No, it doesn't look like the Houston line is moving at all. If it comes down any, I'll "send it in." If not - or, worse yet, if it goes the other way, I'll probably sit that one out.
I am locked in on Philly - 3 (bought the hook). I don't think a depleted Clippers team can hang with them, especially after Philly looked so bad against Utah. My understanding is that Zach Randolph is out for the Clips, and, without him, and with BD playing hurt and not the BD of old, the Clippers are pretty sad (even worse at home than on the road).
Good call on Orlando - wish I had tailed you. Nice to have a game you don't have to sweat. Looks like I may get in on the Orlando fun, after all - I played over 98.5 for the second half, and they have scored 96 with two minutes left to play.
If you get the chance, let me know what you decide to do on Houston.
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No, it doesn't look like the Houston line is moving at all. If it comes down any, I'll "send it in." If not - or, worse yet, if it goes the other way, I'll probably sit that one out.
I am locked in on Philly - 3 (bought the hook). I don't think a depleted Clippers team can hang with them, especially after Philly looked so bad against Utah. My understanding is that Zach Randolph is out for the Clips, and, without him, and with BD playing hurt and not the BD of old, the Clippers are pretty sad (even worse at home than on the road).
Good call on Orlando - wish I had tailed you. Nice to have a game you don't have to sweat. Looks like I may get in on the Orlando fun, after all - I played over 98.5 for the second half, and they have scored 96 with two minutes left to play.
If you get the chance, let me know what you decide to do on Houston.
YAY!!!! Orlando wins 113-94. I covered with Orlando -5 on this game.
Sned_It_In Detroit is -6.5 favorites against the New Jersey Nets who is on the Road. Vince Carter was ejected earlier in the game and Detroit is only up by like 7 points on this game. They should be destroying the Nets. But they are allowing New Jersey to hang in the game by just being up by Detroit. Vince is out and New Jersey is still hanging. I am keeping an eye on this as you know on our discussion yesterday the Nets at Home are atrocious ATS and on the Road are much better ATS.
Now the Nets are just down 46-51. Wow!
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YAY!!!! Orlando wins 113-94. I covered with Orlando -5 on this game.
Sned_It_In Detroit is -6.5 favorites against the New Jersey Nets who is on the Road. Vince Carter was ejected earlier in the game and Detroit is only up by like 7 points on this game. They should be destroying the Nets. But they are allowing New Jersey to hang in the game by just being up by Detroit. Vince is out and New Jersey is still hanging. I am keeping an eye on this as you know on our discussion yesterday the Nets at Home are atrocious ATS and on the Road are much better ATS.
Yes, Elaine, Detroit is apparently Mr. Hyde today... Where was Mr. Hyde when they took it to Orlando the other night???
Part of the explanation, I think, lies in Rasheed leaving the game early with what is apparently a minor injury. When Rasheed comes to play - as he did against Howard and Orlando - he is a beast. When he decides to take a game off, he is invisible.
I'll be watching to see if the Nets cover...
I did cover my 2H over with ORL/CHI, so it looks like we're both 1-0 on the day.
Houston line still holding steady at -8...
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Yes, Elaine, Detroit is apparently Mr. Hyde today... Where was Mr. Hyde when they took it to Orlando the other night???
Part of the explanation, I think, lies in Rasheed leaving the game early with what is apparently a minor injury. When Rasheed comes to play - as he did against Howard and Orlando - he is a beast. When he decides to take a game off, he is invisible.
I'll be watching to see if the Nets cover...
I did cover my 2H over with ORL/CHI, so it looks like we're both 1-0 on the day.
I just took Houston -7.5 tonight. I won with Orlando and placed 2x the amount of bet on Houston tonight. I bought the 1/2 point as usual.
Good call on your bet on the Over.
I also looked at Firday's game. I like either NY Knicks covering against Indiana or that game NY/IND going over. At the same time I am looking at the Houston/Toronto game going Under. But most likely I will pull the trigger on the NY Knicks as they seem to have gotten their shotting touch back.
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I just took Houston -7.5 tonight. I won with Orlando and placed 2x the amount of bet on Houston tonight. I bought the 1/2 point as usual.
Good call on your bet on the Over.
