Day 41: Game by game prognostications for the NBA Playoffs
Last day’s action finished with the following results:
W-L: 1-0
Units: +4.00
which was a step in the right direction. 
Overall, after Day 40:
W-L: 33-31
Units: +24.80
Hopefully, things continue this way today.
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Thu Jun 04 2009
Game 1 - LAKERS vs Magic
If you can select the outright winner for a playoff game most times you will also identify correctly the team which will get the cover that night. Every minute of this series that the Lakers DO NOT use Pau Gasol & Andrew Bynum on the floor together their various 5-Man Units should be able to separate from Orlando’s … whether Jameer Nelson is in the line-up for the Magic or not. In the same way that Orlando was flat-out better than Cleveland so, too, is Los Angeles the superior team in this specific series.
Orlando +6/-103
LOS ANGELES -6/-103
Call: LOS ANGELES [2 units]
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PLEASE NOTE:
If you’ve followed the observations of this corner since the NBA’s pre-season you know that the price on the LA Lakers To Win The Title this year has shifted in the following way since then:
Oct 09, 2008
Lakers +332
Apr 17, 2009
Lakers +156
May 19, 2009
Lakers +220
May 31, 2009
Lakers -255
There have been three terrific opportunities to invest in the Lakers’ value proposition this season, as the best team in the NBA:
#1. Before the season started, as but 1 of 30 teams in the title chase;
#2. At the end of the Regular Season and prior to the start of the Playoffs, as 1 of 16 teams in the title chase … but, the actually Wagering Favourite, although listed at a PLUS Price;
and,
#3. Prior to the start of the Eastern & Western Conference Finals, when the Cleveland Cavaliers [-136] were actually listed as the Wagering Favourite … having won their first 8 games in a row during the post season … with the LA Lakers as the clear-cut second choice, listed as a PLUS Price, once again.
If you’re so inclined, hopefully you’ve been able to TAKE ADVANTAGE of these specific Prime-time Investment Opportunities when they’ve been presented to you!
As with most things in Life … Timing is Everything.
Tags: Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic