Basketball Parlay of the Day Contest - Wednesday, 1/2/08

[ralquis]

Charlotte Bobcats +1 - Char better at home, revenge factor on last game
Milwaukee Bucks +3 - Heat have too many injuries

[Dark Horse]

I mostly play quarters and halves, so take my write-ups with a grain of salt.


DET -5.
DET is the f*cking hottest team in the f*cking NBA.

MIN +5
After five straight losses MIN is due for a SU win. Just check their season record.

[uscfootball33]

01/02/08: USCFOOTBALL33’s Parlay Of The Day

Alright Gentleman, lets talk NBA Basketball.

Milwaukee Bucks +3
Analysis: Miami is hurting right now and no I am not just talking about injuries. We are talking about an 8-23 banged up Miami team going up against an 11-19 Milwaukee Team that is relatively healthy (Mo Williams is probable). Not a hard decision, huh? Take the points and the Bucks here.

New Orleans Hornets -4.5
Analysis: Who is going to give this team some respect? Some how the Hornets have managed to fly under the radar with a 20-11 record and an awesome 11-5 road record. And if that logic doesn’t work for you, let me break it down even simpler: New Orleans=GOOD + Clippers=BAD = Good Ol’ Fashioned Butt Whooping! Take the Hornets to cover the spread here.

[GamblingMike]

Atlanta +5 @ Cleveland- Atlanta and Cleveland going two different routes this season, Atlanta is surprising, they are currently 5th in The East,Cleveland is dissapointing,currently 10th in The East.

Also, Atlanta's Joe Johnson is averaging 22.0 points a game in three meetings this season against Cleveland.

Golden State +51/2@Dallas- matches up very well against Dallas and has won at Dallas.

[freebie]

720 Dallas Mavericks -5½ GS 2 games away, will lose 3rd road trip

Memphis @ Indy Under 210½ Indy plays a lot of under games as home favs, Memphis plays more under games than over when they as a road dog

[thezbar]

Bucks +3< I have the Bucks in the futures OVER, hoping they can score in this spot
Tulane pick < Play the number here. I know absolutely nothing about either team. Going with the home team to win the game.

[Cabo]

766 Missouri State -8½
720 Dallas Mavericks -5½

no particular reason, just 2 random picks to get started!

[LMAOFISH]

Golden State +5.5
Memphis o/210.5

1. GS owns Dallas, I've watched every one of their games last season and I'm surprised people are still betting Dallas for this game. Revenge factor? How about confidence factor, GS knows they can take them.

2. Seen the last few matches between these teams too, the pace is quick and they love to shoot. Last 3 overs were pretty easily covered. Should be a ton of 3 pointers taken against poor defence.

[nevadaside]

MIL/MIA Under193
3 HEAT starters out including MIAMI's 3pt boy Williams. Both teams averaging enough to keep this below......love those HI HEAT lines.

GS+5.5/DAL
Gotta take pts w/the hot hand.....WARRIORS rollin while the MAVS are struggling.

[hhsilver]

Duquesne -6 ------ after games with WVU and Pitt, this should be easy for the Duq

LSU pk ------- LSU 1-6 ATS , Tulane last 4 are 4-0 --- both are due for an opposite result

[Peyton2MarvinN06]

Pacers/Grizz OVER 210.5- Very simple, neither team plays defense... I think the last 3 or 4 meetings between these two have gone into the 240's or 50's!

Heat -3 Was just watchin somethin sayin that the Bucks basically mailed in their game against the Pistons the other night and didn't even really try... I'll take the Heat who much need a win!

[minet123]

Play Detroit
Is 5-1 ATS against southeast divison opponents Plus the Wizards are just plain dreadfull

Play Dallas
Everything here points to Golden State(ATS trends,etc) but I think Dallas will buck those trends and win by at least 7

[rake922]

Play Boston -11 against the Houston
Celtics blow teams out at home and Rockets have a mismatch when covering KG because KG is alot better than anybody on the Rockets, so the celts certainly should win by more than 11 pts in this situation


Play Golden State+5.5 against Dallas
Golden State is a tough team to play against because of their superior offense and Baron Davis will create havoc when facing the guards of Dallas tonight which are typically show they are weak when trying to cover guys. I think that Golden State should cover tonight.........

