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So I was wrong to be scared of the Spurs… Tim Duncan is still plenty scary, going for a triple double in their game 5 defeat, but his team-mates all seem to have been a little off their games this series.

It is their year off after all… They’ve never won back-to-back titles.

Kobe Bryant was just awesome and now the Lakers are paying just 1.50 (1/2) to win the NBA title. Imagine if their centre, Andrew Bynum was actually playing!

The Celtics face the Pistons on the road today and are trying to secure their own trip to the finals. Bodog has the Celts down for a tough game though, favoring the Pistons to win by 5 points.

The Celtics are paying 2.80 (+185) for the win on the road.

The haven’t been able to do it yet this playoffs, relying on the home court advantage in game seven to win both of their previous playoff matchups against the Hawks and the Cavs.

Bodog are also offering some fun player props. They’ve got odds for who will score the most points out of Ray Allen and Tayshaun Prince, which will be interesting. The ghost of Ray Allen awoke in game 5 to break his slump and score 29 points, so we’re picking Ray to keep up the good form and beat the gangly Prince by more than 2.5 points for a 1.77 (-130) collect.

There’s some other good props there to keep the game interesting. Paul Pierce, McDyess, Sheed, Chauncy and Rondo are all featured.

That’s one of the best things about online sportsbooks. They make watching these games for fun with these funky little types of bets. It doesn’t have to be serious bets on the spread for big money, we can bet a couple of bucks on our favorite players to have a good or bad game.

To me it makes watching the game just that little more exciting.

Enjoy the weekend!

Ed

Manchester United took the UEFA Champions league trophy from Chelsea after a 1-1 draw and a penalty shootout.

And that’s exactly what the oddsmakers thought would happen….

A 1-1 draw was the shortest priced scoreline result and Man U was tipped to win. And that’s exactly what we bet on, and what we recommended you should have bet on too.

Did you get a win? If not I hope you at least enjoyed the close game, because it was pretty much the last of the club football this season.

But Euro 2008 kicks of in 14 days, and there’ll plenty of good football bets to be had throughout the tournament.

Even if England didn’t make it! I’m still amazed they couldn’t crack the top 16 teams in Europe…

Centrebet has Germany as the 4.60 favorite, followed by Spain at 7.50 and Portugal at 8.00. They’re also offering a free $50 bet to new accounts.

With no England, our usual bet isn’t possible. We usually bet on whoever England is playing against and usually make a good profit. (sorry England, but you always choke)

With Guus Hiddink coaching Russia, they could be a diamond in the rough at 26.00. They beat lowly Kazakhstan 6-0 in a warm up game, which probably doesn’t mean much, but Guus always has his teams ready to play.

So we’ll be having a sneaky little bet on the Russkies. Not much, because we’re probably throwing our money away, but at 26.00 it’s worth a stab just for fun.

This will be a short post, but if you’re a San Antonio Spurs fan it’s a must read.

Bodog Sportsbook is offering odds of 3.25 (+225 or 9/4) on the Spurs winning the NBA western conference finals against the LA Lakers. 3.25!

The Lakers are a big favorite, only paying 1.38 (-265 or 20/53).

So perhaps the Lakers should be favorites after sweeping the Nuggets, then beating the Jazz 4-2 and having the homecourt advantage. But there’s no way in hell they should be that short against the defending champs. The Spurs have got Duncan, Parker and Ginobli for petes sake! Two former NBA finals MVPs and the current runaway sixth man of the year. There’s just no way they are only a 9-to-4 chance of winning this series.

If you’re a Spurs fan, that is a must take bet. Even if you’re not sure the Spurs can do it, the odds are too good to pass up. But get on it quickly because the price will come down as soon as the Spurs win a game.

I will let you know that I’m not going to have a bet on this series.

But that’s purely because I’m a diehard Lakers fan from way back in the Magic Johnson showtime days and there’s no way I could be such a traitor to bet on the Spurs. But damn I’m tempted… The odds don’t make sense to bet on the Lakers unfortunately, except maybe 3.35 for the Lakers to win it in 7 games. (Yes you can bet on any possible series result at Bodog)

Ed