4-0-1 day.

Soooooo close to 5-0. Atlanta won EASILY, Houston under won EASILY, Memphis was looking bad for most of the game, but roared back in the 4th and won outright.

Came down to the two Portland picks.

Under was on pace to win the whole game, though it was possible to lose. Slow 4th made under a certainty unless OT came. Portland had a 95-90 lead late, but blew it, and fell down 102-99 with under 7 seconds left. Fortunately they only chose to make a 2-pointer, taking it to 102-101, lessening the OT possibility. Then the fouled Denver intentionally (obviously), and sadly Denver hit both FTs. That made it 104-101, Portland had to heave it and shoot with 1.8 seconds left, and they didn't come close, so that was the final, and the Portland +3 tied while the under covered.

On a side note, I chose to make a full moneyline bet on Atlanta +131, and no spread bet. It won easily.

I chose to make a half moneyline +140/half spread bet on Memphis. It had to come back and looked bad for much of the game, but it won outright.

I chose to make a full spread bet on Portland, and no moneyline.

All three were roughly the same spread, but Portland I had the least faith in winning outright, whereas Atlanta I had the most faith.

I ended up being 100% correct on those assessments.

Record now 131-93-3. This was just my 3rd tie in 227 picks.

I'm 18-6-1 in the past 8 days (January 15-22). I've finally erased the 2-week slump from December 31-January 14. I was 15-25 in that stretch, following a 98-62-2 record through Dec 30. That 15-25 stretch was by far my worst slump of the season, where I had previously avoided protracted slumps. However, thanks to this recent run, I'm now 33-31-1 since December 31, which by itself isn't impressive, but was a great comeback given how things were going.