[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    	5	3	0	100.00
diogee    	5	7	0	60.00
VBOMBER  	4	5	0	54.00
shantystar 	4	6	1	53.00
Deke101   	4	7	1	43.00
harsh506    	2	2	0	32.00
sharktank1  	2	2	0	32.00
stump      	2	2	0	32.00
sir.civic   	2	3	0	22.00
motley     	3	7	0	8.00
Wyndham 	3	7	0	8.00
redrum     	1	2	0	6.00
brock      	2	6	1	1.00
Junkyard Dog	3	9	1	-3.00
msubulldog	1	3	0	-4.00
Cabo        	0	1	0	-10.00
Immortality  	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
gizmo2431  	3	9	0	-12.00
rake922      	3	9	0	-12.00
twtb19     	2	8	1	-19.00
jhippe77  	0	2	0	-20.00
louisvillekid  	3	10	0	-22.00
rugbybdyb  	2	8	0	-28.00
20Four7     	0	3	0	-30.00
bettilimbroke9	0	3	0	-30.00
dwaechte  	0	3	0	-30.00
LLXC       	0	3	0	-30.00
turnip     	0	3	0	-30.00
LT Profits	2	9	0	-38.00
mundane   	2	10	1	-39.00
MOONCRICKET	0	4	0	-40.00
frostno98  	0	5	0	-50.00
pokernut9999	2	11	0	-58.00
Wrigley     	2	11	0	-58.00
seaborneq     	0	6	0	-60.00
thezbar      	0	8	0	-80.00
szaidi99    	1	12	0	-94.00


GAME-BY-GAME
Name            W       L       P        Pct
goldengoat    	12	4	0	75.0%
harsh506    	6	2	0	75.0%
stump      	6	2	0	75.0%
shantystar 	14	7	1	66.7%
sharktank1  	5	3	0	62.5%
motley     	12	8	0	60.0%
diogee    	14	10	0	58.3%
Junkyard Dog	14	10	2	58.3%
Wrigley     	15	11	0	57.7%
Deke101   	13	10	1	56.5%
VBOMBER  	10	8	0	55.6%
gizmo2431  	12	12	0	50.0%
frostno98  	5	5	0	50.0%
sir.civic   	5	5	0	50.0%
MOONCRICKET	4	4	0	50.0%
msubulldog	4	4	0	50.0%
redrum     	3	3	0	50.0%
turnip     	3	3	0	50.0%
jhippe77  	2	2	0	50.0%
Cabo        	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%
mundane   	12	13	1	48.0%
louisvillekid  	12	14	0	46.2%
Wyndham 	9	11	0	45.0%
pokernut9999	11	15	0	42.3%
brock      	7	10	1	41.2%
rugbybdyb  	8	12	0	40.0%
rake922      	9	14	1	39.1%
LT Profits	8	13	1	38.1%
twtb19     	7	14	1	33.3%
seaborneq     	4	8	0	33.3%
20Four7     	2	4	0	33.3%
thezbar      	4	12	0	25.0%
szaidi99    	6	19	1	24.0%
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%

[SBRforum Staff]

NBA Basketball

Sun 4/13 701 Miami Heat +17 Over 176½
6:05PM (EST) 702 Cleveland Cavaliers -17 Under 176½

Sun 4/13 703 San Antonio Spurs +7 Over 190
3:30PM (EST) 704 Los Angeles Lakers -7 Under 190

Sun 4/13 705 Toronto Raptors +5½ Over 185½
1:00PM (EST) 706 Detroit Pistons -5½ Under 185½

Sun 4/13 707 Orlando Magic -3 Over 203½
7:05PM (EST) 708 Chicago Bulls +3 Under 203½

Sun 4/13 709 Houston Rockets +6½ Over 208
9:05PM (EST) 710 Denver Nuggets -6½ Under 208

Sun 4/13 711 Dallas Mavericks -9 Over 199½
9:05PM (EST) 712 Seattle Supersonics +9 Under 199½

[thezbar]

Pistons Over 185.5
Dallas -9
This parlay comes straight from the mouth of a friend a found several months ago. She doesn't say much but loves to party!

[mundane]

San Antonio Spurs/Los Angeles Lakers Under 190
Toronto Raptors/Detroit Pistons Under 185½

it's the playoffs! unders are the plays!

[louisvillekid]

#706 Det -5.5 : i've said it before on here, i don't know what it is about the Pistons and Sunday games, especially if they are at home, a quick rundown, Apr. 6 @Mia W91-75, Mar. 23 @Wash. L83-95, Mar. 16 N.O. W 105-84, Mar. 9 Chi. W 116-86, Feb. 24 @Phoe. W 116-86, Feb. 10 Char W 113-87, Feb 3 Dal. W 90-67, Jan 13 @ NY L 65-89(i don't know what was up with that game, Hamilton only scored 3, Wallace 6, and Prince 0), Dec 23 Hou. W 94-82, Dec 16 G.S. W 109-87, Dec 9 Char. W 104-85, Dec. 2 N.J. W 118-95. So there is just a quick rundown of the Pistons like to play good at home on Sundays IMO.

