[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*
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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
VBOMBER  	5	5	0	80.00
goldengoat    	5	6	0	70.00
diogee    	6	9	0	66.00
Deke101   	5	9	1	49.00
sharktank1  	3	3	0	48.00
shantystar 	4	8	1	33.00
stump      	2	2	0	32.00
harsh506    	2	3	0	22.00
louisvillekid  	5	11	0	20.00
msubulldog	2	4	0	12.00
sir.civic   	2	4	0	12.00
frostno98  	2	6	0	-8.00
brock      	2	7	1	-9.00
Cabo        	0	1	0	-10.00
Doye      	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
redrum     	1	4	0	-14.00
gizmo2431  	3	10	0	-22.00
motley     	3	10	0	-22.00
Wyndham 	3	10	0	-22.00
rugbybdyb  	2	8	0	-28.00
twtb19     	2	9	1	-29.00
20Four7     	0	3	0	-30.00
bettilimbroke9	0	3	0	-30.00
jhippe77  	0	3	0	-30.00
LLXC       	0	3	0	-30.00
turnip     	0	3	0	-30.00
LT Profits	3	11	0	-32.00
Junkyard Dog	3	12	1	-33.00
dwaechte  	0	4	0	-40.00
MOONCRICKET	0	4	0	-40.00
rake922      	3	12	0	-42.00
seaborneq     	1	7	0	-44.00
pokernut9999	3	13	0	-52.00
mundane   	2	13	1	-69.00
thezbar      	1	10	0	-74.00
szaidi99    	2	14	0	-88.00
Wrigley     	2	14	0	-88.00


GAME-BY-GAME
Name            W       L       P        Pct
stump      	6	2	0	75.0%
shantystar 	16	9	1	64.0%
goldengoat    	14	8	0	63.6%
frostno98  	10	6	0	62.5%
VBOMBER  	12	8	0	60.0%
harsh506    	6	4	0	60.0%
msubulldog	7	5	0	58.3%
sharktank1  	7	5	0	58.3%
diogee    	17	13	0	56.7%
Junkyard Dog	17	13	2	56.7%
motley     	14	12	0	53.8%
louisvillekid  	17	15	0	53.1%
Wrigley     	17	15	0	53.1%
Deke101   	15	14	1	51.7%
gizmo2431  	13	13	0	50.0%
sir.civic   	6	6	0	50.0%
redrum     	5	5	0	50.0%
MOONCRICKET	4	4	0	50.0%
jhippe77  	3	3	0	50.0%
turnip     	3	3	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%
pokernut9999	15	17	0	46.9%
mundane   	14	17	1	45.2%
LT Profits	12	15	1	44.4%
seaborneq     	7	9	0	43.8%
rugbybdyb  	8	12	0	40.0%
Wyndham 	10	16	0	38.5%
rake922      	11	18	1	37.9%
brock      	7	12	1	36.8%
twtb19     	8	15	1	34.8%
20Four7     	2	4	0	33.3%
thezbar      	7	15	0	31.8%
szaidi99    	9	22	1	29.0%
bettilimbroke9	1	4	1	20.0%
dwaechte  	1	7	0	12.5%
Doye      	0	2	0	0.0%
Immortality  	0	1	1	0.0%
LLXC       	0	6	0	0.0%
Wassymac 	0	2	0	0.0%

[LT Profits]

NBA Basketball

Sat 4/19 701 Washington Wizards +2 Over 188
12:30PM (EST) 702 Cleveland Cavaliers -2 Under 188

Sat 4/19 703 Phoenix Suns +4 Over 194
3:00PM (EST) 704 San Antonio Spurs -4 Under 194

Sat 4/19 705 Dallas Mavericks +4½ Over 193
7:00PM (EST) 706 New Orleans Hornets -4½ Under 193

Sat 4/19 707 Utah Jazz +1 Over 187
9:30PM (EST) 708 Houston Rockets -1 Under 187

[MiamiBoy86]

Washington +2 over Cleveland I think that balanced effort by Arenas, Jamison, Butler lead their team over the Lebrons...

Phoenix +4 I think that people are underestimating Spurs injuries, Manu is key to whole series, Shaq will shut down Duncan, I like Amare to go nuts on Olberto and the rest of the front line, statement game

[Tsoprano]

Washington +2 over Cleveland I think that balanced effort by Arenas, Jamison, Butler lead their team over the Lebrons...

Phoenix +4 I think that people are underestimating Spurs injuries, Manu is key to whole series, Shaq will shut down Duncan, I like Amare to go nuts on Olberto and the rest of the front line, statement game

Have no clue about the Wash game can go either way as lebron can sure pull stuff off, but TOTALLY agree with you on the suns.

[redrum]

jazz+1 simply the better team

n.o-4.5 should win easy at home

[HOMAR]

San antonio -4 ....whit the champion until die...experience count .. .

hornets -4.5 ...home will be the bigest fact here .. N.O. by 9 ...

[frostno98]

NO -4.5-they were just playing around with Dallas the last time, CP3 will have his way this time at home.

Houston -1-Utah aren't very good when they're away from home.

