Alright let's go ahead and keep this conversation going joining us now,
host of the daily tip Chelsea messenger.
So Alex go ahead, you take that first one. Okay Chelsea we're gonna play a game
in a second.
But first we wanted to get your opinion on everything that's going
down in the NBA after everything you've seen in the first round,
who's going to the finals and who's going to win it all?
Talk to me
yeah. Who looks more dominant than the boston Celtics right now.
Not only did they have a very commanding series sweep but it
was against one of the best offensive teams in the entire NBA.
If your defense can slow down two of the best isolation
shooters in the entire NBA and Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.
I don't have questions for your defense going
forward and I know the bucks are next and
that's gonna be a taller task because Janice's basically
unguardable but at least robert Williams is back.
Is there room protector? And we talked about their defense all day.
Their defense has been their calling card throughout the entire season.
But look at their offense, look at Jason tatum right now,
Jason tatum is my pick to win the NBA finals M.
V. P.
Because I like the Celtics to win it all and it's been jayson tatum leading the
way the entire way especially I think in game one that was really the pivotal moment.
I know it was just the first game but it was
such a gut punch to the nets that they never recovered.
So I like the Celtics and I like jayson tatum to win NBA finals M. V. P.
I like that. Yeah the the gut punch was definitely real.
We were talking about that right before the show
I don't know how they were covered there so okay
now it's time to try this out Chelsea.
We want to play a new game with you and what better
way to unveil this than on the day of the NFL draft.
So it's called on the clock and here's how it'll work
of course it's called on the clock right so you and Alex
are up against each other using anything on tonight's card that
you can bet on bet mgm you'll get three picks each.
But here's where the strategy kicks in.
You each have a budget to spread across your pics of $100 each.
The goal is simple finish the night with more money than your opponent.
So does that sound good to you all?
Can you do it
just with your bets. Right okay so we'll go in in snake draft order.
So alright Chelsea you're up first, you're now on the clock,
it's your round one pick.
Alright round one pick is gonna be the Mavericks alternate spread minus 2.5 4 plus 1
15 scared money don't make money so I'm not taking them on the money line.
I need them to win by three.
They've covered this in every one of the series and I think a win is in the cards here.
Not only has this Mavericks team looks good with luka don? T
even in the games in which they didn't have Luca this defense Came to play,
look at Donovan Mitchell,
I know he's playing but he's clearly banked up and even before he was hurt,
he had the worst plus minus of any jazz player in the postseason
since 1996. This Mavericks defense is for real and then on the opposite it's
the jazz perimeter defense
has been terrible.
In fact the Mavs are really taking advantage of it by hitting double digit threes
and each of the last four games I think the Mavs continued to bomb away.
I think they win this one easy. So let's go.
Mavs alternate spread minus 2.5 plus money right out of the gate.
Gosh
listen now I gotta answer this and this this one my first pick is gonna hurt my
heart a little bit cause this is one of my guys I'm going against Tyrese Maxey tonight
under 18.5 points for maxie. It hurts because this
maxi overs have been some of my favorite plays this season. But
tonight
I've seen enough after the fred,
Vanvleet injury max he's really been struggling with these longer
defenders that the Raptors have been thrown at him,
he's really struggling and then when you look at
what the sixers will want to do tonight,
they're gonna want a healthy dose of Joel.
Embiid a healthy dose of James Harden.
And if you remember James Harden kind of got called
out by embodied in the in the media this week.
So I think we're gonna see a lot of volume from from him tonight.
So maxie, I don't really see him
getting a lot of shots up tonight. So under 18.5 points for maxie.
Alright Alex, we're going in that snake draft order so you're bound to pick okay,
my my plus money pick for zero G and you know it would be over 2.5 threes.
I really like the value of this being plus money here. The volumes there.
He's averaging seven threes,
three point attempts in this in this series
and he's gone over this prop in two of five games.
But he has also hit two threes in four of those five games. So
I just need him to hit one more.
I just need to hit three threes and I think he's gonna be able
to do that and we get plus money so I like the value there.
Alright Chelsea. What about you? 2nd round
Yeah, next up for me, I was listening to the show earlier,
I think that you guys like this one as well, Jalen
Bronson over his points drop of 20.5 points.
Yeah, I think he has another big night,
he's hit this number in every game of the series so far,
even when he wasn't shooting good from three point land.
So this is a guy that has really come on strong
in the postseason and also he's playing for a contract.
Of course he's motivated to put up some big numbers and
plus if luka don Cheech needs to take a breather,
this is when Jalen Bronson has been huge for the mavs,
he keeps the minute he's gonna score.
I like him to go over his points, prop of 20.5 points.
I think it's minus 105. So a good price on this as well.
Alright, alright, last but not least.
Alright, well this one's this one's a little juicy here.
I probably should have picked a different one
but I'm going with Jonas Valanciunas over 12.5 rebounds
to close this thing out.
We're gonna talk about this one later because
this is actually my best bet teaser here.
Um but in nine games versus sons this season, he's recorded 13 or more rebounds.
He's just been a machine close out game tonight unless he gets in foul trouble.
I think he's gonna soar over this number like he's done for most of this series.
Yeah, I haven't done my CJ Mccollum one.
I did the Jalen Bronson one because I thought Alex might do it.
So that was a little strategy on my part. Shall I go with my CJ Mccollum picked?
Get what's the CJ mccollum.
All right. CJ mccollum going over his rebounds and assists of 10.5.
He's hit this game in every game.
This, excuse me,
He said this in every game this series with the
exception of one where he lost by the hook.
He's averaging 13 in the postseason. This line is at 10.5 For only -105.
So yeah, I'm gonna take that rebounds really up.
He had eight or more and four or five games a series.
So well over season averages of 4.5 rebounds.
Yes, CJ mccollum over 10.5 rebounds plus assist
from minus one oh five over a bed. Um Jim. Alright, this was so fun.
Chelsea, thank you so much for joining us today.
Host of the daily tip Chelsom messenger.
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