BEST LINES:  Pinnacle -4 +106 BET 365 -4 -105 SportsInteraction -4 -105 5DIMES -4 1+100

Posted at 11:45 AM EST

8:05 PM EST. We’re not going to get into all the X’s and O’s or some of the intangibles (cell-phone gate) that surround this series because it’s not necessary. We are playing the 76ers here for one reason and one reason only.

Regular readers of this section or listeners to our podcasts are probably aware of what we call the Pinnacle Effect. Although less prevalent than it once was, in an NBA playoff game that will attract a boatload of action, it is worth paying attention to what Pinnacle is doing, In this case, they took an early “position”. As you can see below, they were the first to offer three points with the Nets thus, pushing all Philadelphia backers elsewhere to lay 2½-points. That’s our prompt to move in on the Sixers but instead of spotting -3 and juice, we’ll sell a point and spot -4 with a small take-back.

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