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VSiN Best Bets

Live Bet Saturday | April 18, 2026 | Hour 1

VSiN Best Bets

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4.4561 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Dustin Swedelson and Ben Stevens cover live sports betting, including NBA playoff updates, NHL postseason insights, and MLB game highlights, focusing on key player performances and betting strategies. Get instant access to expert picks, public betting splits data, and pro betting tools when you join VSiN Pro. You can take 17% off an annual subscription when you use promo code: POD26. Click https://www.vsin.com/subscribe?tpcc=best-bets&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=simplecast&utm_campaign=best-bets to get started.

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0:00.0

This is live bet Saturday on V-SIN, the Sports Betting Network.

0:06.9

Coming at you from the D Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas, I'm Dustin

0:11.5

Swietelson alongside Ben Stevens, and we got you covered for the next three hours.

0:16.1

On live bet Saturday, this is V-Sin, the Sports Betting Network.

0:20.7

It's a fun time of year to be doing this show,

0:22.7

especially on the weekends, as Ben and I will guide you through a bunch of baseball, three games

0:27.0

in progress, and we've got five more still to come within our show window. We've got the

0:32.2

hockey postseason, the Stanley Cup playoff. It is here. It begins in about 15 minutes. We'll talk about what's going to

0:39.0

happen with Ottawa and Carolina in just a moment. And we've also got the NBA playoffs. One underway

0:44.8

and a bunch more to go later on today, including Minnesota and Denver, getting ready to tip

0:51.1

off in about 30 minutes. But right now, Ben, we've got Cleveland leading Toronto, 90 to 74.

0:57.2

After a first half that saw Toronto keep it pretty close and competitive, all of a sudden,

1:02.7

the second half, it's been nothing but the Cavaliers.

1:05.1

Did you mess around and do anything with this game?

1:08.4

No, I did not, Dustin, but I probably would have leaned with the favorite

1:12.0

at home in the Cavs laying eight and a half free game. They're up by 16. They're alive 16 and a half

1:17.2

favorite pregame total around a 220 number. We're looking at 224 and a half live at this very

1:24.1

instant. One thing, of course, that will be incredibly interesting to follow in the opening round of the NBA postseason. What do these game totals look like? We are not used to seeing

1:32.4

totals at 208 and a half like we have tonight in Los Angeles between the Lakers and the Rockets.

1:37.7

That defensive intensity is ratcheted and amped up. We'll see how that plays out throughout the

1:42.5

entire time. One thing I will also be following

1:45.2

road teams have had a lot of success the last three to four years or so in the NBA playoffs,

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