two about why you are making your play. If need be, please refer to prior month's contests for examples.

5. Entries that are past-post or do not have analysis for both games will be NO ACTION. Once your two-team parlay has been posted, you CANNOT change either play. Any edited post will count as a LOSS! If you make a mistake (such as leaving out "Over" or "Under" or not clearly stating your selection), need to add analysis or wish to enter corrected lines, do so in a separate post. This holds true even if the first game on the schedule did not tip off yet. It also holds true for past-posts and entries with no analysis. It does NOT hold true for posts that are not parlay selections, i.e. standings, commentary posts or congratulatory posts.

6. And here’s the fine print:

• Must be 18 years of age or older to participate.
• One entry per household and IP address.
• Must use lines posted in daily thread by LT Profits
• Maximum one parlay pick per day, minimum 15 parlay plays required to be eligible for monthly prize.
• Tiebreaker for first place - Win % of individual parlay legs. If still tied, combatants will carry on a head-to-head parlay match until winner determined.
• All decisions made by SBR with regards to this contest are final.
• SBR employees eligible to participate but are not eligible to win the monthly prize.

[LT Profits]

STANDINGS 
Name            W       L       W/P     Units
goldengoat    	4	2	0	84.00
diogee    	4	6	0	44.00
VBOMBER  	3	4	0	38.00
shantystar 	3	5	1	37.00
harsh506    	2	2	0	32.00
stump      	2	2	0	32.00
motley     	3	5	0	28.00
Deke101   	3	6	1	27.00
sir.civic   	2	3	0	22.00
Junkyard Dog	3	7	1	17.00
sharktank1  	1	1	0	16.00
brock      	2	5	1	11.00
gizmo2431  	3	7	0	8.00
rake922      	3	7	0	8.00
msubulldog	1	3	0	-4.00
Wyndham 	2	6	0	-8.00
Cabo        	0	1	0	-10.00
Immortality  	0	1	0	-10.00
jhippe77  	0	1	0	-10.00
juuso      	0	1	0	-10.00
louisvillekid1	0	1	0	-10.00
myr10      	0	1	0	-10.00
rjt721      	0	1	0	-10.00
Wassymac 	0	1	0	-10.00
mundane   	2	8	1	-19.00
twtb19     	2	8	1	-19.00
redrum     	0	2	0	-20.00
rugbybdyb  	2	8	0	-28.00
20Four7     	0	3	0	-30.00
bettilimbroke9	0	3	0	-30.00
dwaechte  	0	3	0	-30.00
frostno98  	0	3	0	-30.00
LLXC       	0	3	0	-30.00
MOONCRICKET	0	3	0	-30.00
turnip     	0	3	0	-30.00
louisvillekid  	2	9	0	-38.00
pokernut9999	2	9	0	-38.00
Wrigley     	2	9	0	-38.00
seaborneq     	0	5	0	-50.00
LT Profits	1	8	0	-54.00
thezbar      	0	6	0	-60.00
szaidi99    	1	10	0	-74.00


