Doc’s Sports

4 Unit Play. Take #836 Omaha -4.5 over South Dakota (7p.m., Sunday, January 20 ESPN+) The Mavericks are one of the top teams in the Summit League and should be able to take down the Coyotes at home tonight. This is the second straight road games for South Dakota, and they will lose this game by 8-10 points. South Dakota is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games. Omaha is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games.

Best of Luck – Doc’s Sports

4-Unit Play. #006. Take Vancouver -135 over Detroit (Sunday, January 20 at 4:05 p.m.)

*Note the early start time*

As per this selection on the Vancouver Canucks, we simply believe they are the better team in this matchup, and as they start to get healthy and get their key guys back, they will go on a run and string together some wins. This is a team that has won 2 of their last 3, including last time out vs Buffalo. They haven't left home since Jan 5th, so we like the rhythm they find themselves in and against a bottom feeder team like Detroit, we expect them to get the job done. Look, this is not their last game before the all-star break, so the team will be laser focused. They are also in a great play on Spot as they are 4-0 in their last 4 Sunday games, while the Wings are just 1-6 in on Sunday and 1-6 in their last 7 games playing on 1 days rest. Detroit is also 8-18 in their last 26 vs the West and is just 1-4 in their last 5 after giving up 5 or more goals. We saw what a good quick team can do to the Wings a few nights ago when Calgary beat them 6-4. Vancouver is a similar team, and we expect more of the same results. Lay the small price with Vancouver and lets cash this ticket.

Both teams are coming in on a back-to-back and playing their third game in four nights, and we expect both offenses to be sluggish and think there will probably be some sloppy basketball in this one with two fatigued teams. Five of the last eight meetings in this series have gone under the posted total. The under is also 5-2 in the second leg of back-to-backs for the Pacers. The Pacers are the No. 1 defense in the NBA for points allowed and we think they can keep the Hornets down to a real low score but we think there is a very good chance both offenses struggle in this one.

4 Unit Play. Take #313 New England Patriots over Kansas City Chiefs (6:40p.m., Sunday, January 20 CBS) The Chiefs have all of the pressure on them in this game and I have not sure they will be able to rise to the occasion and win this game. Coach Andy Reid does not have much success in this championship weekend winning just 1 time in 5 tries. QB Brady is used to playing in the elements unlike QB Luck last week and the cold weather will not affect him. Both teams will give up yards in this game but I do not believe the Chiefs defense will be able to rise to the level they played last week again this week. Despite the win last week, Kansas City is 2-9 ATS in their last 11 playoff games and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 home playoff games. New England already won at Chicago this year and they are 17-8 ATS in their last 25 road games.

4 Unit Play. Take #312 New Orleans Saints over Los Angeles Rams (3:05p.m., Sunday, January 20 FOX) The Saints were rusty to start last week against Philadelphia, but they dominated the second half and I do not expect them to look back and dominate this game for 60 minutes. Despite being a slight underdog, the Saints won the first meeting this season by double digits and expect a similar result in this game as well. The Rams are just 1-4 ATS (1 push) in their last 6 games against teams with a winning record. The home team has covered 7 straight games in the last 7 meetings between these two teams. I still believe the Saints are due for a breakout game offensively and there is no better time for that to occur than Sunday in the Superdome in front of their fans.