NBA Betting Tips: 13 May

There are two NBA matches on Saturday morning, and as usual, Justin Simelane has prepared his best bets for two of tomorrow morning’s playoffs. Feel free to add his tips to your bet slip.

13 May 01:30 Miami Heat v New York Knicks

This game has two favourable bets to go with, the first bet would be the under. This could be the final game of the series if Miami win and if Miami are going to win they are going to play defense. During this series when playing at home, the under has come both times and that is because Miami simply play better at home, the reason they are yet to lose at home during this post-season. The line for the game is set really low and that should tell you everything you need to know, take the under.

The secondary bet would be betting on Miami, as I’ve said before the Heat are undefeated at home this post-season. Jimmy Butler has been a different player during these playoffs and I trust him to lead his team to a win here and end the series. For the Knicks to win game 5 Jalen Brunson played the entire 48 minutes, he had 38 points 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Now he won’t have the same game here and with Jimmy guarding him, he’s not getting 38 points. Miami will do whatever to close the series in this game, take the money line 

Suggested Bet: Under 216.5 /Miami Heat ML

13 May 04:00 Los Angeles Lakers v Golden State Warriors

Game 6 of the series and I’m taking the Lakers to win this one and end the series. Golden State has been a one-man show with Steph Curry carrying the team and in this game ‘Game 6 Klay’ is expected to show up, but he’ll be close-guarded and will likely struggle as he has been at the Crytpo arena. Klay in two games during this series is shooting below 36%, so a player who has to show up again is Steph Curry. Now Steph really thrives when playing at home compared to the Crypto arena, it’s the playoffs but the Warriors haven’t won at the Crypto Arena since 2021. The Lakers also haven’t lost back-to-back during these playoffs and they were blown away last game because AD left the game. But AD is starting this game and this is the game they end the series, take the Lakers.

Suggested Bet: LA Lakers ML

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