Courtside Players Club Free Pick: Timberwolves-4.5
T’Wolves are averaging 107.8 ppg on 47% shooting while allowing only allowing 101.9 ppg. Karl Anthony Towns is averaging 18.5 points per game and played a huge roll in the teams last win. He found his stroke last game and helped propel the T’Wolves to their first win in the series. Scoring 25 points in game four, he had only produces 14,15 & 16 in the first three games. With Anthony Edwards averaging 27.5 ppg in the playoffs and KAT finding his rhythm the Timberwolves will take down a slowing Dallas Mavericks offense at home in game 5.
Major League Players Club Free Pick: Tigers ML EVEN
DET SP Jack Flaherty has a 2.84 ERA over his last 5 starts, each one a Quality Start. He also has a 3.41 Road ERA through 5 starts, allowing 2ER or less in 4 of them. Boston's offense has struggled, scoring 3 runs or less in 5 of their last 6 games. BOS SP Nick Pivetta surrendered 5 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks over 3.1 IP at Home to MIL his last time out. He's struggled at Fenway throughout his career, pitching to a 4.93 ERA in 54 appearances.
Power Players Club Free Pick: NY Rangers ML +105.
The Florida Panthers stay in New York for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals to take on the Rangers. This series has been close with each team stealing one away from home and the last three going into OT. I expect another hard-fought game tonight, with Shesterkin being the Rangers' saving grace. He has held his own in this series and I don’t expect that to change. In Game 4 the Rangers offense was lacking and I expect them to be firing tonight at home as they can’t let the Panthers steal two wins in New York. Although the advanced metrics support the Panthers, the Rangers have been proving the metrics wrong all postseason and have held the “‘best” playoff team to its fewest goal total this postseason going into game 5.
