Having Jokic pick up his 4th personal foul quite early into the 3rd Quarter was a blessing in disguise for the Nuggets, they were able to stay solid with Jokic sitting on the bench for majority of the 3rd Quarter and that ironically helped The Joker get a much needed long term rest to get fired up for the 4th Quarter, I guess this is a done series already, right, most likely going to be a sweep, imo.



That's quite a possibility, given that Miami Heat would be on home court, but then I'm highly expecting a different form of approach and resistance from Boston Celtics.

I don't know what to expect from Denver Nuggets, but I believe that LeBron James and the Lakers would come out aggressively today, and they are still yet to drop a game  on homecourt in this playoffs, however, I think almost 3 Odds Denver Nuggets is outrageous and worth the punt, I'll be taking the Denver Nuggets ML and LeBron James Over 24.5 Points as single bets, I'm curious to see how they'll respond to deficit, they've also not being 2 games down at this playoffs, so it's going to require more than just the will power for Lakers tonight.

I wasn't no longer checking the spreadsheet no more after picking up those early advantage against LFC and my position became guaranteed, but I'm looking forward to seeing the final table on monday, good luck to all those still fighting survival or a higher ranked position.

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After the initial rain delay Medvedev vs Tsitsipas tennis game have resumed, and it's a very interesting one to see, I'm not going to lie! Medvedev took to the first set, but Tsistipas seem to be in a better rhythm for this 2nd set, it's currently right now 4-4 btw.

I had to read up on the rules again, winners of champions still get automatically qualification, but that slot doesn't transfer down the pecking order for the 5th positioned team in the league, except the CL winning team itself finishes outside the top 4 in the league.

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Man Utd are currently are ahead with less than 30 minutes to go, while Liverpool have just had a goal ruled out, I guess it's high time to call it a day with this position and CL qualification race.

It's not Boston Celtics that are inconsistent in my opinion, it's just the Miami Heat that have decided to stay locked in through every, Not in my wildest imagination was I expecting Miami Heat to take a 2 game lead at the TD Garden, but you already  know what they say about playoffs Jimmy Butler ? and then Grant Williams decide to taunt him and it was his whole team that paid the prize, while Caleb Martin was also out of this planet.

Boston Celtics can be said to not have been good enough, but I think that statement would directly underplay Miami Heat's defense and offensive efficiency, Miami Heat were just really good and earned the win.

Damn! Miami Heat taking a 2-0 lead away from the Boston Celtics, at the TD Garden,  It's going to be a very challenging task for Boston Celtics to get iboth game 3 and 4 away from home against this Heat team, I really can't consider it a done deal, but it's just going to be daunting task, one more win from Miami Heat from their two home games, then it's a wrap in my opinion.

I managed to get a win from my ML on the Heat and decent odds.

Your sense of humor is quite amusing, to be honest, there is quite nothing like it!

Just be sure have some money on the line for the game, that's 10+ Odds, what could be better than getting a 1000% ROI on your investment within just a couple of hours, nothing right ? 

If I had reviewed my picks last weekend, I'm sure I would have altered the 2-0 I had in favour of Monza over of Napoli to Napoli 2-1 win or something, because It still feels like a mistake I made to me, as for tonight match against Sassuolo it was pretty much intentional for me, and I watched every single minute of the game, Sassuolo looked like the better team until they scored their first goal, but after that Monza were slightly better when attacking and they got their deserved equalizer, not to long after was when Sassuolo were down to 10 men and I felt perhaps, Monza could get me another exact score for second consecutive weekly, and they sure did. 

Wait a minute aren't Man City through the finals already, and if they win the league doesn't that make Premier League eligible for 5 teams representation ? or am I misinterpreting the rule, I don't remember vividly but I know that winners of the Champions League get an automatic appearance to defend their title the upcoming season even if they get relegated or are out of the top 4 position for leagues with 4 team representatives for the season, but I don't remember what happens when a team that wins the champions league have qualified already via league position, their slot goes directly to the next eligible team, doesn't it ? and that in this case would be Liverpool if they're able maintain their 5th position.