GAME-BY-GAME
Name            W       L       P        Pct
goldengoat    	9	3	0	75.0%
harsh506    	6	2	0	75.0%
stump      	6	2	0	75.0%
motley     	11	5	0	68.8%
shantystar 	11	6	1	64.7%
diogee    	12	8	0	60.0%
gizmo2431  	12	8	0	60.0%
Junkyard Dog	12	8	2	60.0%
Wrigley     	13	9	0	59.1%
VBOMBER  	8	6	0	57.1%
Deke101   	10	9	1	52.6%
mundane   	11	10	1	52.4%
sir.civic   	5	5	0	50.0%
msubulldog	4	4	0	50.0%
frostno98  	3	3	0	50.0%
MOONCRICKET	3	3	0	50.0%
turnip     	3	3	0	50.0%
sharktank1  	2	2	0	50.0%
Cabo        	1	1	0	50.0%
jhippe77  	1	1	0	50.0%
juuso      	1	1	0	50.0%
louisvillekid1	1	1	0	50.0%
myr10      	1	1	0	50.0%
rjt721      	1	1	0	50.0%
rake922      	9	10	1	47.4%
brock      	7	8	1	46.7%
pokernut9999	10	12	0	45.5%
Wyndham 	7	9	0	43.8%
louisvillekid  	9	13	0	40.9%
rugbybdyb  	8	12	0	40.0%
seaborneq     	4	6	0	40.0%
LT Profits	6	11	1	35.3%
twtb19     	7	14	1	33.3%
20Four7     	2	4	0	33.3%
thezbar      	3	9	0	25.0%
redrum     	1	3	0	25.0%
szaidi99    	5	16	1	23.8%
bettilimbroke9	1	4	1	20.0%
dwaechte  	1	5	0	16.7%
Immortality  	0	1	1	0.0%
LLXC       	0	6	0	0.0%
Wassymac 	0	2	0	0.0%

[LT Profits]

NBA Basketball

Sat 4/12 501 Charlotte Bobcats +8 Over 211½
7:05PM (EST) 502 Indiana Pacers -8 Under 211½

Sat 4/12 503 Philadelphia 76ers +2½ Over 195½
7:05PM (EST) 504 Washington Wizards -2½ Under 195½

Sat 4/12 505 Boston Celtics -2½ Over 195½
7:05PM (EST) 506 Atlanta Hawks +2½ Under 195½

Sat 4/12 507 Minnesota Timberwolves +3½ Over 212½
8:05PM (EST) 508 Memphis Grizzlies -3½ Under 212½

Sat 4/12 509 New Jersey Nets +3 Over 205½
8:35PM (EST) 510 Milwaukee Bucks -3 Under 205½

Sat 4/12 511 Denver Nuggets +5½ Over 225
9:05PM (EST) 512 Utah Jazz -5½ Under 225

Sat 4/12 513 New Orleans Hornets -8 Over 210½
10:05PM (EST) 514 Sacramento Kings +8 Under 210½

Sat 4/12 515 Dallas Mavericks -4½ Over 186½
10:05PM (EST) 516 Portland Trailblazers +4½ Under 186½

Sat 4/12 517 Los Angeles Clippers +16½ Over 217
10:35PM (EST) 518 Golden State Warriors -16½ Under 217

[brock]

508 Memphis Grizzlies -3½ going for the sweep vrs MN.
512 Utah Jazz -5½ won last vrs Den by 27

[motley]

Dallas Mavericks -4.5: playoffs, one inspiration in which teams will do their best just to assure themselves of a spot and this coincides with the mavericks.

Denver & Utah 225 Under: defense, something new for the utah jazz but in the past few games they are exploring it and giving me loses on the over so under might be a better play (even if it's just for me).

[LT Profits]

TIMBERWOLVES/GRIZZLIES UNDER 212.5: Both teams are playing the second half of back-to-backs, and the Timberwolves are averaging just 90.8 points when playing with no rest this season while the Grizzlies are averaging 99.6 in this same situation. We doubt that both teams will top 100, making this total a huge number.

NUGGETS +5.5: The Nuggets won their biggest game of the year at Golden State on Thursday, giving them a one-game lead for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West. They can't afford a letdown now.

[pokernut9999]

Den +5.5 : Denver needs badly

Sac +8 : They should be able to keep it close, as NO should tire in 2nd half.

[Wyndham]

Mavs -4.5: They need this game way more than Portland, and, while I'm anti-Mavs, they're a much better team.

PHI-WAS U195.5: Talked about it in another thread, but the defense will be key here. Both teams want this game for seeding. No easy shots, no wide-open threes.

[shantystar]

516 Portland Trailblazers +4½,looks nice to beat tonight dallas,
506 Atlanta Hawks Under 195½
,this match remains under,as both teams seems lazy to me.i will win this too.

