Mak's Wednesday Wizardry

The Wiz starting 5 will own the Kings starting 5 and as long as Flip gets some contribution off the bench this will be a straight up win for the Wizards.  They are as desperate as any team for a win, they have had some bad luck losing their last 5 games by 2,1,2,4 & 2 points....ouch....gotta feel sorry for them.  They are not as bad as their record and tonight they will be the better team from start to finish.

thats what i said about them going against the clippers -.- gl to you though

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UTAH JAZZ - 5.5 (-130) - - - Got it at 7.5 and bought down 2.  Great value at five and a half. I have a strong feel on the Utah Jazz tonight.  Notoriously a weak road team, that does not worry me in this spot as I am making it situational game of the year # 4 for me.  3-0-1 so far in my S.G.O.Y's.  The Jazz men have an impeccable ability to show up after a loss.  They play for a very well touted hall of fame coach so I would suspect nothing less from a team surrounded with pride and leadership.  Utah losing once again to Minny, on their home floor to make it even worst.  They will be poised and ready to take it to the Nets here.  Situationally this spot is pristine for the jazz men.  They face a tired back to back team in the Nets as as I stated earlier they are coming off a bad loss.  Jazz are an exceptional 8-1 after a loss this season and I have no doubt they will avenge their loss to Minny tonight.  Another situational aspect is that the Jazz begin a 5 game road trip tonight vs NJ and will want to really set a tone for this road trip off the bat.  They have 7 of their next 8 games on the road and starting things off with a bang will be their focus.  D Will is the west player of the week and for good reason, he has been straight balling.  Utah is quietly healthy again with a near full roster.  Korver, C.J Miles, Price, Fesenko will all be active.  Role players like Maynor, Milsap, Kirlienko and Wes will contribute as always and Brewer, D Will and Booz will do the rest.  NJ is 0-6 on back to backs getting blown out in all but one of those games.  I don't see any different outcome tonight.  Jazz are 5-1 SU and ATS facing a team that is on a back to back.  Jazz men sing their tune all the way to the bank.

13 UNITS BYRON RUSSELL - - -

Great play!  I'll be laying the full 8.5, though.   

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DENVER NUGGETS - 5.5 (-130) - - - Diddo as above, got it a 7.5, bought 2.  Feel the Rockets will let down tonight in Denver.  The back to back Texas flight to Denver has not fared well for any team this season and I don't see the Rockets breaking that trend.  They had to fight until the end to get the win last night and players logged heavy minutes with 3 starters playing 40+ minutes.  Tracy played 7 minutes and I suspect him to play a bit more against Denver but again be a non factor in the game.  Look to see coach Karl implement a different look tonight.  Lawson may guard Brooks due to his quickness which would allow Billups to play the off guard position.  I always liked Billups at the 2 along with a PG, it will allow Billups to get off a bad shooting streak and I think he has a big game tonight.  Ariza will be back and will impact but not enough to cause problems.  Battier is a great defender but against the best all around offensive scorer in the league in Mello it won't matter.  Mello can use his body, score down low, step back, iso, it doesn't matter his arsenal is full and will be displayed tonight.  Denver is a deceptively decent defensive team, or at least they are getting it together.  Allowing the best offensive team in the Suns to score 39 points in the 2nd half is amazing.  Then to back it up and allow the Thunder to only score 40 in the 1st half of last game shows that they are making a conscious effort to implement a defensive system in Denver.  Nene, Anderson and K-Mart will dominate the Houston front-court and J.R Smith may outscore the Houston bench on his own.  Houston has a problem, Nugs cancel the launch tonight.

7 UNITS DALE ELLIS - - -

I like this one even more!  Rick Adelman is complaining about the Rockets' December schedule and who can blame him?  His team has had to boar an airplane following each of its last nine games.  And guess what they'll be doing after tonight's game?  Boarding another goddamn plane!

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GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS + 7.0 (-125) - - - Bought a point and a half.  The Spurs have dropped their last 3 back to back games this season.  They have not been impressive in this situation at all.  Tonight they face a run and gun squad who seems to feed from one of the best crowds and fans in the NBA.  Cali always comes out for their boys and sells out all the time.  The place is packed and is always pumped due to their team's run and gun fast break tempo.  The crowd will carry the Warriors tonight.  The Warriors are strange, unlike most teams after returning home from a long road trip they tend to increase their concentration and effort the first game back.  After coming back from a long 5 game road trip earlier in the season they had what could have been their best game all season beating the Blazers handily at home.  They are 13-3 in their last 16 games when coming back from a road trip of 7 days or more.  They crowd will be pumped and this team will be pumped to be home.  Look for a fight to the finish in Cali.

5 UNITS CHRIS MULLIN - - -

What a stat.  I am loving this card of yours, mak!    

I've made a killing this year on two teams ML parlays......Yesterday my anchor was the Blazers......had them with Suns, Bobcats, Houston and Pitt (NHL) and Saints (NFL)

Tonight I teased the Nuggets with Utah, Mav's , Atlanta, Cards(NFL) and what ever else i may find.

BOL

I have to tell you I look at 3 guys to see what there playing and your one of them. I do my own capping and have been at it for about 12 yrs. I really only look at 2 cappers on this site now, and will say you and oddsbuster are the two.

However.....you buy soooo many points in games (not all) that it is hard to get a feel on how you really feel about a play. Now I do make my own plays and dont tail (obviously wouldn't tail someone buyin 2 or 3 points) but would appreciate it (and its up to u and dont expect it) if you would atleast say if you would play the game at the line givin....

I know your good......but if I could buy points the way you do I think I could hit a ton (many on this site cant tho, and please dont say join a book and buy points)

Please give your plays and we'll appreciate them as always, but if you don't mind, please tell us if you like Denver -8 instead of the -5.5 you have

I don't mean to be controversial, I'm just looking for as much help as I can get, and maybe help others.

Thank you for the time givin. And if you just keep doing it the way you do, we still learn from it. Any kind of knowledge is key