NBA
Minnesota Timberwolves @ Cleveland Cavaliers:
Minnesota Timberwolves (- 1) /// 1.85
Last bet lost. Detroit won. This sounds very strange and it doesn't matter what opponent Detroit has, as the Pistons are professionals when it comes about tanking. But this time Jaden Ivey had an incredible three-point performance! He made 6 three-point shots on 9 attempts. Let me remind you that this season he has an average realization of three-point shots of 34.6%, and before the game with Brooklyn he had not hit more than 2 three-point shots in the last 10 games (as well as his realization was 33.3% or lower). But it happened and Jaden Ivey destroyed our prediction. That was a key factor in this game, as Brooklyn, after a poor start to this game, came back from (-18) very quickly in the second quarter and it looked like the Nets were serious about winning this game (offcourse they didn't beat Atlanta twice and Philadelphia to give this game to Detroit). And so, yeah, Jaden Ivey decided to remember that he's a 5th 1st round pick of 2022. Well the last three predictions from me are minus money. Terrible, I agree. My betting scores are NBA 58-64 in favor of the unsuccessful, MLB 30-27 in favor of the successful, NHL 2-3 in favor of the unsuccessful, NFL+NCAAF 3-8 in favor of the unsuccessful.
New bet: Minnesota on the road will beat Cleveland. Minnesota has an away back-to-back (a difficult game against Indiana), Karl-Anthony Towns, Jaylen Clark will not play due to injury and Monte Morris is questionable. But Cleveland, I feel, has much more problems. Donovan Mitchell, the leader of the starting five, will definitely not play for the Cavaliers! I think I don't need to repeat the importance of a healthy Donovan for Cleveland's success. Also two more starting five players will not play: Evan Mobley and Max Strus. Cleveland lost their last home game to Atlanta, who also lost half of their starting five due to injuries. Yes, back-to-backs in the NBA, of course, are always an additional factor to consider for successful predictions. But I took a detailed look at the stats of Minnesota's back-to-back games by Anthony Edwards this season and he has a 35.06% three-point shot realization (season average 37.9%), 46.6% overall shot realization (season average 46.7%), 1.3 steals (same season average) and 3 turnovers (season average 3.1 turnovers). Obviously, for Anthony Edwards, for example, back-to-back games are not felt on his stats. And so you can look at a lot of players, but overall Minnesota has 6 wins and 4 losses in back-to-back games this season. And also in the last 10 head-to-head games between Minnesota and Cleveland, the Timberwolves have won 7 times. Should we bet? Sure!
