Line movement in Toronto / New Orleans game, what is the play here?

B1GER1C828 · 02-06-09, 04:10 PM

isnt one in my opinion. bosh and paul out...no point.

curious · 02-06-09, 04:26 PM

Originally posted by B1GER1C828

isnt one in my opinion. bosh and paul out...no point.

That was my take on it, I didn't see an edge here.

Dexter · 02-06-09, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by curious

Line moved from Toronto +6 to Toronto +3 which means the books want action on New Orleans.

What is the play here?

LT, any thoughts?

i'm reading that as a mistake line initially - paul means too much to the hornets. congrats to anyone who got toronto +6 - even w/o bosh.

vassman86 · 02-06-09, 04:33 PM

I think that the Hornets without CP3 are worse than the Raptors without CB4. The Raptors have been playing the same whether their starters are in our out of the line-up. just take a look at how they've played when J.O was injured, or Calderon. For the Raptors, these injuries don't matter; they're always mixing things up. In my opinion, Bosh's point production will easily be replaced. I expect Jermain O'neal to step up his game, and Joey Graham has been playing well off of the bench lately. These two will be more than happy to take more shots.

Chris Paul is the heart of the Hornets team. We saw what happened to the Hornets as soon as CP was injured: they blew their lead against Portland by going on something like a 36-6 second half drought? They were even worse against the Bulls.

I'd take the Raptors tonight, even at +3

The General · 02-06-09, 04:34 PM

Tough call, but GL if you form an opinion.

jh0720 · 02-06-09, 04:38 PM

They have Hilton Armstrong and Melvin Ely on JO. Hilton Armstrong is their 2nd string center and he's getting relegated to the bench for Melvin Ely possibly for his poor play in the Bulls game (Ely backs up armstrong). Bargnani will get more minutes and provide more scoring from the outside to make up for the missing points from Bosh.