[stump]

711 Houston Rockets +11½
Celtics home after west coast road trip and a little sluggish.
Rockets keep the game close in a low scoring affair.


716 New York Knicks -3½
Can't believe I'm picking the Knicks, but lots of continued pressure on the team and Thomas, Sacramento not playing well and on the road, if the Knicks are going to win, its got to be tonight.

[rjt721]

Michigan( or as I like to refer to them as scUM).

How dare you? You're banned.

Northeastern -2: Because I'm a Northeastern grad and a huge homer. Seriously, though, both teams have identical 4-7 records, but Northeastern's played a difficult non-conference schedule (66 SOS) that's included Illinois, RI, UConn, Syracuse and BC, while Towson (222 SOS) has played no one. Northeastern's bigger, more talented and more athletic, and Matt Janning's the best player on the floor tonight. I'll only play a road fav. in conference play if I feel they're significantly better, and I feel that's the case here with a Huskies team I project to finish in the upper-half of the conference v. a team I expect to finish toward the bottom of CAA.

Warriors/Mavs OVER 213: The first meeting between these two (without Stephen Jackson) landed on 235. Naturally, the Mavs don't play at the same tempo as they did under Nellie, but this team is still capable of scoring. The Warriors are a team that generally carry the pace, and I think Dallas will comply and play to GS's preferred style. Last season's playoff series between these teams produced more low-scoring games, but this is the regular season, which means no defense will be played. Should be a competitive game with both teams well over 100.

[jayz00]

Miami -3 I KNOW i KNOW think the bucks are worse. and i just have that feeling haha

Hornets /clippers overs I think the hornets will control the tempo but does not have the defence to stop the crappy clipper offence from stumbling there way to the 90tees hehe

Good luck everyone

[Louisvillekid1]

B Ball Contest 1/2/08

CHICAGO BULLS 11-18 @ CHARLOTTE BOBCATS 11-18

January 2, 7:00 PM | Charlotte Bobcats Arena

Chicago had much higher expecations for this season, then their results are showing currently. I look for them to put a little run together over the next month or so of the season. After losing a few games to Western Conference teams, they came back to the East and had two wins over New York and Milwaukee. They played very well against orlando before falling short by 2 points in OT. Ill lay the Point here and watch Ben Gordon lead his bulls to victory tonight.
Play Bulls - 1


[CENTER]

NO HORNETS 20-11 @ LA CLIPPERS 10-19

January 2, 10:30 PM | STAPLES Center [/CENTER

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Both of these teams are going in different directions. The clippers are having a tough time overcoming all their injuries up to this point, while the hornets are showing they are a solid playoff team in the east. They also are a very good road team, and I look for this to continue here.
Play Hornets - 4.5

[LT Profits]

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS +9: The 76ers have been decent on the road this season at 7-8, and they are seeking revenge for a home loss to Utah earlier this year. This is the middle of a Portland sandwich for the Jazz, so they may be flat after snapping the Blazers’ 13-game winning streak New Year’s Eve.

MICHIGAN +7.5: As strange as it may seem in a Big Ten opener, this is actually a letdown spot for Wisconsin after an exhilarating road win at Texas. Yes, Michigan is awful this year, but the Big Ten is generally a homer conference, so I look for them to stay inside this rather large spot at home vs. an indifferent Badger team.

[rugbybdyb]

Houston Rocket/Celtics over 180 1/2 -- Rockets can score and the celtics can score and I think for both of them to score 90.5 each is in the bag.

Mavs/GSW over 213, these two teams are great rivals and both are capable of scoring over 107 points a piece and the chance of overtime is always a chance when they meet.

[sharktank1]

DET (-) 5.

9-0 ATS last 9 games. Where have I heard that before?

Sac (+) 3.5.

With only three wins on the road this season I'm takin' a big chance here guys.
Kings beat the Knicks last time @ home on 11-16-07 in double O.T. 123-118.
But Martin had 43 that night.
Tonight he's out with a sore groin.
Can you say under also.
G.L. everybody

[pico]

wisconsin -8.5
michigan is just bad at basketball. this should be an easy win

creighton -3
indiana st. is not that good. so creighton should win easily here.

