Basically, I am fading the winner (Lakers) of the nationally televised game between the Cavs and the Lakers and then playing the loser (Cleveland).
Oklahoma City is playing great basketball these days and they are catching the Lakers in a good spot as the return home from a long but successful east coast trip going 6-0 straight up. In what looks on paper to be a complete mismatch, the Lakers will win this game tonight in all likelihood, it's just a matter of by how much. The Thunder are horrid on the road to be true, but the number in this game is too high and the sharps took great notice of this pounding the Thunder until the line went dow from an opening line of 14 down to the current 11.5, despite 74% of the public's money riding on the Lakers. The Thunder are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 trips to play the Lakers, but theyhave covered the number an astonishing 3-1-1 ats, with averge lines of 11, an losses by an average of 8.75 or 9 basically. The line for this game was too inflated and the linemaker is trying to quickly make amends for his mistake. I played this game at OKC+13. Don't bother to look at the matcups for this game as the Lakers obviously have superior talent. They are just in a bad spot to get the job done with the time zone change and the fact that they have only had one day to get used to pacific standard tme and to deal with all of the things involved after being on the road for such a long time. Needless to say they will not take the Thunder seriously as it is a step down in the level of competition that they have faced recently. I'm taking the big number and playing
Oklahoma City +13 BIG
Cleveland avenges their losses unlike any team in the NBA this year, to the tune of 17.5 victory margin, and since they are playing Indiana, I look fo this streak to continue. The Pacers lack a true center and low post presence of any kind. Look for Cleveland to dominate the in the paint and shoot a high field goal percentage. Cleveland beats Indiana by average margins of 7.5 in games in Indiana over the last five going 4-1 straight up and 3-1-1 ats. With the bad loss to the Lakers on national television in thier last game, Cleveland will look to exploit the weaknesses of Indiana and embarrass them on their home floor. The injury list for the Pacers and the Cavs looks like a M.A.S.H. incoming load. However, Clevland's injuries are less significant as they have found wys to replace the production of their injured players. Indianon the other hnd is already depleted along their front lin and not having Foster available for this game will be a horrendous occurance if he doesn't play as he is their best rebounder. Defensively the Cavs who are first in defense in the NBA give up only 90.9 points per game and the Pacers (third from last in the league in defense) allow 107.1 which makes for a whopping 16.2 differential right there.
Any way you slice it, the Cavs just have the Pacers number. This game might get real ugly by the end of the third quarter.
Cleveland has led by an average of 5.5 points after the 1st quarter in games in Indiana and over the last 2 straight up wins there. So I may end up doing a first quarter wager too.
Cleveland-5.5 (Buying a hook to get under the key number) BIG
College Basketball Loyola Chicago +4.5
anthonydiamondsLC Week (Carlotte was nice)
1-1-0
anthonydiamondsLC Plays
Toronto-3
Villanova-2.5 (1st half)
Secret Play-O-Meter
33-12-0
Oklahoma City is playing great basketball these days and they are catching the Lakers in a good spot as the return home from a long but successful east coast trip going 6-0 straight up. In what looks on paper to be a complete mismatch, the Lakers will win this game tonight in all likelihood, it's just a matter of by how much. The Thunder are horrid on the road to be true, but the number in this game is too high and the sharps took great notice of this pounding the Thunder until the line went dow from an opening line of 14 down to the current 11.5, despite 74% of the public's money riding on the Lakers. The Thunder are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 trips to play the Lakers, but theyhave covered the number an astonishing 3-1-1 ats, with averge lines of 11, an losses by an average of 8.75 or 9 basically. The line for this game was too inflated and the linemaker is trying to quickly make amends for his mistake. I played this game at OKC+13. Don't bother to look at the matcups for this game as the Lakers obviously have superior talent. They are just in a bad spot to get the job done with the time zone change and the fact that they have only had one day to get used to pacific standard tme and to deal with all of the things involved after being on the road for such a long time. Needless to say they will not take the Thunder seriously as it is a step down in the level of competition that they have faced recently. I'm taking the big number and playing
Oklahoma City +13 BIG
Cleveland avenges their losses unlike any team in the NBA this year, to the tune of 17.5 victory margin, and since they are playing Indiana, I look fo this streak to continue. The Pacers lack a true center and low post presence of any kind. Look for Cleveland to dominate the in the paint and shoot a high field goal percentage. Cleveland beats Indiana by average margins of 7.5 in games in Indiana over the last five going 4-1 straight up and 3-1-1 ats. With the bad loss to the Lakers on national television in thier last game, Cleveland will look to exploit the weaknesses of Indiana and embarrass them on their home floor. The injury list for the Pacers and the Cavs looks like a M.A.S.H. incoming load. However, Clevland's injuries are less significant as they have found wys to replace the production of their injured players. Indianon the other hnd is already depleted along their front lin and not having Foster available for this game will be a horrendous occurance if he doesn't play as he is their best rebounder. Defensively the Cavs who are first in defense in the NBA give up only 90.9 points per game and the Pacers (third from last in the league in defense) allow 107.1 which makes for a whopping 16.2 differential right there.
Any way you slice it, the Cavs just have the Pacers number. This game might get real ugly by the end of the third quarter.
Cleveland has led by an average of 5.5 points after the 1st quarter in games in Indiana and over the last 2 straight up wins there. So I may end up doing a first quarter wager too.
Cleveland-5.5 (Buying a hook to get under the key number) BIG
College Basketball Loyola Chicago +4.5
anthonydiamondsLC Week (Carlotte was nice)
1-1-0
anthonydiamondsLC Plays
Toronto-3
Villanova-2.5 (1st half)
Secret Play-O-Meter
33-12-0
and i want to put it all on the craptors buying 3 points (JM bet C)..