#706 Tor/Det ov 185.5 : read above statement, the Pistons like to be loose on Sundays.

[Junkyard Dog]

705 Toronto Raptors +5½ - game means much more to the raptors trying to avoid 7th spot than it does for the pistons

710 Denver Nuggets -6½ - go or die for the nuggets and think they get it done with a win on home court

[jhippe77]

San Antonio Spurs +7
I'll take the Spurs plus the points any time... there is a reason they have won so many titles.

Detroit Pistons -5½
Pistons a strong team at home and I think they win by at least 8.

[shantystar]

704 Los Angeles Lakers -7,another high flying team to win easy.
709 Houston Rockets +6½,high flying teM TO BEAT AND SNATCH VICTORY HERE.

[gizmo2431]

Houston Rockets Over 208
Denver is going to be shooting like crazy on this home game to try to keep in the playoffs. Since they don't play defense, they'll shoot on offense to go OVER.

Orlando Magic Over 203½
These 2 teams last meeting scored 198pts, and that was with an Orlando 30+ pt win. At home I expect the Bulls to keep up a bit better and for this one to go OVER. The last 4 Bulls games have gone under, but I expect this streak to end today.

[Wrigley]

701 Miami Heat +17
With James hurting I think heat keep it closer then 17

704 Los Angeles Lakers Under 190

I expect the teams might play defense in this one as the playoffs near

[brock]

705 Toronto Raptors +5½ I think Toronto will be playing for
the win. Better match up in play off.
709 Houston Rockets +6½ won two of three match ups.

[goldengoat]

pistons -5.5
pistons dont want to give raptors confidence should they play them

rockets under 208
this game usually goes under this number between these 2 teams

[motley]

Orlando & Chicago 203½ Over: the game has no meaning and it will be just a scoring exhibition by both teams. also there are some players who would just shoot just because they like to.

Houston & Denver 208 Over: denver can not win unless they score just too much or just enough to make it to the over but they would not be alone as houston would also help in going for the over

(stupid explanations sorry for that...)

[szaidi99]

cleveland -pts
miami will have trouble score 60 tonite

Seattle +pts
statement game tonite

[diogee]

703 Spurs/Lakers Over 190 The 3 meetings this year have averaged 198 points. The Spurs will slow this game up but it should be close enough at the end for late fouling to push it over.

710 Denver Nuggets -6½ Win or stay home game for the Nuggets on their home court where they are 31-8. Coming off a major beatdown on the road despite shooting 48%. Karl should have a fire lit under his team and the fans will be fired up with the playoff atmosphere.

[rake922]

Rockets/Nuggets Over 208
Over is 4-1 in Rockets last 5 games as a road underdog.
Over is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Denver.

Mavericks/Supersonics Over 199½
Over is 7-3 in Mavericks last 10 road games
Over is 5-0 in SuperSonics last 5 Sunday games

[LT Profits]

I am in and out of the house today, so need to do this quickly.

HEAT/CAVALIERS UNDER 176.5: The Heat can't score vs. a good defense and the Cavaliers are a good Under team.

NUGGETS -6.5: Yes Virginia, that is a "-" sign! LOL. After getting unexpectedly (at least by me) blasted in Utah last night, the Nugs must now win both remaining games to be assured of the last playoff spot.

[redrum]

heat+17 to many pts for the cavs to be favored

heat/cavs u 176.5 low scoring game both team struggle to score

[frostno98]

Miami +16.5-cavs aren't really good at blowing teams away, their intensity should be relaxed in this game.

Denver vs Houston over 208-Nuggets don't really play D and like the high uptempo game, houston also has the capability to do the same so this should be a scoring frenzy.

[VBOMBER]

Houston/Denver under 208 - Houston has really been slowing it up lately, and have had success all year in getting Denver to play their tempo, so this should stay under the number

Dallas/Seattle under 199.5 - Seattle plays to opponents style, and Dallas has been playing methodical lately, so this should stay under the number

[Deke101]

Out on a limb just to get a play in i guess:

Nuggets -6.5: Hoping that they come out firing against a slow paced Rockets team to get themselves a playoff spot. Thinking 108-95 Nuggets win.

Bulls +3: Kind of an odd play for me here but I think Orlando is hanging it up for the regular season after their home loss to Minnesota. And the Bulls young players have two more games left and then they're done until next season. Thinking 93-91 Bulls win.

[Wyndham]

Dallas-Seattle U199.5: Seems generous to me. Dallas will put the clamps on the Sonics and they're not likely to top 100-105 themselves, imo.

Orlando -3: Classic "trap." Screw it. Orlando's backups could beat the sorry Bulls. Here's hoping they do.

[pokernut9999]

Hous +6.5 and over 208

Denver just too inconsistent and no D. Rockets to keep it close and low total for a Denver game.

[sharktank1]

SEATTLE/DALLAS UNDER 199
The Mav's are gonna be tired after last night's fiasco.


HOUSTON/DENVER UNDER 208
Rockets don't pull their weight in tonight's game.