Michael Alexander

Rating: 2 Units

The Kings have lost four of their last five games as favorites against Eastern Conference opponents and have failed to cover the spread in 17 of their last 21 games against opponents who are on the first leg of a back-to-back. While the Wizards have won four of their last five home games against the Kings following a home loss and have covered the spread in three of their last four home games against the Kings following a home loss.

Rating: 2 Units

The Pelicans have won each of their last four games as road underdogs against the Clippers and have covered the spread in each of their last eight games against the Clippers following a home win. While the Clippers have lost four of their last six games as favorites against Western Conference opponents and have failed to cover the spread in 10 of their last 11 games against Pelicans teams that held a losing record.

Rating: 2 Units

The Hornets have won each of their last three games as underdogs against the Pacers and have covered the spread in each of their last six games against Central Division opponents. While the Pacers have lost five of their last six games against Southeast Division opponents following a win and have failed to cover the spread in each of their last six games against Southeast Division opponents following a win.

Rating: 2 Units

The Heat are still missing Duncan Robinson, Andrew Wiggins, and Kevin Love, while the Celtics are keeping eyes on Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, and Jrue Holiday, who are all questionable. The Heat have been playing much better basketball lately, but they have lost all three meetings against the Celtics this season, and none of them were close. Both teams are missing some key players, which makes this a bit tricky, but the Celtics have owned the Heat this season, and I think that continues in this one with the Celtics cruising at home.

Rating: 2 Units

Skubal (0-1, 7.20 ERA) gave up a pair of homers Thursday in losing his Opening Day start in Los Angeles against the defending World Series champion Dodgers. He will oppose Mariners right-hander Luis Castillo (0-1, 3.60).

Rating: 2 Units

This is a great matchup. On one side, we have the A’s with Jeffrey Springs on the mound, who was dominant in his first start. For the Cubs offense, they have been quite impressive, and they have a lot of confidence with the offense. I was wrong going with the A’s on Tuesday night, but we are going to take another shot with them here. I am quite impressed with what Springs was able to do, and he’s going to dominate again here. The Cubs' cold bats are going to lead to Oakland coming out. Back the Athletics on the money line. uns.

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Toronto comes into this matchup looking for their fourth straight win, and they have scored five runs or more in four of their last five. The Blue Jays have only allowed six runs in their last three games, and they will turn to Gausman, who was solid in his first start. Washington is just 1-4 so far this season, and their pitching continues to be an issue, as they have allowed at least five runs in four of their five games. The Nationals will start Gore, who has been their lone pitching bright spot, but I haven’t seen enough from Washington to warrant them being a favorite in this spot. Take the Jays to win again here.