I mean, good for Brunson if he scores 40 again but come on? What a crazy number. Maybe a box-and-one on him Rick Carlisle? Picket fence? Oh wait, that's Hoosiers and good for someone like Brunson. One cold quarter, one tweaked ankle and this is a win. And JB "only" had 22 points through three quarters in Game 1. Don't all these minutes have to take a toll eventually?

Totally kicking myself for Game 1 as I had Bruins locked and loaded at +1.5 ... and then changed my mind at the last second and took Florida ML. If this were an MLB game, Boston +1.5 would be priced very reasonably and I'd totally play it here. But -190? I expect the Panthers to shake off any rust they had in the opener. But no result surprises me at this point in the postseason. My NHL betting interest definitely goes down this time of year because it's almost impossible to find value on the main game odds. Props are a different story.

The Yankees are rolling and their entire bullpen should be available if needed behind Carlos Rodon, who is 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA at home. But the only reason I'm playing this is struggling Houston rookie pitcher Spencer Arrighetti (0-3, 8.27 ERA), who might be ticketed back to the minors afterward.

Is Nats rookie Mitchell Parker (2.53 ERA) really this good? The lefty has gone at least five in three of his four outings and the Orioles have never seen him. If Parker keeps avoiding walks (only four in 21.1 innings), we should get five innings here obviously barring the O's shelling him -- which is certainly possible.

We'll go right back to this after winning on it last night as Carroll is leading off again for the Snakes and starting to get hot with five hits in his past three and back-to-back games scoring a run. He's 2-for-3 career off Reds starter Graham Ashcraft.

All of our soccer experts like Real Madrid at home, so who am I to argue? This season at Bernabéu, Los Blancos are unbeaten in La Liga action (15 wins, two draws). They have scored 43 goals and conceded just nine times. Madrid also has not lost a Champions League home game since the 2022 quarters vs. Chelsea. The winner would advance as the teams drew last week, and Real Madrid is the overall favorite to win the Champions League. Who really wants an all-German final? (well, besides Germans)

I saw DraftKings had the only 9 on our board (mostly 8s) but now see that it's clearly an alt total at this price. Since I rarely get the opportunity to play these on here, we'll do it anyways. Wind is blowing in slightly at Wrigley and two very good starting pitchers in Dylan Cease (2.55 ERA) and Hayden Wesneski, whose 0.54 ERA is obviously flukish but hopefully he keeps it going one more game.

So back in the day (two weeks ago or so), I generally wouldn't play a lookahead total in an outdoor game. But now with our menu I can see where value is and only one book has 9 (should be 8.5), so we'll take it. Feels like one of those I doubt we lose but might push. KC pitcher Brady Singer is having his breakout season and has a 1.59 ERA in two day starts.

Sixth straight road game for the Halos (without a day off) on a getaway day Wednesday, so I expect a few regulars to sit -- although with Mike Trout injured and Anthony Rendon simply not giving a crap and "injured" too, would you even notice? No wonder Shohei Ohtani moved up the street. The Angels are blasting the Pirates tonight as I write this, but I prefer that in this case.

Generally need a reason not to back a home team in the NBA playoffs and I don't really see one here. Definitely might be some rust on the Thunder, but they are fully healthy and the Mavs aren't. Luka Doncic probably is sitting right now due to his knee if it were the regular season. Lu Dort could give him some problems defensively. Not that impressed with the Mavs beating the Clippers considering Kawhi Leonard was on one leg for the two games of the six he did play. Certainly doesn't mean Dallas won't win tonight, but Oklahoma City took three of four in the season series.

The Giants are playing now in Philadelphia and then have to fly, what, 70 percent across the country? SF has only six road wins. Lefty Kyle Harrison looks like a future ace but Tuesday will be his first-ever start in the bandbox that is Coors Field. The Rox are off today. Can't bet a ton as Colorado starting pitcher Dakota Hudson has been pretty bad, but I like everything else about this for the home side.