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00:00Welcome to the BetQL Daily Boost.
00:05I'm Lucy Burge of BetQL, and I'm joined by Kate Constable and Amir Tyree.
00:10And we have an NBA Hot Toast for all of you today on Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier.
00:15To each have over 14 and a half points, this is boosted to plus 375 at Caesars.
00:22What do you think of this boost?
00:24This is a little tricky one.
00:25Jimmy Butler, we know he's not very happy right now in Miami.
00:28And his stats have kind of reflected that quite a bit.
00:32You look at Jimmy Butler's last couple of games, yes, he did have 18 against the Nuggets
00:37a couple of nights ago.
00:38But otherwise, he stayed in the single digits in four of his last five.
00:44You could get an explosive night from Jimmy Butler any night if he just decides to play,
00:48right?
00:49Terry Rozier, he's hitting around these numbers or close to it.
00:53He's averaging 11 against the Portland Trail Blazers.
00:55They play tonight.
00:56The reason I like this is because the Blazers give up so many points.
00:58If you look at what teams have done against them recently, 132, 118, 125, they are going
01:04to allow their opponent to score.
01:06And Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier are some of the top scorers on the team.
01:09So plus 375, a little coffee money.
01:12Amir, I say if you want some action in this game, that might be a way to go.
01:16Yeah, I think just in general, obviously, the Jimmy Butler situation is an interesting
01:20one that's quite difficult to predict.
01:22Yeah, if you just look at from a minute production-wise, it's not like they're necessarily restricting
01:27him.
01:28They're still letting him play.
01:29It's just a matter of his aggression getting back in the flow.
01:32And then I just think in general, just rarely will you have situations where a player of
01:36this caliber score will have a number this low.
01:40So while it's there, or just before he maybe wants to turn it around and raise that trade
01:45value a little bit more, or something like that, if he truly wants to get in, they want
01:49to come to terms on getting him moved out of there.
01:51But I think getting that number alone on Jimmy Butler just makes it a strong option
01:55because it probably won't be there for long.
01:59Exactly.
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02:21upcoming NFL games as the big game playoffs continue and there are only three games left
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02:38Burge.
02:39We have our favorite bets for today, or as I'm going to do, take a bet for this weekend
02:44in the NFL, the AFC, and NFC Championship games are, of course, coming up.
02:49And I am taking the Commanders to cover against the Eagles.
02:53Commanders plus 6.
02:54They pulled off an impressive, outright win over the Lions, which I still have not processed.
02:59I still can't believe.
03:00I will be in May and I'll be like, wait, the Lions really did not make it to the NFC Championship
03:07game.
03:08Insane.
03:09However, the Commanders are rolling.
03:10I don't think they're going to stop now when it comes to covering the spread, because it's
03:14a, you know, six points is something.
03:16So in the Eagles did not cover the seven point spread against the Rams.
03:20They took them down by only six points and the Commanders are averaging 29 points for
03:23pregame.
03:24Eagles are averaging 27.
03:25The Commanders are averaging more.
03:27So I like them to cover at least in this one plus six.
03:31Love it, Lucy.
03:32I'm going to go back to the NBA.
03:33The 76ers and Nuggets play the night in Denver.
03:36Joellen B. Dajan Jokic once again, he hasn't played in Denver in years and he's not playing
03:42again tonight.
03:43Paul George is also questionable.
03:45The Sixers have lost three of their last five by double digits.
03:48I mean, they are not a good basketball team at all right now.
03:52Denver's kind of on the up and up right now.
03:54They've won four of their last five, a couple of those by double digits.
03:56So I'm going to take the Nuggets at home tonight, minus 13 and a half against the 76ers.
04:02I was actually looking at this spread before we came on to do the show on the curtsy and
04:06half is like, it's clearly Embiid is not playing because that would be the only way.
04:11Yeah, I think another one that is a double digit spread that I did like is to go back
04:16to that Heat trailblazers game.
04:18I actually like the trailblazers to cover plus 10 and a half.
04:22Heat actually did beat the trailblazers handily at home earlier this season with no Jimmy
04:26Butler.
04:27But in that game, Jeremy Grant had been out.
04:28He'd been dealing with a facial fracture.
04:30They also started Donovan Klingon in the place of DeAndre Ayton, who he's back in starting
04:35shape again.
04:36And, you know, they're just coming off a near double digit win against the Chicago Bulls
04:40from their last game.
04:41So I think with two starters back and especially kind of with the turmoil going on in Miami,
04:46that they can make that number a lot closer.
04:48So yeah, the two starters make a big deal, especially with a defender and scorer like
04:53Jeremy Grant to play on the wing and kind of counteract.
04:56So a rookie against Bam Adebayo, like swap that out and then also get Jeremy Grant back.
05:00I think they can close that number.
05:02Love that.
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