Vegas Sports Books |  MGM Resorts race and sports director Jay Rood picked I’ll Have Another for the second straight race and for the second straight time got bettors to the window with his selection.

Bettin' on B-Ball | The NBA playoffs are nearing the halfway point with the conference semifinals reaching the late stages and the conference finals slated to start in about a week. The hottest team remaining continues to be San Antonio Spurs.

VIP: NBA Basketball Records and Scoring Averages shows each team's overall straight up (S/U), pointspread (ATS) and Over/Under results plus their home/road records and scoring averages/margins through this past Sunday's games.

VIP | Noland Parry's NBA Basketball Power Guide runs during the season and is an excellent tool for gamblers to help calculate a number near what the anticipated point spread should be...

Pro basketball's San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat win on the road in the NBA playoffs, Phoenix Coyotes avoid elimination in pro hockey and Bodemeister will skip the Belmont.

I’ll Have Another catches Bodemeister at the wire in the Preakness, both the Lakers and Clippers blow big leads at home and “Five Time” Jimmie Johnson wins $1 million.

News and Notes | The opening round of the NBA Playoffs is already in the history books, and we’ve got some compelling matchups as Round 2 begins. Miami Heat LeBron and D-Wade certainly stepped up to the challenge in the second half of Game 1 without Bosh.

Feist’s Facts | The NBA playoffs are in full swing, which means overall the better teams are battling each other. This is different from the regular season when many nights great teams are playing bad teams and bad teams are playing worse ones.

VIP: Bettin on B’Ball | The third seeded Los Angeles Lakers needed the full seven games to get by Denver. The Lakers’ Staples Center co-tenants, the Clippers, pulled off the only first round upset when, as the fifth seed, they defeated Memphis in seven.

On the Mark | The New York Knicks were once my favorite NBA team. No more. The latest faux pas came when celebrating a Game 4 victory over the Miami Heat as if going 1-3 down and instead of four and out was celebrated like winning the NBA title.

VIP | Noland Parry’s NBA Basketball Power Guide runs during the season and is an excellent tool for gamblers to help calculate a number near what the anticipated point spread should be...

VIP | NBA Basketball Records and Scoring Averages shows each team's overall straight up (S/U), pointspread (ATS) and Over/Under results plus their home/road records and scoring averages/margins through this past Sunday's games.

NBA basketball championship title odds for use by gamblers in betting and wagering are provided by LVH SuperBook and Lucky's and are updated weekly in season.

Miami Heat forward LeBron James is the NBA’s MVP for a third time, putting him alongside some of the game’s all-time greats.

Kobe Bryant had the flu, but it was the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers who were sick. The upstart Denver Nuggets, a 1½-point home favorite, jumped out to a 13-0 lead and were never headed in coasting to a 113-96 win that evened the best of 7 series at 3-3.

Bettin on B-Ball | Trailing three games to none the Knicks put up a valiant fight and defeated the Miami Heat, delaying the inevitable by a few days. Miami will host the Knicks on Wednesday night.

VIP: NBA Basketball Records and Scoring Averages shows each team's overall straight up (S/U), pointspread (ATS) and Over/Under results plus their home/road records and scoring averages/margins through this past Sunday's games.

VIP | Noland Parry’s NBA Basketball Power Guide runs during the season and is an excellent tool for gamblers to help calculate a number near what the anticipated point spread should be...

VIP | NBA basketball championship title odds for use by gamblers in betting and wagering are provided by SuperBook and Lucky's and are updated weekly in season.

News & Notes | The opening weekend of the playoffs was an absolute masterpiece of compelling story lines and intense basketball. All eight Game 1’s gave us something to think about, write about and consider as playoff action heats up this week.