[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
diogee    	7	9	0	92.00
Deke101   	6	9	1	75.00
sharktank1  	4	3	0	74.00
VBOMBER  	5	6	0	70.00
goldengoat    	5	7	0	60.00
shantystar 	4	9	1	23.00
harsh506    	2	3	0	22.00
stump      	2	3	0	22.00
redrum     	2	4	0	12.00
sir.civic   	2	4	0	12.00
louisvillekid  	5	12	0	10.00
Wyndham 	4	10	0	4.00
msubulldog	2	5	0	2.00
LT Profits	4	11	0	-6.00
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
MiamiBoy86	0	1	0	-10.00
myr10      	0	1	0	-10.00
rjt721      	0	1	0	-10.00
Wassymac 	0	1	0	-10.00
rake922      	4	12	0	-16.00
frostno98  	2	7	0	-18.00
gizmo2431  	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
motley     	3	11	0	-32.00
dwaechte  	0	4	0	-40.00
MOONCRICKET	0	4	0	-40.00
Junkyard Dog	3	13	1	-43.00
pokernut9999	3	13	0	-52.00
seaborneq     	1	8	0	-54.00
mundane   	2	14	1	-79.00
thezbar      	1	11	0	-84.00
szaidi99    	2	15	0	-98.00
Wrigley     	2	15	0	-98.00


GAME-BY-GAME
Name            W       L       P        Pct
stump      	7	3	0	70.0%
sharktank1  	9	5	0	64.3%
goldengoat    	15	9	0	62.5%
frostno98  	11	7	0	61.1%
harsh506    	6	4	0	60.0%
diogee    	19	13	0	59.4%
shantystar 	16	11	1	59.3%
redrum     	7	5	0	58.3%
msubulldog	8	6	0	57.1%
Junkyard Dog	18	14	2	56.3%
Deke101   	17	14	1	54.8%
VBOMBER  	12	10	0	54.5%
motley     	15	13	0	53.6%
louisvillekid  	17	17	0	50.0%
Wrigley     	17	17	0	50.0%
gizmo2431  	13	13	0	50.0%
sir.civic   	6	6	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%
MiamiBoy86	1	1	0	50.0%
myr10      	1	1	0	50.0%
rjt721      	1	1	0	50.0%
LT Profits	14	15	1	48.3%
pokernut9999	15	17	0	46.9%
seaborneq     	8	10	0	44.4%
Wyndham 	12	16	0	42.9%
mundane   	14	19	1	42.4%
rake922      	13	18	1	41.9%
rugbybdyb  	8	12	0	40.0%
brock      	7	12	1	36.8%
twtb19     	8	15	1	34.8%
thezbar      	8	16	0	33.3%
20Four7     	2	4	0	33.3%
szaidi99    	10	23	1	30.3%
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

Sun 4/20 709 Toronto Raptors +7 Over 196½
12:30PM (EST) 710 Orlando Magic -7 Under 196½

Sun 4/20 711 Denver Nuggets +8½ Over 224
3:00PM (EST) 712 Los Angeles Lakers -8½ Under 224

Sun 4/20 713 Philadelphia 76ers +9½ Over 179½
6:00PM (EST) 714 Detroit Pistons -9½ Under 179½

Sun 4/20 715 Atlanta Hawks +15 Over 189
8:30PM (EST) 716 Boston Celtics -15 Under 189

[mundane]

Los Angeles Lakers -8½
Detroit Pistons -9½

no particular reason. just taking the hometeams to win and cover the first games.

[rake922]

DENVER vs LA LAKERS Over 224
Over is 5-2 in Lakers last 7 home games
Over is 9-4 in Nuggets last 13 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.

ATLANTA vs BOSTON Under 189
Under is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Boston
Under is 10-3 in Celtics last 13 vs. Eastern Conference

[sharktank1]

MAGIC/RAPTORS OVER 196.5
Raptors were #2 in 3 point accuracy this past season.
Magic were right behind in 4'th.

LAKERS -8.5
Won the season series 3-0.

[Wrigley]

Denver Nuggets +8½
I expect it to be a high scoring game and Denver to keep it close

Den/Lakers Over 224
even though its playoff time I dont expect much defense in this one

[LT Profits]

RAPTORS/MAGIC UNDER 186.5: The Magic finished on an 8-1 Under run, the Under is 6-2 in the last eight Toronto road games, plus two young clubs could have first game jitters.

NUGGETS +8.5: The Nuggets turned things around nicely at the end of the year, the Lakers shaky defense should keep Denver in this game, or at the very least leave the backdoor open.

[Junkyard Dog]

711 Denver Nuggets +8½ - denver has been playing good ball and i expect a game down to the wire

716 Boston Celtics -15 - love how the hawks have been yappin that will just give the celts more fire to beat em

[louisvillekid]

#709 Tor/Orl un 196.5 : neither team plays D, but i look for a slop fest, with a lot of turnovers and missed shots.

#709 Tor +7 : the Raps have enough talent to keep it within this number.

[szaidi99]

atlanta +pts
too many pts, atlanta will keep it close

boston/atlanta over
gonna be a shootout in boston

[motley]

Philadelphia 76ers +9½: det may still be in cruise control and not yet in the playoffs.

Atlanta Hawks & Boston Celtics 189 Over: atl will not win through def so they need to have an offense to even be competitive and not just sit down and take a sweep.

[pokernut9999]

Lakers over 224: all offensive this game

Boston under 189: all defense this game

[shantystar]

711 Denver Nuggets +8½,nice team here to combat.
709 Toronto Raptors +7 Over 196½
this match goes over and over.

[frostno98]

Denver vs laker over 225-The game should be high scoring because
Melo didn't play much last time because of ejection and Gasol wasn't playing in that game due to injury.

Philadelphia Sixer's +10-Evenly matched teams defensively, and both teams played evenly in the regular season series, so this should be close.

[Deke101]

Celtics -15: Seems easy. Atlanta will be shut down by the Celtics D. Celtics aren't gonna mess around, they know this is 'their year' - however far that takes them. 100-78 Celtics.

Pistons/Sixers Over 179.5: Phily is gonna put up more of a fight then people think. 98-91 Pistons.

[Wyndham]

Shame I missed putting in my Orlando play since I've been huge on it since it opened. Oh well.

Boston-Atlanta U189: Why the hell not? Boston might get 100, but Atlanta sure isn't getting 89.

Boston -15: Yeah, it's big. So what? Boston is 30 points better than Atlanta. Boston will trounce Atlanta like Orlando trounced Toronto.

[msubulldog]

atl/boston over 189
over is 9-3 in atlant's last 12; and atlanta's only chance is to play uptempo. have this game at 195

philly + 9 1/2

philly won the last two straight; now they are getting 9 1/2. will take points and philly has chance at upset.

[diogee]

713 Philadelphia 76ers +9½ The Sixers have played Detroit tough in all meetings this year and I expect the same in this series.

714 Detroit Pistons Under 179½ Going to be a slow paced game controlled by defense. Only 1 of the 4 meetings went over 170 which was the last game where Det limited their starters and Philly shot 50% and the total went to 195.

[goldengoat]

hawks +15
i had this line at 12

hawks over
bibby has added scoring to ATL

[redrum]

boston u189-boston will buckle up its playoff time

boston-15 this will be a statement game for all the nba teams to watch on primetime