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What’s up fellas.  Twas a good night of basketball on Wednesday.  Scraped up some minimal profits on the NBA slate but the Celts really did come through for me quite large on some off-bankroll mix sports wagers.  May start posting some of those in later weeks.  Had a decent night, profit is profit, but still not to the level I am accustomed to.  Would have been a satisfying night overall if not for one mental lapse by an all-star.  A silly mistake by Deron not only caused the Jazz to push the spread in a game they deserved to cover, but it also lost me a 1 unit prop by a point.  Nevertheless, a profitable night.  Can’t complain too much.

Dallas is clearly in trouble, Dirk will return this weekend.  However, if he is even a bit bothered by this knee and his performance is affected even slightly, the loss of Caron combined with this could be detrimental to a team I thought could contend for the West title.  Mark Cuban needs to do something big come trade deadline, signing Pavlovic is not the answer.  Paul George, yet another impressive rookie from an up and coming draft class.  Toronto showed some guts last night, Atlanta and Toronto always seem to come through with the best basketball games, another thriller.  Jamal Crawford is just in another zone right now, he is as hot as anybody in the league.  I am officially sold on Charlotte.  The first game after Paul Silas took over, I stated that D.J would be the main benefactor to the departure of Larry Brown...I love being right.  He looks like a brand new point guard.  If Charlotte continues to roll with a 7 man rotation pushing low minutes for the 8 man, than they have the defense necessary to compete and cover spreads at home.  

Celts continue to amaze me.  Look at the Boston bench, look at Luke, Erden, Marquis, Nate, Von Wafer.......now just for a split second....imagine seeing this group of players on the 2nd unit for.....let’s say Detroit....or the Raps.....Sacramento......a mind darn isn’t it?  You would think they could possibly be the worst 2nd unit in basketball.  It astonishes me how Doc Rivers finds value and creates assets out of nothing.  Memphis was obviously as embarrassed with their performance against Indiana as I was, when Zach and Rudy play well, the Griz are very hard to stop.  Monroe with yet another triple double, he and Udoh were my favorite bigs in the draft.  I was obviously wrong looking at the skill of Cousins now, but Greg will be a good big man in this league for years to come.  The old men in black did it again, Milwaukee with a valiant effort once again, but the bench of San An is so versatile and effective, against a very weak 2nd unit for Milwaukee, my man Matt Bonner and his 2nd unit battalion were the difference makers last night.

I know it is silly to say this but I honestly believe I was on the right side of the Orlando game, yes the Magic were lucky to get it into OT, but Jameer and J.J combined for 3-20 from the field, Turk and Bass were just as atrocious yet the Magic were in it all game long.  Orlando is the far superior team, I would make this bet over again in a heartbeat.  The last play call was sheer brilliance to tie the game, I just love the out of bounds set plays from Stan Van Gundy after a timeout.  Love watching basketball like that...to bad J.J hit nothing but oxygen.  OKC was masterful against Houston, Brooks was unable to get anything from long range due to Thabo’s height.  Houston went small with Scola at the 5 as Jordan was ineffective.  Rockets desperately need some size in order to contend in the West.  They will be an active team come trade deadline I am sure of it.  Phoenix was lucky to get a win, it is clearly evident that they will not succeed this year with this roster.  Utah deserved that cover, some really fluke three point shots by Bill Walker and Shawne Williams kept NYC in a game that they had no business being in, both these teams continue to impress me and are teams I plan toback often this season.  What about Kobe’s knees? Close to 40 points says his knees are just fine.  Strange shortened rotation by Keith Smart yesterday.  Usually I like strict rotations but not with the Warriors.  I am just so sick of A.C Law getting minutes.  I don’t know what Smart’s love affair with this guy is but it needs to stop.  10 minutes of useless basketball and 2 turnovers yesterday, my opinion would be to have Curry or Ellis manning the point at all times and take A.C out of the rotation, plenty of more deserving players should get those minutes.  Last but not least the Heat and Clippers.  Lebron just had to open his mouth about karma didn’t he...I just picture this idiot reaching for his cereal every morning and yelling out I’m greeeeeat!! (in the voice of Tony the Tiger)  He is a walking, talking moron with outstanding athletic ability.  Clippers impressed me more so after the game, they were very professional, it was if they belonged in that spot-light.  This streak busting win will be a turning point in their season.  If anything, this game solidifies Blake’s spot in the Western Conference reserves on All-Star weekend.  Shallow TNT slate, always cautious on Thursdays.  Played the largest amount of wagers all season last night with 8, was lucky to come out with profit.  I don’t and won’t partake in that amount of action often.  Tonight I am looking at two games, may decide to go with both or trim it down to one bet.  All depends on the Minny spread.  I should be back from some business around 5:30pm eastern time to finalize my card.  As always guys, I wish you the best of luck.  Peace - - - MAK

MIAMI HEAT @ DENVER NUGGETS

I can't actually believe I am thinking about backing the Denver Nuggets.  I thought there would be no way in hell I would do that until the trade goes through but this is a good situation for them.  Miami went through the most physical game of the season less than 22 hours ago.  Lebron got banged up, Wade got hurt and a lot of role players exerted a lot of energy.  Historically, teams on a flight from Los Angeles California, to a high-altitude destination have always struggled immensely or a back to back.  Although the Heatles are superhuman at times, I suspect them to really struggle to get that second wind tonight.  Due to the physical nature of the Clippers game, it may be too much to ask for complete effort for 48 minutes tonight.  Against a roster like Denver’s, combined with the level of intensity in the building, complete effort is what will be needed in order for Miami to contend.  This crowd in Colorado will be at another level tonight, for obvious reasons with Miami coming to town but combine that with the fact that every game could be Mello’s last, adds an extra excitement to tonight’s game.  Denver showed what type of powerhouse they could be at full strength and with some motivation as they demolished the Suns 2 nights ago.  Tonight that inner-turmoil won’t matter, with the Heat coming to town, there is an automatic fire that brews in the atmosphere.  The NBA and its superstar players are envious of Riley and the three amigos for putting this together, maybe none more so than Mello who wants to leave a team that is maybe a player away from contending for a title, to a situation where he has the opportunity to play with CP3 and another star.  Mello is an excellent defender when he wants to be and someone that can actually contain his highness.  Afflalo is an underrated defender and will cause Dwayne some problems, off a 31 point night Aaron may also provide some offense and make Dwayne work on both ends of the floor.  Billups and Lawson should outplay Arroyo and Chalmers.  Nene & Birdman are greater than Z and Joel.  Kenyon, although old and with half a knee is still a decent om the ball defender.  Chris should fare better than his amigos tonight but he can no longer “lead” a team to victory as he did in Toronto.  If Harrington and J.R Smith can provide some potent offense off the bench, the Heat could suffer their second loss in a row.  It should be an excellent game to watch.  I may decide to sprinkle a tiny bit on the Denver spread as it stands now in case of any injury updates.  However am not really looking at anything too large on this game.    

hey mak i'm back good luck betting for the season

i have bet lebron-amare and rose for the mvp who are your top 3 out of interest

thanks browndog

Mak---  I finally had some time too read your thread     

    Great insight __   Tonights a small card and I think your right about tonights game...

   Lebron will play but with a sore ankle-- I might sit this one out  as well

   I am playing the Magic tonight at -1 -- good luck