[Deke101]

Nets @ Bucks Over 205.5: Neither team playing D at this point. Just a meaningless bottom of the East shootaround here tonight with some scoring talent on the court.

Denver @ Utah Under 225: Jazz playing good D, Nuggets games haven't had TOO much scoring lately. Way too high of a number.

[Junkyard Dog]

504 Washington Wizards -2½ - gilbert arenas is back and wiz protect their home court

508 Memphis Grizzlies -3½ - twolves will be flat after big win vs magic

[szaidi99]

clippers +pts
golden state just shot in the arm, and they are bleeding

minnesotta +pts
timberwolves basketball, its fantastic

[gizmo2431]

Portland Trailblazers Under 186½
Two slow paced playing teams should make this one go UNDER. As well, the good defense by Dallas will slow things down.

Washington Wizards Under 195½
Two slow paced playing teams should make this one go UNDER. As well, the defense by Philadelphia will slow things down.

Lets get em!

[Wrigley]

505 Boston Celtics -2½
Celts playing for nothing but still think they send a message to ther possible first round opponent

508 Memphis Grizzlies -3½
I think memphis wins the battle of the ping pong balls they just beat minny at minny a while ago

[goldengoat]

wizards -2.5
wiz need to bounce back from a horrid game and get some momentum for playoffs

grizzlies -3.5
battle of 2 losers. home team still has to show something to its season ticket holders.

[louisvillekid]

#505 Bos -2.5 : the Celtics still continue to whoop teams with back-ups and nothing to gain, except for pride.

#512 Utah -5.5 : Jazz are solid at home, thats all i need to know.

[frostno98]

Hawks -5.5-will be playing a home in a playoff like at atmosphere vs celts backup, they should take care of business.

Washington -1-both teams need this win to get better seedings but the home team should get the edge, plus gilbert arenas back that will also help.

[rake922]

Nuggets/Jazz over 225
Over is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Utah
Over is 5-0 in Jazz last 5 vs. a team with a winning S.U. record

Hornets/Kings over 210.5
Over is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings.
Over is 4-0 in Hornets last 4 vs. a team with a losing S.U. record

[MOONCRICKET]

GS-16.5: line is set high tempting the dog play, but 132-91 sounds right to me here.

Nj/MIL over 205': either im gonna be really right or really wrong here. neither team has any concept of how to play defense nor do they have anything to play for. so teams like this either go out and have fun and scor like mad or they dont wanna be there and they play to 90-86 final... im an optimist and see this being a carter/redd thing with each going for 40.

[diogee]

513 New Orleans Hornets -8 Hornets coming off a near huge comeback win and still playing for home court. Kings are still riddled with injuries with Miller done, Artest doubtful, and Martin out.

511 Denver Nuggets +5½ This is a huge game for the Nuggets who are up 1 game on the Warriors and have momentum after defeating the Warriors and playing for their playoff lives.

[seaborneq]

Atl +2.5, Celtics have absolutely nothing to play for

Milwaukee -3, Nets have no heart

[thezbar]

Boston -2.5 They should beat the Hawks, Right?
Clippers under 217 Clippers won't pull their weight.

[mundane]

Philadelphia 76ers +2½
76ers have more to play for.

Dallas Mavericks -4½
looks like the mavs will be at the bottom four. shdl start getting W on the road.

[VBOMBER]

Minn/Memphis under 212.5 - No Mike Miller for the Grizz, and even though neither team plays much D, I don't think the offenses will be quite good enough so this stays under the number

Dallas/Port under 186.5 - Half court game, and with Dallas focusing on D more and more this should stay under the number

[sharktank1]

HORNETS -8
Have a whole lot more to play for, than the Kings do tonight.

HORNETS/KINGS UNDER 210.5
To many of the Kings top scorers will be sittin' on the bench tonight, wearing their street clothes.