[JBC77]

Memphis Grizzlies +6½ I like the points here against a so-so pacers squad.

Cleveland Cavaliers -5 Going with a home favorite here. Atlanta is weak on the road, money on James here.

[astro61200]

Portland -5

Best team in NBA right now and it took a great effort by UTA to beat them AND cover the 7 on Monday. Aldridge is playing lights out, and with a bounce back from Roy, tonight should be an easy cover against a weak MIN team.

Drake -4.5
Drake is a very solid team, they will, most likely, win the MVC this season have quality wins... Southern Illinois is better than their record indicates, having played some top teams, but I love Drake here... they are 7-0 ATS and should be able to outrebound the Salukis, second chance points will lead to a a double digit victory

[VBOMBER]

Hi all, decided to join instead of just lurk because of the contest

Memphis/Indy over 210.5 - Two Capable offensive teams that should hopefully play an up tempo game, Tinsley being out makes me a bit nervous, but if they play like their past this should get over the number

New Orleans/LAC under 184 - Two defensive oriented teams (1 of them lacking an offense all together) should keep this one ugly and under the number

[isetcap]

celtics -11.5...no tmac and houston got ran out of the building by golden state by 20+ points...celtics are better then golden st.

over 213 in the gs/dallas...golden st scores more points when they play good teams and dallas and golden st have a new nba rivalry...may even go into overtime.

This is the kind of logic bookmakers hate to see. When somebody supersharp comes along and reveals these kinds of secrets, the house just wants to run and hide.

[Doc JS]

Chicago Bulls -1
Since the firing of coach Scott Skiles, Chicago actually has played better with Gordon coming off the bench. Charlotte has lost 4 out of their last 5 with 2 of those losses being at home.

Boston Celtics -11½
Boston fresh off a great west coast swing playing some of the best basketball in the NBA. Houston without McGrady. If Yao doesn't go off, I think the Celtics roll

[jeffries]

Syracuse -11.5
The main point I like here is that Syracuse is scoring close to 90 points at home vs. a St.Johns team that puts down about 60 on the road.

Bucks +3
Miami cant play well with shaq,and j williams, I just dont believe they can keep the Bucks centers away/

I couldn't help myself from commenting this post. It's just sick to see that Miami went from Playoff Champs 2 years ago to the 2nd worst team in the NBA behind Minnesota (Unless the Sonics have a worse record idk) I guess without Antoine Walker and James Posey (combined good 3 point shooters), the Miami Heat really is a bad team

[juuso]

726 Georgia State +11½

Altough 3-8, Georgia State has been playing decently with many close games. I like their chances of keeping this within 10 in a conferece game against George Mason.


Sacramento Kings / New York Knicks

Artest missing for Sacto should have more effect on their defense and having talented shooters, their best chance of winning this might be forcing uptempo game. Knicks are talented bunch, but have been very hard team to cap. They do have solid shooters and should have some success against sacto's defense. over 191 is not too big of a number to try here.

Just posting to clarify I have OVER 191 in the Knicks game. You can figure it out, but looks like i didn't write it after team names in a hurry earlier.

[Willie Bee]

Hi all, decided to join instead of just lurk because of the contest

Welcome Bomber Good luck in the contest.

[Actionbrett]

Play Washington
Washington fits my home underdog system which is hitting at a 74% clip this season over 30'ish games

Play Minnesota T'Wolves
Minny fits my home underdog system which is hitting at a 74% clip this season over 30'ish games

[B1GER1C828]

i totally 4got bout this..bummer :'( ill just hav some ground 2 make up is all

[HedgeHog]

i totally 4got bout this..bummer :'( ill just hav some ground 2 make up is all

Still plenty of games left tonite; why not wing a parlay.

[Sagarin]

My parlay for today is

Indiana Hoosiers -10.5
NewMexico State -8.5


Indiana is on a roll right now. They should win this game by at least 20 points. New Mexico State has won the last 6 games versus Idaho. I see it being 7 after tonight.

[framboise]

Los Angeles Clippers +4½

flip a coin

Cal Riverside +15½

flip a coin

[jeffscds]

New Orleans -4.5
over 184

Hornets are a great road team. Taking the over because I don't have anything else to pick!