Sports Betting Online – A Look At Thursday’s Wagering Option

[Freddy Wills]

betting sharps may be out of luck on Thursday night as the Western Conference final doesn’t start until Sunday, and New Jersey is waiting to see if New York or Washington will join them in the East, but there is NBA basketball on the schedule along with a few MLB matchups and the start of golf’s “fifth major”.

NBA Betting

Bulls 76ers Odds (7:00 PM ET): Philadelphia is favored by three points at home as they look to put Chicago away in Game 6, but a of Game 5 would show that the 76ers need a much better offensive effort after they scored just 26 points in the first half of a 77-69 loss.

Hawks Celtics Odds (8:00 PM ET): Boston a 6-point favorite at home against Atlanta, who are looking to extend their season after a big win in Game 5 on Tuesday night that they nearly gave away to the Celtics.

Lakers Nuggets Odds (10:30 PM ET): Los Angeles is a 1.5-point underdog on the road, but their larger concern may surround Andrew Bynum, who gave the Nuggets the bulletin-board material they needed to defeat the Lakers on the road in Game 5.

MLB Odds

Rangers Orioles Odds (7:05 PM ET): Many bookies that use price services expected Texas to play well early in the season, but not the Orioles, who will send out Jason Hammel to take on the Rangers’ Derek Holland in Baltimore.

Rays Yankees Odds (7:05 PM ET): A pair of power southpaws step into the spotlight in the Bronx as New York’s C.C. Sabathia will go against Tampa Bay’s David Price, who earned comparisons to Sabathia when he entered the league.

Nationals Pirates Odds (7:05 M ET): Stephen Strasburg lit up Pittsburgh in his Major League debut in 2010, and he’ll take on the Pirates once again as he takes on Kevin Correia.

Indians Red Sox Odds (7:10 M ET): Finally, the Red Sox give the ball to Josh Beckett in Boston on Thursday night, facing Derek Lowe, who spent the better part of eight season at Fenway Park to start his career.

Golf Betting

Players’ Championship Odds (tee times start at 7:15 AM ET): A trio of European players lead the way at the for The Players’ Championship at TPC Sawgrass and McIlroy, the world’s No.1 player, will tee it up with Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker at 1:49 PM ET. Also, keep an eye on the group of Tiger Woods, Hunter Mahan and Rickie Fowler, who is coming off the first win of his career at Quail Hollow, and all three of these players will be popular picks at shops.