NBA Pick 31/01/17 @cavs to get the job done v @dallasmavs

Cleveland Cavaliers will be on the road at Dallas tonight.With kevin Love out, Dallas coming off a strong surprise win over San Antonio and the Cavaliers not their usual reliable selves of late,some are tipping the Dallas win.

Personally I see Le Bron James stepping up with support from Kyrie Irving to see the Cavaliers through to victory. We can even expect Cleveland to cover the 4.5 spread in an impressive showing. The 16 point win over OKC signals a turning point for Cleveland and if korver continues to fit in well,their fortunes should improve.

Conservative Play-Cavs Moneyline (1.57)

Value Play-Cavs -4.5 (2.0)

@ladbrokes New Customer Offer. Bookmakers Review

Ladbrokes have a £50 matched bet offer.

The offer is administered professionally and without fuss.

Ladbrokes have decent customer service with attentive staff on live chat and responses to emails are prompt.

The ladbrokes website is easy to use and they offer plenty of markets.

Ladbrokes are definitely worth a try.

@betway New Customer Offer Bookmakers Review

Betway have a bet £10 get £30 free bet offer.

The offer is administered professionally and without fuss.

Betway seem to have superb customer service with attentive live chat staff and prompt responses to email.

Betway offer a range of odds boosts,they offer cash out facilities and the website works well.

I would advise any punters out there to give them a try.

@totesport @betfred New Customer Offer Bookmakers Review.Avoid Like the Plague

Totesport offer a £25 risk free first bet. It sounds good initially but please note that you are ineligible for this offer if you have an existing Betfred account. The offer could be worth a go if you have no existing Betfred account but you do so at your own risk.Good Luck!

Totesport do not tell you this up front,they wait for you to stake the £25 then they go through a phoney verification process asking you for identification,following this they close your account for seemingly no reason (if an existing Betfred account is detected by their system).

 If they close your account like this when you lose the first bet imagine how quickly they will close the account should you win!

When you ring them up they fob you off and terminate the call. When you ring back, eventually they admit Betfred and Totesport operate under the same umbrella like it is a dirty secret,they also admit they get punters ringing up complaining all the time but still they do nothing about it So effectively you are out of pocket  whether or not you win the initial bet and have been cheated out of the new customer offer you were promised.

I am astounded they have managed to pull this scam for years,IBAS (the Bookmaker's Ombudsman) have done nothing about it.

The best I can do is advise people to steer clear of Totesport and that reflects badly on Betfred too as they are the same organisation.

Milwaukee Bucks to Pile Further Misery on the New York Knicks 07/01/17

In the last matchup between the Bucks and the Knicks,Giannis Antetokounmpou stole the game in the final second with a fall away two pointer that his airness himself would have been prod of (that's Michael Jordan for the uninitiated)!

With Kristaps Porzingis not likely to be 100percent following an achilles injury and Giannis playing so well, the Bucks are worthy favourites.

Carmelo Anthony played well but was unable to close the deal and a similar outcome is expected today.The Bucks are on a streak of three wins while the Knicks are on a dismal run of six losses.

Staunch defences on Show for Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur 04/01/17

Huge game tonight,Chelsea on a stunning winning streak,Spurs feeling good after dismantling Watford last time out.

This match could go either way so I'll sit on the fence and look towards the draw.

The  two defences may hold the key to this one with both Lloris and Courtois starving forwards off goals so far this season.

Spurs are very strong at home and Chelsea are on a rich vein of form.The bookies can't separate them and neither can I.The draw holds the value at 3.15 with either winner available at 2.8.

T20 Cricket : Melbourne Stars to Dump out Sydney Thunder 04/01/17

The defending Big Bash champions face Melbourne Stars today and the current form points at only one outcome.

Shane Watson's men looked lacklustre last time out and have lost 4 in a row.Maxwell and Pieterson will be looking to prolong the pain for Sydney with impressive showings with the bat.

The only hope for Sydney is that their experienced names show up.Much rests on the shoulders of Shane Watson and Andre Russell if the Thunders are to show signs of their potential.

Sydney have the talent to tear up the formbook but there isn't enough evidence here to look past the obvious win for the Stars.