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Today's picks: Why the Nuggets will beat the Warriors, plus more NBA, MLB and soccer best bets for Tuesday, April 12

SportsLine's proven experts share their favorite bets on the Early Edge podcast for Tuesday, April 12

By@SportsLineUpdated: Apr 12, 2022 3:23PM UTC . 3 min read

Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Larry Hartstein, Mike Barner, Martin Green and Jon (Buckets) Eimer on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for the NBA, baseball and soccer for Tuesday, April 12, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.

Coach starts things off with two SportsLine plays of the day. The first is the White Sox (-130) to beat the Mariners (4:10 p.m. ET). "[Seattle starter Matt Brash] has not pitched above the Double-A level," coach says.

The second play comes from the NBA: Under 230.5 in the Clippers-Timberwolves game (9:30 p.m. ET).

Buckets has two plays from the Champions League. The first is Bayern Munich to score in both halves (-130) against Villareal (3 p.m. ET). "i think Bayern is going to have to start extremely aggressive from the get-go," he says.

He also likes Both Teams To Score: Yes (-150) in the Chelsea-Real Madrid match (3 p.m. ET). "I believe Chelsea has nothing to lose here," he says. "They are going to come out very attack-heavy and go for goals."

Green also has a pick from the Chelsea-Real Madrid match: Chelsea Draw No Bet (+100). "A draw or even a one-goal defeat would suit Real Madrid in this game because they would go through to the next round on aggregate," he says.

He also likes Wigan (-130) to beat Burton (2:45 p.m. ET). "I don't think [Burton] are going to have a great deal of motivation in this game," he says.

Barner goes to the NBA for his two plays. The first is a two-leg parlay (-111): the Nets to beat the Cavaliers (7 p.m. ET) and the Hawks to beat the Hornets (7 p.m. ET Wednesday). "I don't think there's any way the Nets lose to the Cavaliers," he says. He adds, "The Hawks have crazy home and road splits. They were 16-25 on the road and 27-14 at home."

He also likes the Nuggets (+190) to upset the Warriors in their playoff series. "The Nuggets went 3-1 against the Warriors during the regular season," he says.

Hartstein closes out the show with one NBA pick: the Bucks (-180) to cover the series spread (-2.5) against the Bulls. "Giannis [Antetokounmpo] has beaten the Bulls 13 straight times, the Bucks 16 of the last 17," he says. "They swept [the Bulls] this season. The last two times were not close."

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