Guaranteed Sports Picks from Handicapping Expert Tom Scott

NBA: Game Sevens and Beyond
Since 1990, there has been thirty-eight series’ in which a seventh game was necessary for advancement in the NBA playoffs. As you might suspect, the advantage definitely lies with the home team. The host has won 30 of those 38 games and only 14 of those 38 hosts took a pointspread loss. Home favorites of -3 or more, in particular, have the brightest shine as they are 24-11 against the spread. Another bright spot is the home team who allowed 95 or more in the previous ... (read more)

NBA Playoffs: 2nd Round Openers
Teams who reach the second round are either annoyed or overjoyed. They could be annoyed because it took so long to get here or they could be overjoyed because they finally got here. But, we’re not going to try to figure out which Oyed the team is. We’re simply going to look at the opening games of second round action since the 1991 playoffs and see if there is anything worth remembering about them. Surprisingly, there is and I found almost all of it. In all second round openers... (read more)

NBA Playoffs - Easiest Game of All
Over the last two years, our powerful systems have produced magnificently and our guaranteed picks on this site logged an incredible 21 wins in just 30 calls to the post. This event is the easiest of all sporting categories to handicap. That 21-9 mark is about average for me and I have made a ton of dough over the last 31 years using only those angles. Many of my personal wagers show up on the guaranteed picks page throughout the playoffs. It would behoove you to check that page daily during this playoff campaign. That said; let us move to one of our best NBA playoff angles ... (read more)