New Orleans giving pts. to Houston ????

LT Profits · 03-16-09, 08:39 AM

You do realize that New Orleans is home, right?

Losing at Chicago is no disgrace these days as the Bulls have lost just one home game the last month, plus the Rockets are not a good road team. There is nothing wrong with this line, it is right where it should be.

I am passing on this side because the line seems right on.

DeluxeLiner · 03-16-09, 08:44 AM

I am a chump and on NO...teams seem to give up on the last game of a long road trip, and they are home now. Think Houston is one game below 500 on the road, and Hornets have a very good home record. Hornets also look like a steam move

LT Profits · 03-16-09, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by DeluxeLiner

I am a chump and on NO...teams seem to give up on the last game of a long road trip, and they are home now. Think Houston is one game below 500 on the road, and Hornets have a very good home record. Hornets also look like a steam move

Not a chump at all, I lean NO slightly, but not nearly enough to play them.

W0lfy · 03-16-09, 09:07 AM

Because getting spanked one game doesn't determine the way you play the rest of the season?

csimmalavong · 03-16-09, 10:34 AM

leaning n.o as well..

ryanXL977 · 03-16-09, 11:13 AM

houston lost at bulls too
houston is no better than new NO

W0lfy · 03-16-09, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by ryanXL977

houston lost at bulls too
houston is no better than new NO

Correction rockets couldn't hold a 17 point lead with 4 minutes left in the 4th. That's worse than losing by 80.

Fiasco · 03-16-09, 11:39 AM

if the game started right now then I'd bet houston

we'll see if it is a play 30 minutes before gametime...

so im zach · 03-16-09, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by Fiasco

if the game started right now then I'd bet houston

we'll see if it is a play 30 minutes before gametime...

Couldn't have said it better myself.

ryanXL977 · 03-16-09, 11:57 AM

huge game for new orl, thay can pass houston, and are at home
if theyre not gonna pass them today, i dont know when they will

Tsoprano · 03-16-09, 12:34 PM

jjgold · 03-16-09, 12:44 PM

New Orleans Looks Easy

pat venditto · 03-16-09, 01:02 PM

I have new orleans covering 53% of the time.

The_Kid · 03-16-09, 01:36 PM

A team like New Orleans shouldn't get blown out by almost 20 on the road to Chicago.

pat venditto · 03-16-09, 01:37 PM

Mike Tyson shouldn't have got knocked out by Buster Douglas Either. Shit happens.

ryanXL977 · 03-16-09, 01:38 PM

why not? it happens all the time. teams have off nights, maybe the coach decides to take it easy on them at the end of the third, road games aint easy
new orleans is VASTLY overrated. they are a top tier home team but on the road, they are just as bad as dallas or denver.
even the bulls win 60+% of their home games. is the talent differential between the bulls and new orleans that great? i dont think it is.
teams have off nights.

Fiasco · 03-16-09, 01:40 PM

as the day progresses it seems as though I will be on Houston

what scares me is tonight though is cp3

ryanXL977 · 03-16-09, 01:44 PM

new orleans is 23-9 at home
houston is 16-17 on the road

those are the main numbers i look at

ZBOIZ · 03-16-09, 01:46 PM

Hornets

pat venditto · 03-16-09, 01:51 PM

Here ryan goes again by showing people the wrong way to handicap. In theory if you're method was correct you could get Houston +150 and profit since they are a 17-18 road team. That means absolutely nothing.

ryanXL977 · 03-16-09, 02:01 PM

youre capping one side of it, not both.
its new orlreans home record you are ignoring. new orleans should be -200.

cap however you want, but i highly doubt anyone is going to use the ways you use when you act like youre the expert and everyone else is the dunce.

pat venditto · 03-16-09, 02:04 PM

DwightShrute · 03-16-09, 02:09 PM

it's a tuff one for sure, maybe because N.O. was so embarrassed in Chicago that will will come out at home with a better effort?

ryanXL977 · 03-16-09, 02:12 PM

can someone here explain to me what losing to the bulls on saturday at chicago has to do with playing the rockets (who blew a 17 pt lead in the 4th vs bulls).

Fiasco · 03-16-09, 02:29 PM

absolutely nothing

jjgold · 03-16-09, 02:51 PM

Houston has always been a strange team even without McGrady but I will never take them on the road. I took New Orleans -2.5 in the 1st half.

The_Kid · 03-16-09, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by ryanXL977

can someone here explain to me what losing to the bulls on saturday at chicago has to do with playing the rockets (who blew a 17 pt lead in the 4th vs bulls).

Nothing. I was just merely saying my opinion about New Orleans as a team.

Madetowin · 03-16-09, 04:11 PM

Can we agree on we like the UNDER ?

Tsoprano · 03-16-09, 04:12 PM

Houston = $

pavyracer · 03-16-09, 04:14 PM

Houston wins tonight. Always take the road team on the first game of a team coming home from the road.

ClockCleaner · 03-16-09, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by ryanXL977

can someone here explain to me what losing to the bulls on saturday at chicago has to do with playing the rockets (who blew a 17 pt lead in the 4th vs bulls).

Ok, the Hornets are 4-0 off losses of 14pts or more. One of thse wins was 91-82 victory vs the Rockets after the Magic blew the Hornets out by 20.

The_Kid · 03-16-09, 05:31 PM

Originally posted by Madetowin

Can we agree on we like the UNDER ?

I like it.

MoneyintheBank09 · 03-16-09, 05:33 PM

why did it just go to -6?
who is out

ryanXL977 · 03-16-09, 05:35 PM

nighty noight rockets

yao has the flu

yee hawwwww