My own biggest was first after the few week I was still sticking with Salah as my captain, while barely having top scorer like Toney and Mitrovic as I wasn't until after the world cup having him for a couple times, and never liking Bruno Fernandes and Guardiola Roulette to was also a damning decision, and now this little rally I've got now seems rather too late, but I've learnt some great lessons, so you all might need to up your game, if we're doing next season, because I'm coming for your heads 

If the Phoenix Suns can even up a 2-0 deficit against Denver Nuggets, I have no absolute reason to believe that the Lakers can't do the same, but the for Denver Nuggets, it's gotta be case of once beaten twice shy, now they need to get one win on the road, then this series would be likely done and over with from there.

Now that the series is headed back to Los Angeles, the major thing the Denver Nuggets needs to avoid is allowing the Lakers get to the free throw with relative ease, Lakers have more free throw attempt in the first two but the differences weren't so significant, but it's likely going to be a whole new different affair in LA, the Nuggets must ensure they attack the rim and get the at least the around the same number of free throws unlike the Warriors taking bad shots and sending the Lakers to line at almost every possession.

I also like the Over 225.5 pick to be honest, but I think we could get a little more defensive approach today, the -5.5 points spread for Denver Nuggets looks like the realest bet to instead, and that's how I'll be riding tonight.

Good Luck!

If there was any game that one would have expected Newcastle to drop points, It should have been against Brighton, but now it's look like they're not going to give up that position, the most would be to expect a flop from Man United, but how probable is that ?, Let's just hope Leicester City can muster up some energy or momentum to get themselves something possible from the game.

I really don't understand the why, I guess he probably edited the thread title...

How fast time flies, but then look at me dropping drastically on the leaderboard after several weeks maintaining the 1st position, I'm probably Arsenal 2.0!

Picking a side now is really so tough!

Damn buddy!

I hate to be the guy that had to do you that way, but then it is what it is right ?

I'm sure you'll be leaving the second division unscathed next season GL man!

It was right damn about time that good football should humiliate extreme luck!

This should have played out a number of times over the past few seasons honestly, everyone that's lover of good football over those that'd rather support football with any means of win could attest that Guardiola and Liverpool have teams should have these kinds of games with distinct conviction that good football pays, but the only attribute to their loses is nothing but just a case of being unlucky, and it's played out on several occasion this most recent one would be the case of Real Madrid's victory over Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool, I'm sure quite a few of us here would agree the path to those victories was more of luck paying over good footballing decisions.

So my final statement on that game would be that when you make the best logical decisions in football, it won't guarantee you result every time or most times, but then people will always know good football when they see one, and as the saying goes; "you can't be unlucky forever."

Playoffs Jimmy Butler was at it again, and today it was against the Boston Celtics, the team that eliminated the Heat last, in the finals, so taking game one at the TD Garden is quite very advantageous to the Heat, If the Heat can defend their home court and get the 2 wins they'll play on home court, then that be theirs first step towards the regardless of what happens in the conference final, I definitely they'd stand more than a decent chance against either of them, if they can see off the Boston Celtics, but it's rather just too early to make any form of concrete assertions.

That means there is no getting anywhere more than the current 4th position I'm ranked at simply because I needed CLS63 to drop points and myself get a win to stand that chance, and me winning this round against my opponent @LFC_Bitcoin is already a done deal because I have answered all 3 questions so far correctly while he's not got any while, we only have 2 questions from the remaining 8 with different answers, so me getting both wrong wouldn't have any effect on the our result too.

I don't agree that Djokovic is so unreliable because if you've not been playing at any competitive level consistently for a while, you can't expect anymore than this from him honestly, he looked really rusted especially in the first set, but it's just matter of time, if he should get to play a couple of tournament more consecutively, in no time he'd be back to his very best imo.

Rudiger could be a world class for all we know, but then it will be practically impossible for Rudiger to stop him, Guardiola chose to go with a very conservative approach in the first leg and Haaland wasn't playing those forwards to spread the field for other players to operate, he was more efficient with defensive duties, and helping the defensive line too during every set piece.

It is going to be a very different approach tonight, Real Madrid might get a goal or two but Man City would advance in regular time, and went with neither Haaland nor Benzema to score, but I'd hate either team getting a penalty as that'd be the easiest way for either player.