Monday's BEST BETS: Spurs-Thunder Picks + NHL Game 7 Bets + MLB
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast
CBS Sports, Sports Betting, Sports Gambling, Picks
4.5 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Join experts Sia Nejad, Mike Barner, Matt Snyder, Tom Casale, and Jeff Hochman as they dish out their picks for Spurs-Thunder, Canadiens-Sabres, MLB, and MORE!
(0:00) Intro
(2:41) Weekend Recap Screen
(3:20) How Bad are the Pistons?
(6:20) Snyper's MLB Bets
(9:07) Mikey B's Spurs-Thunder Props
(11:33) Free Sportsline MLB Pick
(14:16) Tom's NHL Game 7 Bet
(15:57) Jeff's NHL Game 7 Leans
(18:10) Sia's MLB Bet
(20:12) Jeff's Spurs-Thunder Bet
(21:48) Bonus MLB, NBA, NHL Picks!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? Happy Monday and welcome to the Early Edge, brought to you by |
| 0:13.2 | BetMGM, make it legendary. We've already got buckets in the chat. We got Danny Brascoe |
| 0:18.0 | in the chat. We've got Crispin in the chat who hit Aaron Rye yesterday for an unbelievable amount of money. Five figures for him. Shout out to him. Let's see how we did on the recap screen. I certainly didn't help things in golf. My plus 250 play from earlier in the week loses also. I went 0.1 in my matchups. Chip loses his matchup, but we go 7-8-1 overall. Shout out to Mike McClure, who hit Ludwig position under 24-5 from earlier in the week. The sports line picks go three out of four. Mikey B goes one for two. Speaking of Mikey B, if you're interested in some NBA picks, we've got that for you today. We've got NHL for you today. And of course, |
| 0:54.6 | we've got MLB for you today as well. Let's bring in the stars of the show, who, of course, are all of you in the chat. Please hit the like button. We got Sniper. We got Tom Casale, Jeff Hockman, and Mikey B, the Cleveland Cavaliers advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals. Your reaction? |
| 1:17.1 | That was a pitiful performance by the Pistons last night. James Hardin gave us the game seven that many of us had expected. He was terrible, but Jaron Allen way more than made up |
| 1:22.5 | for how bad James Harden was. And the Pistons, we saw all series that they just can't shoot. |
| 1:27.6 | I didn't really like bringing Duncan Robinson off the bench yesterday. He was healthy again. I would have preferred that they started him. He's really their only three-point shooting option other than Cades. So, yeah, I was just a complete flop by the Pistons at home. And give credit to the Cavaliers, Mitchell and Jared Allen made sure that they advanced. |
| 1:46.2 | Jeff Hockman, your reaction to game seven. |
| 1:48.3 | I was stunned. |
| 1:52.2 | You know, I had the Pistons in game six plus the four and they won easily. |
| 1:54.2 | That one really shocked me. |
| 1:58.3 | I did not think Cleveland was going to blow the doors off Detroit, but, you know, |
| 1:59.1 | give it to Cleveland. |
| 1:59.8 | They're advancing. |
| 2:08.7 | They're going to face whoever advances in the next round. So, yeah, we'll see. Yeah, it'll be Cleveland and the Knicks. And I know, Mikey B, you've got that plus 150 on the Knicks to win the Eastern Conference. |
| 2:12.8 | Tom, I'm curious, did you come here with lacrosse? Did you come here with a college football future MLB, NHL? What is it today? I'm going to go with NHL tonight. That big game seven, Montreal, Buffalo. I'm really looking forward to the game, so I got to pick there. I can't wait for that game. I thought Montreal was going to run away with it when they were up 3-1 in the first period last game. And they't all the moment on on buffalo's side we'll see what tom has in store for a sniper i want to get to some |
| 2:38.8 | picks and i'm noticing that your cubbies are playing today so i know you've got a pick in that game |
| 2:44.8 | but you've got another pick as well you've got the floor yeah um first things first i have a bit of a |
| 2:50.2 | complaint from over the weekend from the Cubs and White Sox series. |
| 2:54.2 | And what is it, Rate Field now? |
| 2:56.9 | Ratefield, it should just be Comisky. |
| 2:59.7 | Anyway, multiple times throughout the series, |
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