Sports Betting Online – A Look At Thursday’s Betting Slate

[Freddy Wills]

The won’t be in action, but baseball fans still have a trio of matchups to check out. However, some NBA action takes the headlines as we’re down to the conference finals, while Jack’s Tournament tees off in Columbus.

NBA Betting

Spurs Thunder Odds (9:00 PM ET): Oklahoma City comes into Game 3 of the Western Conference finals as a 3.5-point favorite, but a of the series so far would show that San Antonio have dominated the series and the playoffs as a whole; they haven’t lost a game yet and have won 20 in a row overall, and they’ve broken the 100-point barrier in 18 of them.

MLB Odds

Tigers Red Sox Odds (7:10 PM ET): A pair of teams that many sharps who use software figured would be battling for their division leads, but are struggling right now, kick off a slow night on the diamond as Detroit’s Max Scherzer takes on Boston’s Josh Beckett at Fenway Park.

Astros Rockies Odds (8:40 PM ET): The underrated Bud Morris will lead out Houston at Coors Field on Thursday night against Colorado’s Jeremy Guthrie in a meeting of National League clubs; surprisingly, it is the Astros that have the better record.

Brewers Dodgers Odds (10:10 PM ET): Finally, Milwaukee’s Zack Greinke has been hit hard on the road and he’ll have to improve that if the Brewers are going to move up in the eyes of online sports betting ( to read more) players. The Dodgers will counter with Chad Billingsley at home.

Golf Betting

Memorial Odds (tee times start at 7:20 AM ET): The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village isn’t your ordinary golf event as it is hosted by Jack Nicklaus, who has won 18 majors and has brought a quality tournament to his hometown since 1976. The man who is chasing his record, Tiger Woods, is sitting at 14 and is a four-time winner at the Memorial, and he’ll be in one of the notable groups as he tees off with Bill Haas and Fred Couples at 8:15 AM ET.

However, Woods isn’t the only story as the world’s top two ranked players, Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy, will go off with PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley at 8:04 AM ET, while the afternoon features defending champion Steve Stricker with Justin Rose (who won here in 2010) and Hunter Mahan (who has won twice this season) at 12:54 PM ET. The group following them features Masters champion Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler (who finally earned his first PGA Tour win at Quail Hollow) and four-time major winner Phil Mickelson. If you’re looking at the U.S. Open in a couple weeks, this is a tournament that players should watch.