Big Al McMordie

At 6:00 pm, our selection is on the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning 'under' the total.  It's the only first round series so far in these playoffs to go the full seven games, and perhaps that's no surprise given the history between these two teams.  Not only has every game of this series been determined by a single goal, but four of the six have gone to overtime.  Both goaltenders -- Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Bolts and Jakub Dobes of the Habs -- have been outstanding and there's little reason to think that won't continue in this ultimate Game 7 tonight.  The defenses have also been working overtime, as in Game 4 when a total of just 38 shots were put on net (18 for Montreal and 20 for Tampa).  Seven of the last eight meetings of these two have gone under the total, including the last five (games 2-6 of this series).  Take the 'under.'  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

At 7:30 pm, our selection is on the Cleveland Cavaliers minus the points over Toronto.  These two teams have each won 3 games on their home floor, and Game 7 will be played in Ohio.  Advantage:  Cavaliers.  Additionally, home favorites of more than 3 points are 46-29-2 ATS in Game 7s, including 9-2 ATS their last 11 if they lost Game 6 by single-digits.  And Toronto is 1-16 SU and 3-13-1 ATS when getting 7+ points from Cleveland, including 1-7-1 ATS in the Playoffs.  Take Cleveland.  Good luck, as always...Al McMordie.  

At 3:30 pm, our selection is on the UNDER in the Detroit/Orlando game.  Thirteen of the last 20 games between these teams have gone Under the total, including four of the six Playoff games.  And the last game was the lowest-scoring of all, as Detroit and Orlando combined for just 172 points, which went under the total by 38.5 points.  NBA Playoff games have gone Under the total 62.8% since 1990 if the previous playoff game went under by more than 36 points.  Take Detroit + Orlando UNDER.