#77 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Nashville Predators +115 over Vancouver Canucks, Tuesday at 10 PM ET - Demko is the #1 goalie for the Canucks and he made a stellar early save in the Game 1 win.  Also, Saros is the #1 goalie for the Predators and the Canucks first goal was a bit of a soft one that normally Saros would save. Even with all this, the Predators still led the game 2-1 mid-way through the final period!  Per the above, that score truly could have been 3-0 in favor of Nashville.  The fact it was not and the fact the game ended up a 4-2 Vancouver win (Canucks got empty net goal to seal it) has led to line value here.  But why did this line come down even more?  It is because Demko is out for tonight for the Canucks.  DeSmith will get the call instead as Demko is said to have a minor injury and will miss at least this game.  DeSmith is just not on the same level as Demko and, before allowing 1 goal in his final regular season start, DeSmith allowed 6 goals in B2B starts!  The Predators played very well in Game 1 yet ended up with nothing to show for it.  Now you have a superb situation with a highly motivated team down 1-0 in the series and looking to take advantage of a back-up goalie who has played only once in recent weeks.  Saros is a veteran who is likely to be even better in Game 2.  DeSmith has made only one post-season appearance in his career!  On the other hand, Saros has played in 18 post-season games and is playing in his 6th post-season!  Take advantage of the line value in this one and grab the small dog money line price with the road team here as the Predators take advantage of the goalie situation and bounce back off the tough game 1 loss. Nashville is the bet here.

#927 ASA PLAY ON Baltimore Orioles -1.5 on the Run Line (+105) over Los Angeles Angels, Tuesday at 9:38 PM ET - The Orioles are not only 15-7 this season, 14 of their 15 wins have been by 2 or more runs.  There is no hesitation for us in laying the 1.5 runs here.  Also, Baltimore is hot as they have won 7 of 8 games!  The Orioles are hitting much better than the Angels this season plus they have the pitching edge here too.  Baltimore's Grayson Rodriguez is 3-0 with a 2.63 ERA this season!  The Angels Griffin Canning is 0-3 with an 8.05 ERA this season!  The Orioles have averaged 6 runs per game in their last 9 games.  LA has averaged 1.8 runs per game in their last 5 games, all defeats!  Not only have the Angels lost 5 straight games, they also have lost 10 of 13 since their 6-4 start this season.  11 of 14 Los Angeles defeats this season have come by a multi-run margin.  The Orioles full season slugging percentage is about 100 points higher than that of the Angels who have Trout and Ward and O'Hoppe in their lineup but very little else up and down the lineup!  The Orioles will pull away as this game goes on.  The Angels just don't have the bats to keep up here.  Big edges in this one and a road blowout is our call.  We think we're getting some nice value in laying -1.5 runs in this one and getting a plus money price in the +105 range with the Orioles.  Lay the 1.5 runs here!

ASA top play on 10* Indiana Pacers +1.5 at Milwaukee Bucks, 8:30 PM ET - The Pacers looked like a bunch of young kids that never had a taste of playoff basketball in the first half against the Bucks. Milwaukee was up 69-42 at halftime with Dame Lillard going off for 35-points. Indiana played much better in the second half, outscoring the Bucks 52-40 while holding Lillard scoreless in the second half. Now that the Pacers have the jitters out of the way we expect them to win Game 2 in Milwaukee who will again be without Giannis. Indiana has won 4 of the last six meetings with Milwaukee and they own the best spread record in the NBA this season when coming off a loss with a 23-11-1 ATS record and an average +/- in those games of +4.8PPG. The Bucks have a losing spread record when coming off a win of 23-26 ATS with a plus/minus of +2.7PPG. Milwaukee is not a good defensive team so don’t expect them to hold the Pacers to 40% shooting again or 21% from Deep. Take Indiana in Game 2.

ASA top play on 10* Phoenix Suns +3.5 at Minnesota Timberwolves, 7:30 PM ET - The T’Wolves were disrespected in Game 1 with an opening line of -1.5 and were coming off a loss to the Suns so they clearly got up for the opener in a resounding 120-95 win. We like the Suns to rebound from that G1 loss and even this series at one win apiece. Phoenix had won 3 straight against the Wolves in the regular season with all of those wins coming by 7+ points. In the regular season finale on this court the Suns won by 19-points. In Game 1 the Wolves got a monster effort from Anthony Edwards who poured in 33 points on 14 of 24 shooting. ANT is obviously capable of those types of performances, but we like the Suns to make adjustments in Game 2 and force him to give up the ball early in the offensive set. Phoenix got a big game from KD who scored 31 and grabbed 7 boards but Booker was relatively quiet with 18-points. Bradley Beal scored just 15 after scoring 36 vs. the Wolves in the last regular season game. The Suns closed out the regular season with 4 straight road wins against Playoff teams and this veteran group will not be intimidated by the moment. The Suns 9-1 ATS streak in this series continues here.