Sports Betting – A Look At Saturday’s Wagering Options

[Freddy Wills]

Take a break from for a minute as there is still a couple weeks until the tournament starts, but there is a Game 7 in the NBA to worry about, a slew of Major League Baseball and the first all-heavyweight main card at UFC 146.

NBA Odds

76ers Celtics Odds (8:00 PM ET): Boston is a 5.5-point home favorite in this massive Game 7, and may applaud Philadelphia to even get to this point. The 76ers are young, while the Celtics have plenty of experience and they’re going to be a popular pick on Saturday night.

MLB Odds

Yankees Athletics Odds (4:05 PM ET): New York will send out C.C. Sabathia, who has dropped his last two starts, while Oakland counters with 39-year-old Bartolo Colon, who spent 2011 with the Yankees before moving on.

Nationals Braves Odds (4:05 PM ET): It is always a must for players that work with odds to check out Washington when Stephen Strasburg gets the call, and he’ll go up against Mike Minor in Atlanta.

Indians White Sox Odds (4:10 PM ET): In this American League Central showdown, Cleveland will send out Derek Lowe, and the White Sox will go with Jake Peavy, a former Cy Young winner that appears to healthy and pitching like his former self.

Rays Red Sox Odds (7:15 PM ET): This could be the best pitching matchup of the day as these American League East rivals clash with David Price taking on Josh Beckett. players would compare it to a pair of thoroughbreds, although Beckett has come up lame at times.

Brewers Diamondbacks Odds (10:10 PM ET): Finally, Zack Greinke hasn’t lost in eight starts, and he’ll go up against Wade Miley in Arizona.

UFC Betting

UFC 146 Odds (main card starts at 9:00 PM ET): You’ll be getting a treat at UFC 146 on Saturday night as the main card features all heavyweights, anchored by the title match between champion Junior Dos Santos and challenger Frank Mir, who is looking to become the heavyweight champion for a third time. However, you also have former champion Cain Velasquez welcoming Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva to the UFC, while Roy Nelson and Dave Herman will slug it out, along with Stefan Struve and Levar Johnson. This figures to be one of the most explosive cards in the history of the company, but Dos Santos/Mir is the highlight as the champ will aim to use his powerful boxing while Mir will try and implement his excellent grappling, which Dos Santos saw as Mir broke the arm of his mentor, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. This will be a fantastic card for sharps.