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#26
love the write up scal im tailing this one pretty large.
i got the line at +9.5 it just went down to +8.5
lets get this 
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I've never had a WRITE-UP for 3 games in one week in 8 years here. Tonight that changes. CAVS@NETS!!
Posted:
#31
Quote Originally Posted by scalabrine:
GREAT WRITE UP BRUH...LOVE HOW U BREAK IT DOWN! IM RIDING WITH U...#CAVZ
And I want to make this clear:
THE CAVS DO NOT have to WIN but most certainly can and can make it close. We lose sight of that with big lines. We think, "they'll roll tonight."
The Cavs are not the Sixers. There is talent on this squad and they are playing well.
One last thing.
The Cavs always need a spark to play well this season
What was their last spark? The Laker game where Sacre fouled out and they had no one to replace him.
They lost that game. At HOME. Then they won the next SIX. They cooled off after that but it took six games. And they beat quality teams like @the wizards and vs. Memphis.
I see the second half of that Knicks game as starting a Cavs run. That run is at 3 already. And they need a run BIG TIME with only 9 games left.
All this and all we have to do is lose by 8 or less tonight against what might be a tight nets team that will get tested with a backcourt Jack and Waiters.
That's a pretty good deal.
We have a big game to cap coming up on 4/2 Knicks Nets so I'm not gonna go crazy here. 2.5 Stars of 5 but I think we have sufficient justification to take the points.
My record is 13-5 this year (72%). Let's make this a moderate play and look to 4/2 and a favorable line for a sizable play.
The Pick:
CAVS +9 OVER NETS
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Posted:
#35
Quote Originally Posted by Wolfofcovers:
Scal how many stars would you rate this play? Thinking of putting down $1,100/$1,000
Scal how many stars would you rate this play? Thinking of putting down $1,100/$1,000
2.5 of 5 stars
I simply can't give it more stars than that. 3/4/5 star games involve the Knicks and Lakers only, the one team I've followed my whole life and the other I picked up because I absolutely love to see the Lakers suffer, but then they started making me money and now I'm actually a mini-fan.
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Posted:
#42
Quote Originally Posted by vinnyherbert:
Cavs playing 5th game in 7 nights. Always a tough spot no matter the team.
Cavs playing 5th game in 7 nights. Always a tough spot no matter the team.
Let me answer that by saying this:
I've read several books on written by trauma surgeons.
I wanted to know what it felt like to have life or death before me, at my hands, where a person's next breath, maybe the last, depends on your decision in the next 15 seconds.
I advise everyone here to read a book written by a trauma surgeon (several are on amazon), with the ultimate poise, skill, and stability, and ability being displayed by those practicing pediatric trauma.
Many times, these surgeons work 80 hour shifts (it used to be 120 hour shifts) and perform surgery on children in the last 10 hours of that shift.
Do you know what it takes to do such a thing? To have such a mind and courage and stability and skill to save a life and perform a surgery beyond our wildest dreams?
They explain it as the body going into overdrive. There is no fatigue. There is no fear. There is simply a job to do, a life to save. You get the job done, period.
The Cavs are no surgeons and only bounce a ball to play a game.
But in their own unique way, after a dismal season, they have done something they haven't done all year, come together, perform their duty with confidence and get the job done.
The Knicks win was a road game after a back to back with Houston. They won by 6 in front of Phil Jackson, kicking the leg out from under the horse he had his chariot pull him into the Garden with.
Then on a 3rd in 4 against the division leading raptors, they won by 2 and held the raptors to a single field goal in the last 6:44, an amazing defensive first for this ragtag group.
Then in a 4th jn 5th, they went to Michigan and beat the Pistons on a last second shot, making a 10-0 run to end it.
Now it's a 5th in 7.
Why doubt their effort, why doubt their endurance when they just won outright on a back to back, a 3rd in 4, a 4th in 5th: all games that make bettors shiver?
Tonight they face the Nets and just like the operating table, it's a do or die. They are not looking to compete.
They are looking to win. There is no fatigue tonight. There certainly wasn't in the last three wins.
And the books are giving us nine points. Ok, thanks. Are they expecting them to roll over and die? Nine points says so but their play of late most certainly hasn't.
Tonight, I wear a Craig Eloh jersey and take those nine points.
Tonight, the Cavs survive the trauma they have experienced all year.
Next patient in the ER?..the Brooklyn Nets...
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Posted:
#44
Quote Originally Posted by bobmaloogatimesfive:
Great write up as always -- and the line movement reflects the play -- only spook for me on this one is the refs
Great write up as always -- and the line movement reflects the play -- only spook for me on this one is the refs
how does the line movement reflect the play? i'm not really good with reading lines so it would be a big help if you shed some light on this statement
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Posted:
#46
Scalabrine,
I posted a message on LeagueCappers
| *** Los Angeles Clippers @ Dallas Mavericks *** That is about him and also you . I hope when you have a chance you read it. Cheers |
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Posted:
#48
SCAL be very cautious with the cavs tonight. As ive said in my other threads i only play the cavs on B2B and 2 days rest. I almost always FADE on 1 day rest. This team is notoriousky baaaaaaddd on 1 day rest. The previous successful wins you poibted out for the cavs were all of a B2B or 2 days rest. Surprisignly they play very well in B2Bs anf i oicked them to win SU as 10 point dogs against the knicks.
Coupled with w brooklyn team who is playing better than any team i the league right now not named san antonio spurs coming of a couple of super close losses with the Cavs on ONE DAY REST after a comeback win... i gotta go the way other way tonight... usually right right tjere with you but cat trust the cavs in this spot like i did before
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