I also looked at Firday's game. I like either NY Knicks covering against Indiana or that game NY/IND going over. At the same time I am looking at the Houston/Toronto game going Under. But most likely I will pull the trigger on the NY Knicks as they seem to have gotten their shotting touch back.
Like the sound of that NY/IND over. Two teams that love to get up and down the court, and who seek to score the ball with just a tad more intensity than they defend. Line will be set very high, though. My guess is that it will be in the neighborhood of 228.
Decided to add HOU as my 3rd play for the day, and also bought it down to -7.5. Fingers crossed...
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Like the sound of that NY/IND over. Two teams that love to get up and down the court, and who seek to score the ball with just a tad more intensity than they defend. Line will be set very high, though. My guess is that it will be in the neighborhood of 228.
Decided to add HOU as my 3rd play for the day, and also bought it down to -7.5. Fingers crossed...
Send_It_In I will most likely play the NY Knicks to cover the spread on Friday. And I might look at the Over on that game. If it is around 218 I will think twice about it. But if it is 220 and up I will take the Over.
Bobbydbebe thanks. And good luck to you on your Bowl games.
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Send_It_In I will most likely play the NY Knicks to cover the spread on Friday. And I might look at the Over on that game. If it is around 218 I will think twice about it. But if it is 220 and up I will take the Over.
Bobbydbebe thanks. And good luck to you on your Bowl games.
I finished 2008 with an early win and Houstongetting ready for New Year's party with their 2nd half meltdown play. Looks like I will place Houston with Detroit in the same category..the "DO NOT TOUCH" category. Haha.
Also, I did not start 2009 well. I took enn State yesterday againts USC. t was my first NCAA Football bet, which I should not have doe, but it was New Years with the family and relatives and it was nice to cheer for and against with people after New Year's dinner.
Still it's not a good bet and not a good sign. Normally people would lose their shrt and start betting heavy or with higher amounts to try and get back what they lost, when they lose more 3/4 of their winnings in two short days.
I'll just stay calm and hey, it happens. I just like the fun of betting. Although it was rather disconcerting when I had back to back losses like that. If I just stayed the way I've been playing before the New Years, then I would have just los 10 percnt of mymoney instead of 75 %. But that's okay.
Looks like I'll have to recover it little by little. I am definitely taking the NY Knicks at -2 (buying the half point). Quentin Richardson is playing and he seems to be a catalyst for that team's offense. It seems to run or shoot smoother with him around. I am also looking at Cleveland at home -11.5 (buying hafl tpoint). I am tempted to play Orlando but their opponents Miami are in a hot streak ATS right now. As for Boton, they should destroy Washington wic they probably will do, but Boston has been dismal lately against really bad teams. We'll just watch Boston from far away from now.
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I finished 2008 with an early win and Houstongetting ready for New Year's party with their 2nd half meltdown play. Looks like I will place Houston with Detroit in the same category..the "DO NOT TOUCH" category. Haha.
Also, I did not start 2009 well. I took enn State yesterday againts USC. t was my first NCAA Football bet, which I should not have doe, but it was New Years with the family and relatives and it was nice to cheer for and against with people after New Year's dinner.
Still it's not a good bet and not a good sign. Normally people would lose their shrt and start betting heavy or with higher amounts to try and get back what they lost, when they lose more 3/4 of their winnings in two short days.
I'll just stay calm and hey, it happens. I just like the fun of betting. Although it was rather disconcerting when I had back to back losses like that. If I just stayed the way I've been playing before the New Years, then I would have just los 10 percnt of mymoney instead of 75 %. But that's okay.
Looks like I'll have to recover it little by little. I am definitely taking the NY Knicks at -2 (buying the half point). Quentin Richardson is playing and he seems to be a catalyst for that team's offense. It seems to run or shoot smoother with him around. I am also looking at Cleveland at home -11.5 (buying hafl tpoint). I am tempted to play Orlando but their opponents Miami are in a hot streak ATS right now. As for Boton, they should destroy Washington wic they probably will do, but Boston has been dismal lately against really bad teams. We'll just watch Boston from far away from now.
Pretty good guess on that NYK/IND total - it opened at my book at 227.5.
The Over should be o problem for both teams, but I just want to stay cautious right now. But I am looking to bet on the Knicks winning by at least three instead. Good luck on your play.
