Mak's Wednesday Western

SAN ANTONIO SPURS – 9.0 (-130) - - - The San Antonio Spurs, without a doubt have the best backcourt in basketball.  Ellis and Curry may be a dynamic duo, but 4 is always better then two.  Tony Parker, Manu, George Hill and Gary Neal are the best backcourt in the NBA.  Not only can each of them score, penetrate and shoot the rock, each and every one of them can defend.  That type of rare breed of combo guards is very hard to find on any other team in the NBA.  There is a reason the Spurs are the best in the West.  Granted a relatively easy early season schedule is a factor in their record, but don’t doubt they are as good as they look.  What a lot of people don’t realize is only the Suns, Lakers and Knicks score more than San Antonio, and out of those 3 teams I believe San An is much better at defending, thus their league leading record 17-3 record.  San An also moves the ball better than any team in the NBA in my opinion, granted Boston and Utah lead them in team assists but that is in large part to their incredible point guards (Paul & D) who can facilitate an offense for 48 minutes.  The Spurs rely on numerous players to swing hi-lo including big men.  Blair, Splitter, Bonner, Duncan and McDyess are all good passers, a rare attribute for a big man to have and the Spurs have 5 .  San An is also the best 3pt shooting team in the NBA.  They make the 5th most 3 point shots in the league and percentage wise they are tops in the NBA.  Matt Bonner can change the complexion of an NBA game easily off the bench.  He attempts about 4-5 long range shots a game so you know Pop wants him to shoot, he can shoot with the best of them and can easily create about 8-12 points a game off of the long range ball.  Spurs can also guard the long ball quite well, they are the best in the NBA allowing the fewest 3 point baskets, a Golden State speciality.  The Warriors come into this game losers of 6 of their last 7 road games.  They put up a good fight in Dallas last night.  The return of Lou Amundson is excellent because it provides some much needed depth and size off the bench.  The thing is Lou has been out for an extended amount of time, he is not even in pre-season mode and it will take some time for this young stud to get acclimated with the GS system.  I really like the Warriors consistency in their short rotation.  They give the run to their main 5 guys, I tend to think that is a smart strategy for shallow teams...the only time it can get you into trouble is back to back games.  Doesn’t matter how young this squad is or how short the travel time within Texas; the Warriors will be affected tonight.  Their last two back to back losses were at an average of 23.5 points...yikes.  Curry, Ellis, Wright and Lee all played 40+ minutes last night.  I think this rested, veteran squad, playing at home and off a very convincing win, will have no trouble in defeating the Warriors on a back to back by double digits.  The overall top team tickles the twine in Texas tonight.

4 UNITS DAVID “I AM OLAJUWAN’S BITCH” ROBINSON - - - 

2 TM 7PT TEASER (HORNETS – 2 & SPURS – 4) - - - Playing another teaser since last night’s was successful.  Yesterday’s teaser was actually to limit unit loss if Denver didn’t cover, tonight it is actually to maximize profits or as a small contingency on the spread.  This 7pt compared to the 8pt yesterday is quite a bit cheaper for the faint at heart when it comes to juice.  It is much cheaper than a moneyline parlay and I believe the 7pt tease creates just as much value.  The home teams have a 17-4 combined home record and are rested.  The visiting teams come in with a 5-19 combined road record and are off tough back to back games.  I suspect both home squads to win tonight and this teaser to hit easily.

4 UNITS DAVID WESLEY & SEAN ELLIOT - - - 

WASHINGTON@SACRAMENTO OVER 200.0 (-110) - - - First total of the year, and for good reason.  I have always been unable to find value in totals consistently.  I think this one is worth a shot.  Both teams are atrocious on the defensive side of the ball.  Both squads allow their opponents to hit almost half their shots during an NBA contest.   Sacramento is 26th in the association allowing about 48% from the field and the Wiz are second last in league allowing about the same.  Washington on a ridiculous 8-1 run over the total.  Sacramento has finally reverted back to their best rotation and starting 5, improved offense will come as a result.  I love Agent Zero and Wall in the starting 5, more potency on offense to start.  Wizards won’t be completely exhausted as travel within Cali was minimal and defense will not be a focus in tonight game.

4 UNITS PAUL "DISCO BALL" WALL - - -

lmFao...I am Spurs "die-hard" fan/homer...You are soooo 1995 (when this was confirmed) on point!!!!!!

...so keep that -ish on the D/L from now on...or I'm gonna have to CUT you...from my list of top 3 NBA...

GL Mak tonite as alway's.if you don't mind me asking any lean on

Nuggets@Celtics maybe no Rondo tonite.

thanks  by the way how's Oakland.