2nd half of the season begins aka Thursday's discussion thread...

[emkee]

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8:00 PM


501 Chicago Bulls
502 Cleveland Cavaliers

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10:30 PM


503 San Antonio Spurs
504 Los Angeles Clippers

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7:00 PM


605 Utah Jazz
606 Washington Wizards

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[divol]

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[divol]

Yeap... a week off was great (for me), but now back to the grind... out of the 6 teams, Bulls are the biggest question mark going in to the last day of trades deadline...

Spurs are really well rested and probably will enjoy to win in LA, where they lost Game 7 last year...

 

[pip2]

I'm guessing that you don't spend as much time looking ahead to playing the Warriors on Saturday when you are playing the Spurs on Thursday night...On the other hand perhaps the Clippers will get beaten badly due to a host of other reasons...if a trade gets executed they might even not have everybody available to suit up...

 

[nbafan88]

The combination of being trade deadline day and the first day back from break is worrisome to me.

 

[divol]

Over should be great option. When two teams play of 3 days or more rest both and total>200, the hit rate over 60%...

 

[edou1x]

3 games in 3 nights for WAS??:rofl:

 

[edou1x]

U/O are 6-0 for CHI-CLE combined on 3 day rest and tonight total is higher than previous 2 meetings this season where it went under both times

 

[edou1x]

Teams are 68%O/U in this spot after All star break:month=2 and rest>3 and o:rest>3 and division!=o:division and C and 2007<=season

spurs and clippers went over this season (222 pts) and they are 5-1 O/U combined on 3 day rest

 

[divol]

3 games in 3 nights for WAS??:rofl:

But it's home, home and close to home (Miami), so it's not as bad...

Utah on the other hand. Game in DC and then back at home B2B - pretty long flight and then after day's rest a game in Portland. Not sure who got the worst schedule betting wise... (since the B2B2B surely will be reflected in the lines).

 

[nbafan88]

In the lines and effort of the players. For the most part, I think something like 3 games in 3 nights gets the players more focused. It's not the same as it is in college .....but the coaches need to be smart and manage minutes properly.

 

[divol]

The Nets have named Sean Marks as their general manager on Thursday.

Just in time for the trade deadline. While it's not the ideal situation to hire a general manager just hours short of the trade deadline, the Nets were lacking a decision-maker and will now presumably be able to move forward with any deals. We'll keep an eye on the news out of Brooklyn, but this move could prime the pump for some Thursday moves from the Nets.

 

[divol]

I think it's a good move by the Nets. Liked him as a player and as I understand, Spurs really didn't want to see him go...

 

[Noles4life]

spurs/clippers is really intriguing match-up.... prob watch and go live if i can get a good # on one of the teams..///never know with spurs and pop what there thinking.. both obv rested believe motivation is the same.... you would think spurs want to beat clips after last season and i believe clips need to beat the GS spurs OKC teams to maintain confidence that they can hang.........

 

[emkee]

A number of NBA players attending the funeral of Ingrid Williams in OKC today,

Pops, Tim and David West. Doc Rivers, his son and CP3.

Not sure if anyone from any of the other teams playing today are attending.

 

[divol]

Took Wizards to win and Spurs TT Over in the end for tonight.

 

[tuck321]

A number of NBA players attending the funeral of Ingrid Williams in OKC today,

Pops, Tim and David West. Doc Rivers, his son and CP3.

Not sure if anyone from any of the other teams playing today are attending.

Chris is out tonight?