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Quote Originally Posted by Send_It_In:
Pretty good guess on that NYK/IND total - it opened at my book at 227.5.
The Over should be o problem for both teams, but I just want to stay cautious right now. But I am looking to bet on the Knicks winning by at least three instead. Good luck on your play.
The OVER may or may not be a good play - we were only saying it might be worth considering. There are, in fact, a lot of trends pointing to an OVER:
Over is 5-0 in Pacers last 5 games as an underdog of 0.5-4.5.
Over is 7-1 in Pacers last 8 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
Over is 7-1 in Pacers last 8 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
Over is 6-1 in Pacers last 7 games as an underdog.
Over is 6-1 in Pacers last 7 games following a S.U. loss.
Over is 5-1 in Pacers last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 games as a road underdog of 0.5-4.5.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 games playing on 2 days rest.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 games as a road underdog.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 Friday games.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 road games.
Indy does, in fact, put up more points than most - averaging 102+ PPG. More importantly, they give up 104+. Indy has had a total set as high as 226.5 (against GS earlier this season). Total for that game was 247 (in regulation).
Neither of these teams like to defend (although Indy pays more attention to D than NY), and the respective teams' style of play leads me to believe that this will be a track meet. The line was set that high for a reason (and has risen at my book to 229).
In my view, the books are begging for UNDER bets when they set the line that high.
If I were going to be the game total, I would lean to the OVER. But I think a better bet is OVER 116 first half.
Just my two cents.
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The OVER may or may not be a good play - we were only saying it might be worth considering. There are, in fact, a lot of trends pointing to an OVER:
Over is 5-0 in Pacers last 5 games as an underdog of 0.5-4.5.
Over is 7-1 in Pacers last 8 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
Over is 7-1 in Pacers last 8 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
Over is 6-1 in Pacers last 7 games as an underdog.
Over is 6-1 in Pacers last 7 games following a S.U. loss.
Over is 5-1 in Pacers last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 games as a road underdog of 0.5-4.5.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 games playing on 2 days rest.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 games as a road underdog.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 Friday games.
Over is 4-1 in Pacers last 5 road games.
Indy does, in fact, put up more points than most - averaging 102+ PPG. More importantly, they give up 104+. Indy has had a total set as high as 226.5 (against GS earlier this season). Total for that game was 247 (in regulation).
Neither of these teams like to defend (although Indy pays more attention to D than NY), and the respective teams' style of play leads me to believe that this will be a track meet. The line was set that high for a reason (and has risen at my book to 229).
In my view, the books are begging for UNDER bets when they set the line that high.
If I were going to be the game total, I would lean to the OVER. But I think a better bet is OVER 116 first half.
Well I lost the NY Knicks -2 game. I pushed on the 2nd Half Over 111. And won with the NY Knics 2nd Half -4. It was a weird nd Half. Both teams scored about 30+ each for a combined total score of 63 in the 3rd Qtr. Then on the 4rd Quarter both teams barely scored 10 points each for the first five minutes of the 4th quarter. Then the Knicks suddenly go on a 13-0 run taking the lead by more than 7 or so points. Then at about 5:45 left in the game, all of a sudden both teams start commiting fouls at an unusually quick rate. But with like 2 minutes left the Pacers built a big lead again. And then all of a sudden the game tied at less than 13 seconds left in the game. They needed a basket to push on the 2nd half total. If they miss then the game goes into overtime. It doesn't.
It was a nice fix by Vegas as they say.
So my NBA 2009 starts with a loss (the game NY-2), a push (2nd Half NY Over 111), and a win (2nd Half NY -4).
1-1-1 Win Loss Tie.
I don't know if that is bad luck or good luck for 2009. Oh well.
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Well I lost the NY Knicks -2 game. I pushed on the 2nd Half Over 111. And won with the NY Knics 2nd Half -4. It was a weird nd Half. Both teams scored about 30+ each for a combined total score of 63 in the 3rd Qtr. Then on the 4rd Quarter both teams barely scored 10 points each for the first five minutes of the 4th quarter. Then the Knicks suddenly go on a 13-0 run taking the lead by more than 7 or so points. Then at about 5:45 left in the game, all of a sudden both teams start commiting fouls at an unusually quick rate. But with like 2 minutes left the Pacers built a big lead again. And then all of a sudden the game tied at less than 13 seconds left in the game. They needed a basket to push on the 2nd half total. If they miss then the game goes into overtime. It doesn't.
