Orlando was looking ahead this game so they lost to Toronto. Kidding. The Magic will be playing their 3rd game in 4 nights on the road with such a small line. Jersey was a 16.5 point dog in Florida just a week ago and now we see a 10 point swing with Murphy and Terrence most likely out of tomorrow's match up. Looks too easy to take the Magic right? Throw in some old stats/trend that Magic wins a blow out or something after losing two in a row or something like that. I have no idea why the line is set so low but I don't think the books gives away free money. With the line being weird and screaming "take the magic" I'm going with the New Jersey Nets +6.5 you guys may want to hold out for a bit. It should leap to 7 or 8 by game time. By then, throw a little ML just in case. No play on the total, but I like the UNDER 191.
Okay, here's another play of the day or the week when I see one. The Jazz is closing their eastern road trip in Charlotte and aren't they coming from 3 come from behind wins against highly touted team in MIA, ORL and ATL. We won the ML last night and I was hoping the line would be around 4 or 5 so we'd get a little more from the ML. Right now, the play is on the Cats +1.5 (better hold out for a bit as it's pretty sure to move). Fatigue should set in and the last game of a long road trip will and shall have its effect on the road team. Playing 4 games in 5 nights also does not help. Cats will be playing their 3rd game in 4 nights. But what I notice as I follow this team is that they're on their groove except for Captain Jack who's still looking for his shots. Charlotte is 0-3 at home and I'm pretty sure we'll see a 1 in the home win column after this game. Oh yeah, Charlotte has enough bigs to match the Jazz not to mention Bobcats' bigs are very versatile. The total here is an easy UNDER 190.0.
Capping the Cavs game all depends on whether MoWill and Varejao suits up or not. Until I got anything out of it, I'm laying off this one. If he plays I'll be on the Cavs-1.5. Cavs doesn't have much success at home neither do the Pacers on the road.
Miami should be fired up to erase a two game slide right? Raptors on the other hand had a huge one over the Magic last night. Looking for a let down spot? Nah. Give me 15.5 points. Toronto +15.5 is very enticing because the Raptors will and shall run back and keep the deficit as small as they can. They are also a team that plays the full 48 minutes and does not quit even late in the 4th. Miami will run their usual and get the win here but most probably not enough for the cover. Wade and BronBron can't coexist until one of them develops a Scottie Pippen mentality or until a system can be made for the two of them to run the offense.
You gotta love this matchup. I'll be watching this game because you have Rose and Wall going at it. Both players are almost identical and can win a game with their will. The matchup is pretty good too. Blatche is having a career season as with Noah. Al can pretty much cancel out Luol's production. Taj cancels McGee and so Hinrich and Yi (off the bench) spells the difference here. If you think 11 points is too much, get this, Chicago averages a winning margin of 13.5 points at home. So it's pretty much just on the right area but IMO 11 should come a long way for a pretty much even matchup like this one. Getting me some of that Wall +11.0 dougie!
Last game of a road trip and it's a pretty much a no play here but given a day to rest and another 3 day rest after the Memphis game. I think Boston gets a little to excited to go home. The play here is Memphis Grizzlies +3.0 / ML. Grizzlies have the materials to match Boston's huge front court. Their back court has enough athleticism to run around with Boston's. I'm also looking for a let down here for Boston since they just won against the Heat and Paul Pierce is still a little too cocky showcasing his talent in South Beach. I'm also playing the OVER 195.5 here. Grizz and Celts always plays a faster tempo. Both offense also averages 100-ish.
Again, an old team given 2 days of rest at home is huge. Spurs also revitalized its offense with RJ's summer improvement. It's scary to play the Spurs at home with 4 of the starters averaging close to 20ppg. Anyway, before I go on and blabber about how the Spurs has a legit chance to make it deep in the playoffs let's get back to making picks. I'm calling a Philadelphia 76ers +10.0 here. It's too much points for a team that looks to always rest their vets whenever they're leading. They'll probably be up by a lot and let the 76ers right back in by playing their bench. The Spurs have to travel to OKC the next day so they have to save a little bit up.
What do you guys think?
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