What effort should we Expect from NBA Players on NY Eve ?

[Sam Odom]

And... any tips/edges

GO

[RudyRuetigger]

less fouls

get game over ASAP

[Sam Odom]

thanks , rudy

[MinnesotaFats]

Well judging by my Philly 76ers bet last night not a whole lot...

Probably a goox day to pound home teams

[JIBBBY]

Speed up games so they can end early and so the players can get out of dodge and party it up.. No fouls or timeouts and all OVERS hit

Ditto to what Rudy said above. lol

[Sam Odom]

good thread

Happy New Year

[firedawg]

Ask BEANTOWN JIM

[JIBBBY]

Alot of points for the Hawks in the early game.. I'm tempted.. Atlanta is riddled with injuries and the Pacers are playing red hot right now though.


The write up -

NDIANAPOLIS -- The fact that the Indiana Pacers are one of the hottest in the Eastern Conference right now is not necessarily surprising given their play all season.The fact that the Pacers' New Year Eve's opponent is one of the other hottest is, though. Entering Monday's game, Atlanta (11-24) has won five of its last six games
The Pacers (24-12) have won four games in a row and 11 of the past 13 games.
The Hawks' lone defeat in those six games was a 129-121 loss to visiting Indiana Wednesday.
"So many guys are contributing and doing great things," Atlanta'sVince Carter said.
At 41 years and 337 days old, Carter became the oldest player to lead or tie for the lead on a team in scoring with 21 points in 111-108 victory over Cleveland. Carter shared the team scoring lead with Trae Young.
"I have no idea how he does it and what's going on, but he is amazing," Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce said. "He's half-man, half-amazing. We needed everything he had. The dunk on the baseline, the four 3s, a big rebound. That's kind of what you expect every veteran to do."
Carter is averaging 7.7 points per game.
"I'm not the youngest guy but I want to play the hardest," Carter said. "Hopefully, playing that way is contagious for our team."
One negative for the Hawks from the victory over Cleveland is they will be without guard Kent Bazemore for a while. Bazemore left Saturday's game in the third quarter with a right ankle injury. A magnetic resonance imaging test performed Sunday revealed a sprain. Bazemore is expected to miss at least two weeks.
Indiana has had seven or more players score in double figures in nine different games this season, including the past three games.
Friday night, the Pacers had seven in double figures in a 37-point victory over Detroit despite season scoring leader Victor Oladipo scoring just seven points on a 2-of-9 shooting performance, well below his 19.5 average.
"None of this is even possible without our best player, Vic," point guard Darren Collison said. "None of this is even possible. We don't play the way we play at the level we're playing at if it's not for Vic. It's not just his game, it's his demeanor, his attitude. You see other players and they're sulking if they're not scoring, or they're not happy. Vic doesn't care. He allows us to be ourselves."
Oladipo knows he is drawing more attention as the Pacers' top scorer.
"With great power comes great responsibility," he said. "I brought that on myself with the year I had, the beginning I had, so I have to adjust. At the end of the day I'm just going to do what's needed to help our team win. I just have to find other ways to score and be effective. I'm going to make the right play, whatever play's there. Just keep getting better. My flow and my rhythm will come back."
Collison said the Pacers' true success comes from more than scoring and rebounds.
"If you look at the box score with this team, you're not watching," Collison said. "What makes the team special is that we do things that don't show up in the box score."
The Hawks assigned Omari Spellman and transferred Alex Poythress to the Erie Bay Hawks in the G-League. Polythress scored 11 points Saturday night.
Atlanta guard/forward Justin Anderson is listed as probable for Monday's game with flu-like symptoms. Also for Hawks, center Dewayne Dedmon is doubtful with left knee soreness and forward Taurean Prince is out with a left ankle sprain.

[pavyracer]

Bet the underdogs/take points. Players need gambling money for the parties tonight.

[RudyRuetigger]

these type of threads are why players talk was invented

theories

good job sammy

[firedawg]

Sammy made me big bucks yesterday with his NFL thread


I'm very thankful

[Sam Odom]

Put personalities aside -- $$$ is the name of the Game

[Hman]

I do believe these holidays make a difference with some teams & players.

I didn't expect Golden State to go all out on Christmas.

I'm sure some will lay off, but just have to figure out which.

[jjgold]

do opposite of majority and your on the right path

lines all factored in

[RudyRuetigger]

lines do NOT factor in motivation

but who really cares?

Bortles had a ton of motivation yesterday, so did Josh Johnson (so maybe thread isnt that useful????????)

[WildCelticsFan]

Indy should blowout hawks

Celtics win on road vs spurs

And Dallas will keep it close vs thunder

[Foxx]

Speed up games so they can end early and so the players can get out of dodge and party it up.. No fouls or timeouts and all OVERS hit
Ditto to what Rudy said above. lol

Good call. Shaping up for 6/7 overs. I parlayed the overs for the hell of it but looks like the dal-okc game will fall short.

[JIBBBY]

Good call. Shaping up for 6/7 overs. I parlayed the overs for the hell of it but looks like the dal-okc game will fall short.

Overs are cashing today.. So are some star player OVER props playing at home!!

[Sam Odom]

$$$$$$

[slayer14]

Had the under in the Celtic game it was looking good until that 80 point 3rd quarter