It was a nice fix by Vegas as they say.
So my NBA 2009 starts with a loss (the game NY-2), a push (2nd Half NY Over 111), and a win (2nd Half NY -4).
1-1-1 Win Loss Tie.
I don't know if that is bad luck or good luck for 2009. Oh well.
I woke up too late today. There are five of six games that are home underdogs. I was considering the Orlando Magic and NY Knicks. Good thing I woke up, because Orlando is a -7.5 favorite and is losing by nine in the 3rd quarter right now. Tornto is playing well back to back maybe becayse it wasn't a physical game last night against Houston. And I see on the Recap article that Tracy MacGrady and Ron Artest did not play. Then again the Houston Rockets covered against them.
As for the NY KNicks I was expecting them to get like +14 or +15 against the Boston Celtics. The line is just +10. I am not touching that, because Boston might blow them away. I won't take the opposite and take the Boston Celtics either because they have been the Boston Massacre against much less quality teams, and if NY hits their three's at 38% or more then they might barely cover. So the best thing is to stay away.
Wow! Washington has Cleveland's number, they're beating them by 11 points and are also getting +9 points ATS at home.
If I was a betting person I would take the LA Lakers at -11.5 favorites. This is based on Orlando and Cleveland not covering their games today. Just thinking probability on this one. All three first place teams will not cover on the same day, what's the odds on that? Then what's the probability of one of those three first place team's covering today?
But then I'll just call it a day. Better to go shopping today as it's a really good day outside. It's not too cold.
Good luck on everyone's play today.
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Alright ! I won with the New Jersey Nets +8.5
New Jersey 96
Miami 101
I woke up too late today. There are five of six games that are home underdogs. I was considering the Orlando Magic and NY Knicks. Good thing I woke up, because Orlando is a -7.5 favorite and is losing by nine in the 3rd quarter right now. Tornto is playing well back to back maybe becayse it wasn't a physical game last night against Houston. And I see on the Recap article that Tracy MacGrady and Ron Artest did not play. Then again the Houston Rockets covered against them.
As for the NY KNicks I was expecting them to get like +14 or +15 against the Boston Celtics. The line is just +10. I am not touching that, because Boston might blow them away. I won't take the opposite and take the Boston Celtics either because they have been the Boston Massacre against much less quality teams, and if NY hits their three's at 38% or more then they might barely cover. So the best thing is to stay away.
Wow! Washington has Cleveland's number, they're beating them by 11 points and are also getting +9 points ATS at home.
If I was a betting person I would take the LA Lakers at -11.5 favorites. This is based on Orlando and Cleveland not covering their games today. Just thinking probability on this one. All three first place teams will not cover on the same day, what's the odds on that? Then what's the probability of one of those three first place team's covering today?
But then I'll just call it a day. Better to go shopping today as it's a really good day outside. It's not too cold.
I am taking the Utah Jazz -10 (buying half the point). If they just play a little defense on GSW then they should be able to cover. However, Williams is listed as questionable, but he might probably play. If not, then the Utah Jazz is still a much better team and better coached team in terms of defense as well.
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I am taking the Utah Jazz -10 (buying half the point). If they just play a little defense on GSW then they should be able to cover. However, Williams is listed as questionable, but he might probably play. If not, then the Utah Jazz is still a much better team and better coached team in terms of defense as well.
New Orleans is playing at Los Angeles Lakers tomorrow. Both teams played twice with L.A. as an Underdog both times, and L.A. Lakers not only covering but winning the game. L.A. should be favored in this game. Perhaps the line will be -3.5 to -5.5. I might be tempted to take the Lakers on this. If it is more, then I might just leave it alone. Although the Lakers have a chance to blow them away, w/o Peja, the Hornets have been very vulnerable.
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New Orleans is playing at Los Angeles Lakers tomorrow. Both teams played twice with L.A. as an Underdog both times, and L.A. Lakers not only covering but winning the game. L.A. should be favored in this game. Perhaps the line will be -3.5 to -5.5. I might be tempted to take the Lakers on this. If it is more, then I might just leave it alone. Although the Lakers have a chance to blow them away, w/o Peja, the Hornets have been very vulnerable.
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