what's keeping you off port? lazy spot and hungover crowd for cleveland and no wally or wallace. i'm just hoping they win the damn game
was gonna play Portland, no longer.
The Trail Blazers beat the Indiana Pacers 95-85 on Wednesday, but in the process lost two starters to injury.
Power forward LaMarcus Aldridge suffered a grade-one concussion early in the fourth quarter and did not accompany the team to Cleveland, instead checking into an Indianapolis hospital for observation. He is expected to rejoin the team in Cleveland before Thursday's game against the Cavaliers, but the team has listed him as doubtful to play.
Also, starting small forward Nicolas Batum suffered a sprained left ankle with 4:02 left in the game when he landed on the foot of Indiana's Danny Granger. Batum could not put pressure on the foot and had to be carried off the court and into the locker room by teammate Rudy Fernandez and athletic trainer Jay Jensen. X-Rays were negative and the team listed him as questionable for the Cavaliers game. However, as he iced his foot after the game in the locker room, Batum told me he doubted he could play Thursday.
Aldridge suffered his concussion when he lowered his head on a drive to the basket. His right temple crashed into the chest of Jeff Foster, causing Aldridge to lose the ball and crumple to the ground. Aldridge said he thinks he was momentarily knocked out. After the game he was hazy and complained of feeling uncomfortable.
No aldridge, no bet for me. Not saying Portland still doesn't cover, but don't like getting involved with games with injuries. There are too many other games that do NOT involve me guessing how the adapts to the changes (ie: rotations, plays, rotations, shots, etc.) I could be wrong, but don't see how any of the home teams lose today. In fact, just for action, and I seriously cannot see it happening another way:
Home Teams ML parlay: (around -140) 2.107 to win 1.5 units
I know about the TNT thursday winners being 36-1 ATS this yr and I worry about that alot, but with this heavy chalk, I have a hard time seeing it no work out. I Love LA to win by 45- worst case 17. I Love Atlanta to win by 15- worst case 5. and um if Portland without lamarcus win at cleveland, then props to them. I lose.