THE LAST TIME ORLANDO PLAYED IN MIA ...THE HEAT DOMINATED THE MAGIC AS +7.5 UNDERDOGS WINNING OUTRIGHT.NOW ONCE AGAIN BOTH TEAMS MEET IN MIA ONLY THIS TIME THE SPREAD HAS FALLEN MIAMI'S WAY TO +3.TO ME IF THE ODDSMAKERS THOUGHT THAT ORLANDO WOULD DOMINATE THIS GAME ,THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE KEPT THE SPREAD AT ORLANDO -7.5 AGAIN.THEREFORE THE SAFEST PLAY WOULD BE TO TAKE THE POINTS ALREADY GIVEN AND BUY ANOTHER 2 POINTS MAKING MIAMI +5 AT HOME.AFTER CAPPING THIS GAME I REALIZE THAT DEWAYNE WADE IS AT HIS BEST WHEN PLAYING AGAINST ORLANDO...ALSO HE HAS SCORED AND PICKED APART ORLANDO'S DEFENSE MORE THAN ANY OTHER TEAM IN NBA......
PICK: MIAMI +5 WITH A 2 POINT BUY (INSURANCE IS ALWAYS GOOD) BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT ,THAN TO NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT.
UTAH , BY MY STANDARDS SHOULD WIN THE FIRST QTR BY A MINIMUM OF 4 POINTS..AS NY GIVES UP AN AVG OF 28 PTS TO UTAH'S 24 IN THE FIRST QTR....UTAH SHOULD ALSO BE AHEAD BY AT LEAST 7 POINTS AT THE HALF CONSIDERING NY GIVES UP 55 TO UTAH'S 48 AT THE BREAK....PICK: UTAH 1ST QTR AND 1ST HALF
THE LAST TIME NY PLAYED IN UTAH THE TOTAL SCORE WAS SET AT 207....HOWEVER UNDER WAS THE PLAY IN THAT GAME AS THE SCORE ENDED UP 100-89 IN UTAH'S FAVOR. THIS TIME AROUND THE TOTAL IS SET EVEN HIGHER TO 212.5 EVEN AFTER UNDER WAS THE PLAY IN UTAH'S LAST HOME GAME BETWEEN THE TWO.THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT OVER WILL BE THE PLAY.....
PICK: OVER 210 WITH A LIL INSURANCE.....
PICK: MIAMI +5 WITH A 2 POINT BUY (INSURANCE IS ALWAYS GOOD) BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT ,THAN TO NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT.
UTAH , BY MY STANDARDS SHOULD WIN THE FIRST QTR BY A MINIMUM OF 4 POINTS..AS NY GIVES UP AN AVG OF 28 PTS TO UTAH'S 24 IN THE FIRST QTR....UTAH SHOULD ALSO BE AHEAD BY AT LEAST 7 POINTS AT THE HALF CONSIDERING NY GIVES UP 55 TO UTAH'S 48 AT THE BREAK....PICK: UTAH 1ST QTR AND 1ST HALF
THE LAST TIME NY PLAYED IN UTAH THE TOTAL SCORE WAS SET AT 207....HOWEVER UNDER WAS THE PLAY IN THAT GAME AS THE SCORE ENDED UP 100-89 IN UTAH'S FAVOR. THIS TIME AROUND THE TOTAL IS SET EVEN HIGHER TO 212.5 EVEN AFTER UNDER WAS THE PLAY IN UTAH'S LAST HOME GAME BETWEEN THE TWO.THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT OVER WILL BE THE PLAY.....
PICK: OVER 210 WITH A LIL INSURANCE.....
