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Article posted on Friday 28 September
Preseason NBA basketball is here. Are you ready to make some money? Many will answer no. They prefer not to bet on exhibition games. That's silly. There's a path to making money on the NBA preseason. More notably, there's ways for you to apply what you see now to your regular-season bets.
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Article posted on Friday 21 September
Are you ready for a change in conference leadership in the NBA? Because it's coming. Last year, the Houston Rockets finished with the West's top record while the Toronto Raptors towered over the East. As you gear up to place your futures bets for the 2018-19 season, please know that, in at least one instance, we're due for a change.
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Article posted on Friday 14 September
Complacency is the enemy of success. It's also the product of it. The Golden State Warriors are facing complacent times. They've won back-to-back NBA titles, and three of the past four champions. Though they're heavy favorites to repeat yet again in 2019, should they be?
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Article posted on Wednesday 30 May
This has never happened before, in any major North American sport. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors will meet for the fourth straight NBA Final. Golden State won the first and third meetings, while Cleveland took the second.
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Article posted on Monday 30 April
It seems you can't have an NBA Eastern Conference final without LeBron James. Well, you haven't been able to since 2010. In fact, his team has won every Eastern Conference final since 2011, seven in a row. But James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will have to overcome the top-seeded Toronto Raptors in the second round of the playoffs in order to try and make it a great eight.
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Article posted on Thursday 12 April
In recent years, the pursuit of the NBA title has proven to be a two-horse race between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. They've met in the last three NBA Finals, with Golden State winning in the odd years (2015, 2017) and Cleveland in the even year (2016). But there's a new stud in the race this year and the Houston Rockets might be the thoroughbred to beat.
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Article posted on Wednesday 28 March
Charlotte may be in the heart of basketball country, but when the Cleveland Cavaliers come to town, they own the place. LeBron James and company are all abuzz whenever they play the Hornets. They've beaten Charlotte like and drum of late and won eight in a row. The last time Charlotte won successive games from the Cavaliers was in 2010-11, when they were they known as the Bobcats.
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Article posted on Wednesday 21 March
You'd have to think that the Washington Wizards were really pulling for Hillary Clinton to win the U.S. Presidency in 2016. After all, they had a vested interest. The Wizards haven't defeated the Spurs in San Antonio since a 99-89 verdict on Dec. 11, 1999, when Bill Clinton was serving in the White House. Yes, you are absolutely right. That was a very long time ago.
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Article posted on Tuesday 20 March
Seeding? We don't need no stinking seeding. In a year where brackets are being broken as if they were made of glass, nowhere is the March Madness more maddening than in the South and West Regions. The top four seeds in the South have all been sent packing, leaving fifth-seeded Kentucky as the top contender. In the West, both No. 1 Xavier and No. 2 North Carolina are done.
