Nick Crain | 4/15/23

We’ve officially reached the playoffs in the 2022-23 NBA campaign as teams are starting to play more games with high stakes. Whether you’re a fan of the league or a bettor of the NBA, ProFitX is here to enhance your knowledge of the game. The Sports Profitability Platform (SPP) is a consumer product that allows users to be even closer to basketball analytics than ever before. This AI-powered predictive outcome platform allows users who like fantasy sports predictions to gain insights into performance projections, live game analysis, injury reports, and salary converters that can be configured to your choice of salary cap regulations. This tool has been back tested over the last ten years with over 450,000 NBA games, which results in roughly 68% accurate pre-match projections and 70-90% accuracy during play. The SPP includes odds making for pre-match projections for next 5 days and also displays performance projections for player props. As such, ProFitX has you covered for all four playoff games on April 15. Let’s take a look at a few games that will take place today and analyze the insight the SPP gives.

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Saturday, April 15, 2023

Philadelphia 76ers vs Brooklyn Nets

Odds: PHI: 63.6% | BKN: 36.4% It’s always easy to pick the favorite in any matchup, but in the playoffs anything could happen. With that in mind, any time a team has a 60% chance of winning or higher based on our models, history tells us it’s as safe of a pick as any.  Especially at home, take the better team in the Sixers here. Brooklyn has really good defensive players across the entire lineup, but Philadelphia has the size, shooting and playmaking to overcome in Game 1.

Cleveland Cavaliers vs New York Knicks

Odds: CLE: 58.4% | NYK: 41.6% This is a tricky game to bet on with Julius Randle being a game-time decision. If he plays, the odds will absolutely swing. If not, the Cavs will remain the favorite. Since we don’t know if he’ll play or not, our models give a pretty solid edge to Cleveland as the team to come out on top. To hedge the Randle situation, it is probably worth hedging Cavaliers moneyline by taking the Knicks to cover the spread.

Sacramento Kings vs Golden State Warriors

Odds: SAC: 46.7% | GSW: 53.3% While our models predict Golden State will win this contest, the Warriors are a team that is tough to trust on the road. They went 11-3o on the road during the regular season, while the Kings went 23-18 at home.  Given Sacramento is a two-point favorite in this contest, we like the Warriors to cover the spread in Game 1. It should be a high scoring game that comes down to the wire, with Golden State having a real chance to either upset or keep it very close.