Betting: Why the Lakers' struggles are a cause for concern
Minty Bets recaps the winners & losers from an action-packed week of the sports betting world.
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- New users get a risk free first bet up to $600. Go to betmgm.com/yahoo, and sign up today. It's been quite the week throughout the sports world. Here are some winners and losers. Let's start off with a few winners.
No hitters. This past week, we witnessed two no hitters in the MLB. John Means of the Baltimore Orioles had a unique no hitter on Wednesday night. He's the first pitcher in history to lose a perfect game on a third strike wild pitch. But he had no walks, no hit batters, and no errors.
On Friday, Cincinnati Reds starter, Wade Miley, threw a no hitter against the Cleveland Indians. No hitters have been winners this season with four of them already in less than two months. But for Cleveland, it's been a loser since they've gone without a hit twice this season.
Next up, the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins won the East division on Saturday by defeating the Buffalo Sabers, while also sending their best home winning percentage in franchise history. The Pens have punched their ticket to the playoffs for the 15th straight season, which is currently the longest streak in professional sports. Not bad for a team that was plus 450 to win the division before the season started.
Next up, Rory McIlroy enter the Wells Fargo Championship at 20 to one odds, even though he's won the event twice before. On Sunday, McIlroy earned his first victory since 2019. Up next for Rory is the PGA Championship in two weeks at Kiowa Islands ocean course, where he set the tournament record in 2012, winning by a margin of eight strokes.
Now onto a loser, the LA Lakers. The defending champs are two and eight their last 10 games. And on top of their losing streak, they're seventh in the West, which would mean, as of today, they would be in the play in tournament, where they might have to face red hot Steph Curry, and the Warriors.
Before the season started, the Lakers were the favorite to win the championship at plus 250, and let's close with a winner for all of the sports world, the record setting crowd for Canelo versus Saunders. Last year, we didn't even know if we were going to have sports to watch let alone attend a live event. On Saturday night, Canelo Alvarez defeated Billy Joe Sanders as a heavy favorite in Arlington, Texas in front of 73,126 people, which set the indoor attendance record for a boxing event. The world is healing, and it's amazing to see and hear the energy of the crowd again.
