-Both whistles and non-calls keep Charlotte close until they finally get a lead that is too big too late
-LAST second whistles push the heavily played under total of the Boston game over it's 182.5 mark.
-A Chicago team that has been pretty good on the road this year goes into a Brandon Roy-less Marcus Camby-less Portland team with an extremely thin front court and gets dominated in the 4th qtr.
-Phoenix as a 5 point dog goes on the road and
smashes on Golden State in one of THE toughest places to play in the NBA
-The second worst team in the NBA goes on the road and creams N.O. who seemed to be like they were emerging.
-The WORST team in the NBA goes on the road to Dallas and not only keeps it way too close, but forces OT if Anthony Parker makes his 3 point shot as time was expiring.
-There were 8 games on the ticket on Monday night. And out of the 8 favored teams to win those matchups, only THREE win, and only TWO cover.
-The two lowest totals Bos/Cha, Chi/Por were set in the 180's, and for good reason. One game showcased two teams based around their defenses, and the other involved two teams that had very slow offenses that did not often push the ball, and more oftenly set up, moved the ball, and worked better when running plays instead of fast breaks. BOTH of these totals went over.
-The two highest totals of the nigh Hou/Den, and Phx/GS featured four teams that ran more than any and focused on very little defense, and more on pushing the break and scoring in transition. BOTH of these totals stayed under.
This all following a Super Bowl where so many books tookn a big hit and were even quoted saying that the worst outcome the books could have had was Green Bay / Over.
Now I have seen days where a total should have stayed under and went over, or where a david team beats a goliath, or even a day where a great home team loses a game they should have won in front of their crowd. But i have rarely seem a day like this. And the fact that it followed a day where Vegas was slammed makes me kind of wonder...
-LAST second whistles push the heavily played under total of the Boston game over it's 182.5 mark.
-A Chicago team that has been pretty good on the road this year goes into a Brandon Roy-less Marcus Camby-less Portland team with an extremely thin front court and gets dominated in the 4th qtr.
-Phoenix as a 5 point dog goes on the road and
smashes on Golden State in one of THE toughest places to play in the NBA
-The second worst team in the NBA goes on the road and creams N.O. who seemed to be like they were emerging.
-The WORST team in the NBA goes on the road to Dallas and not only keeps it way too close, but forces OT if Anthony Parker makes his 3 point shot as time was expiring.
-There were 8 games on the ticket on Monday night. And out of the 8 favored teams to win those matchups, only THREE win, and only TWO cover.
-The two lowest totals Bos/Cha, Chi/Por were set in the 180's, and for good reason. One game showcased two teams based around their defenses, and the other involved two teams that had very slow offenses that did not often push the ball, and more oftenly set up, moved the ball, and worked better when running plays instead of fast breaks. BOTH of these totals went over.
-The two highest totals of the nigh Hou/Den, and Phx/GS featured four teams that ran more than any and focused on very little defense, and more on pushing the break and scoring in transition. BOTH of these totals stayed under.
This all following a Super Bowl where so many books tookn a big hit and were even quoted saying that the worst outcome the books could have had was Green Bay / Over.
Now I have seen days where a total should have stayed under and went over, or where a david team beats a goliath, or even a day where a great home team loses a game they should have won in front of their crowd. But i have rarely seem a day like this. And the fact that it followed a day where Vegas was slammed makes me kind of wonder...