
The NBA playoffs aren't the only games worth betting on this weekend, as the NBA also makes room for MLB interleague play and NASCAR's All-Star celebrations.
The Friday night NBA slate includes two important Game 6 clashes, as Cleveland and Utah fight to stay alive. The Cavaliers are down 3-2 to Boston but with this game taking place in Cleveland - where the Cavaliers are undefeated against the Celtics in the playoffs so far - the Cavs are a 7-point favorite at .
The Jazz also get to play at home in their must-win Game 6 against the Lakers on Friday night. Utah is 5-1 at home during their playoff run after sporting the best home record in the league during the regular season. At the Jazz are a 4-point favorite in Friday's game.
The weekend baseball schedule delivers the season's first taste of interleague play. The big rivalries on tap for this weekend include the Mets and Yankees, the Dodgers and Angels, and Cleveland at Cincinnati in the Battle of Ohio.
The Mets and Yankees split the season series 3-3 last season, while the Angels owned the Dodgers with a 5-1 record against them. The Battle of Ohio was also split down the middle last season with the Indians and the Reds both winning three games each.
The is no Sprint Cup race on the NASCAR schedule this weekend, but there are still a couple of races available for wagering at the NASCAR All-Star event. On Saturday night at Lowe's Motorspeedway, the Sprint Showdown and the All-Star Race will both be run with NASCAR's biggest names taking part.
In the Sprint Showdown, Kasey Kahne and David Ragan are co-favorites at 7/2 over at . In the All-Star Race, the co-favorites are Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards, both at 6/1.
Check out the baseball database feature here at PointSpread.com [1] to handicap interleague baseball. Choose Cincinnati vs. Cleveland and ask for the past 20 games between to find great baseball betting trends for moneylines, runlines or totals.
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[1] http://www.pointspread.com/MLB/database/main.aspx