[seaborneq]

Phoenix +4, Spurs bench is too short w/o Horry and Barry

Dallas +4.5, NO will have first game jitters

[stump]

703 Phoenix Suns +4 not San Antonio's year

708 Houston Rockets -1 McGrady's looking for redemption

[goldengoat]

rockets -1
rockets good at home and must respond with a strong effort to avoid the 0-7 talk for 1st rd mcgrady exits

cavs -2
same logic here, decent home team vs mediocre road team, cavs will respond to the trash talk

[rake922]

WASHINGTON vs CLEVELAND Under 188
Under is 13-3 in Cavaliers last 16 home games vs. a team with a losing road record
Under is 6-0 in Cavaliers last 6 overall.


UTAH vs HOUSTON Under 187
Under is 5-1 in Jazz last 6 playoff games as an underdog of 0.5-4.5.
Under is 4-0 in Rockets last 4 home games

[diogee]

703 Phoenix Suns +4 Suns won the season series 3-1 and already beat teh Spurs twice on their home court this year. Suns feel they have something to prove and the Spurs are without Horry to help out.

706 New Orleans Hornets -4½ Hornets playing at home and look to make a statement against another powerhouse. Hornets won both meetings on their home court...one by 11 points and the other by 4.

[shantystar]

(EST) 704 San Antonio Spurs -4,confirmfrominside resources,strong inside ino,they willcover spread here.
19 705 Dallas Mavericks +4½ ,strong inside info,first jitter,i agreed they will upset the game.

[Wyndham]

Cavs-Wizards U188: Defense steps up in the playoffs, and I don't trust Cleveland's lineup to regularly top 100.

Jazz-Rockets U187: Rinse, repeat. Houston is one of the best defensive teams in the league and will control the tempo. Lots of 24-second shot-clocks in this one.

[mundane]

San Antonio Spurs -4
Dallas Mavericks +4½

both teams just showed what they are capable of last game of the regular season. riding that momentum here!

[sharktank1]

SUNS + 4
A couple of reasons.
Phoenix won 15 of their last 20 regular season games.
They also won the season series against the Spurs 3-1.

HORNETS - 4.5
Though the season series between these two teams ended up a draw @ 2-2,
with ol' Paul happy (and) healthy, I give a slight nod towards the Hornets.

[szaidi99]

washington +pts
cleveland ruined their team with that trade and it will show this year in the playoffs

utah +pts
mcgrady will never win a playoff series

[Wrigley]

701 Washington Wizards +2
Cavs only playing .500 ball since the trade I think wash wins this series
702 Clev/Wash Over 188
Teams play defense in the playoffs but I still figure these teams could hit 200

[LT Profits]

CAVALIERS -2: This is somewhat of a gift line considering that the Cavs are now -3.5 in real life. Cleveland plays defense, Washington does not. In the playoffs, that is what it comes down to.

WIZARDS/CAVALIERS UNDER 188: Cleveland playoff games averaged just 175.5 points in their drive to the NBA Finals last season. They should profit from the experience, knowing that defense wins championships. This is the third straight year they have faced the Wizards in the playoffs, and the teams played conservatively in Game 1 each of the last two seasons.

[motley]

Phoenix & San Antonio 194 Over: sas would play defense to win but pho would like to win using their defense and offense and i don't think that even if sas gets blown away by the 4th qtr that sas would just give up.

Dallas +4.5: Dirk would like to redeem himself over what happened last year, Jason would like to prove that he is still a premier point guard and be able to somehow contain C.P. but in the end the experience of dallas and their desire would give them the edge.

[Junkyard Dog]

701 Washington Wizards +2 - healthy wiz are motivated and want to make a statement in game one

707 Utah Jazz +1 - yes jazz suck on the road but expecting a win here

[VBOMBER]

Wash/Clev over 188 - Both offenses should fare pretty well int his series which should get this game over the number

Utah/Houston over 187 - Houston plays great D, but that seems to take a disproportionate hit against the better offenses, and Utah may have the best offense in the NBA and they play average D at best so that should get this over the number

[Deke101]

Suns +4: Going to be a close game, Suns will either win straight up, lose in the last 10 seconds, or miss shots and foul and lose by 5 or 6. But I'll take the Suns with the points.

Jazz +1: Jazz win outright tonight even in Houston. Jazz are more balanced overall and I don't think the Rockets can keep up in the paint.

[louisvillekid]

#704 S.A. -4 : the veterans get it done for the Spurs, the Spurs seem to step it up in the play-offs.

#708 Hou -1 : the Rockets D should help them get a win, Jazz still haven't proved they can be tough on the road.

[thezbar]

Dallas +4.5
Jazz Under 187
Pure guess. No thought. No handicap. Sure winner?

[msubulldog]

new orleans -4 1/2
since feb 25th new orleans has won by more than 5 every game but one and that was against utah on april 8th and they scored only 66 points shooting around 33% from field. at 5 point spread they are 13-1 at home during this period. will lay 4 1/2 with new orleans.

houston -1
utah road record is 17-24 this year. like houston to win close game at home.