All-Sports Expert Betting Tips to Help Win Cash this Week 4/25/2016

by Dave Schwab - 4/25/2016

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer

The favorites have been cleaning up in the early going of the NBA Playoffs both straight up and against the spread. However, how many games have you been able to cash in on? Simply betting favorites is not a sports betting strategy; betting on the ones that cover behind some insider tips is a viable way to build your betting bankroll.

The expert team of handicappers at Doc's Sports has made an art of using inside information and tips on a regular basis when it comes to releasing their top-unit plays with the help of Doc's Unit Betting System. With another week of hot sports action on the slate, the following insider betting tips are all geared towards helping you win some extra cash with a few of your top plays.

Betting the Under in the NBA Playoffs is Paying Off in a Big Way

Almost everyone loves high-scoring basketball games, especially in the NBA where some teams can really light up a scoreboard. However, when it comes to winning best-of-seven playoff series defense remains the name of the game. That has definitely been the case in the opening round of this season's playoffs with the results at Odds Shark pointing to the total staying "under" in 21 of the first 30 postseason games played.

The Oddsmakers have tried to adjust the total lines downward to reflect this betting trend, but there could still be so great opportunities to keep riding this cash cow in the final few games of initial playoff series. In the ongoing Boston vs. Atlanta series that is tied at two games apiece heading into Tuesday's Game 5 in Atlanta, the total has stayed under in three of the first four games. The closing line has been between 203 on the low end up to 206 on the high side and in Game 2 these two teams combined to score 161 points.

Golden State was the highest-scoring team in the NBA in the regular season with 114.9 points per game, but with league MVP Stephen Curry missing the last three games of the team's best-of-seven series against Houston (which is another of the top-scoring teams in the league) the total has now stayed under in three of the first four games.

You still need to handicap every NBA Playoff matchup at face value before making your picks. However, I would keep an open disposition towards the "under: play on the total line in just about every one of the games on this week's schedule.

Cashing In on an Epic Collapse

The St. Louis Blues had Chicago's number early in their first-round matchup against their bitter Central Division rivals in this season's Stanley Cup Playoffs. They were able to build a comfortable 3-1 series lead in this best-of-seven tilt, but all four games were hard-fought one-goal margins of victory. The turning point in a series that is headed for a winner-take-all Game 7 this Monday night in St. Louis was Chicago's 4-3 win in double overtime in Game 5 as a +112 road underdog on BetOnline's closing moneyline odds.

The Blackhawks have been listed as slight -104 road underdogs for Game 7, with the moneyline on the Blues set at -106. St. Louis closed as a -139 home favorite in a Game 1 win, and it closed as a -124 home favorite in that crushing overtime loss last Thursday night. Everyone knows that this is Chicago's time to shine having won two Stanley Cup titles in the past four seasons. However, adding even more fuel to hot Blackhawks' run is the fact that St. Louis has to be feeling the apple right about now with seven losses in its last nine Game 7 appearances.

Riding the Red-Hot Nats

Most of the MLB's 30 teams are in action on Monday, but a brand new three-game series gets underway this Tuesday night when the Philadelphia Phillies head to Washington for Game 1 of this NL East Division tilt.

Give the Phillies credit for their unexpected 9-10 start, but no team in the NL has been hotter out of the gate in the month of April then the Nationals at 14-4. They are coming off a three-game sweep of Minnesota this past weekend, and they have already beaten Philadelphia two times in a previous three-game series this month by a combined score of 17-2. The third game ended with the Phillies squeezing-out a tight 3-2 win in extra innings to avoid the sweep at home.

Philadelphia comes into Tuesday's opener with a 5-17 record in Game 1 of its last 22 series, and it will have to face Max Scherzer as the Nationals' starter. Washington is 5-1 in his last six starts overall and it is 5-0 in his last five starts against the Phillies. The Nationals have gone 21-10 in their last 31 home games against their division foes.

You can expect a fairly high moneyline on Washington as the home favorite when the betting odds are released, but this could be an ideal situation to capitalize on a much more manageable run line by laying the 1.5 runs.

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