oh, I guess I should mention the ML dogs for tomorrow........
First the Heat. They fail pretty much every test. To get a SU win, you need an avenue for getting points, and you need to be able to stop the other team's scoring somehow. The Heat should do none of this. Next, the team needs to have sufficient value, and I figure this one on somewhere between a 10 and 15% chance of winning straight up for the Heat. It's currently 182 at pinny, and I think it'll get to 2:1, but we won't see the entirely fair +1000 level show up, and that's what I'd need to see before I consider them.
also, I took the spread play......and as a corollary to that test, one of the things one must do is see if one is opposite BAR on one of these ML plays........it's pretty rare to be against Big Al and win SU. So, every superficial test, the Heat fails. Since slightly more digging led me to the chalk, fuck this dog like
Todd@ttlsports.com does with donkeys.
Houston Rockets @ Utah Jazz
Now, this one I could consider at 155 at theGreek. Both these two teams play solid aggressive defense, and both could shut down or contain the scoring of the other. I think there'll be less AK roving with him sticking to Tmac like
Todd@ttlsports.com sticks to mulefucking. Nonetheless, I think Tmac should gt several buckets despite Kirilenko's best efforts. And the inside should be a great battle between Yao and Battier and Boozer and Milsap.
Thing is...Utah is 8-1-1 ATS in their last 10 home games, and Houston is 3-14 ATS in their last 17 games overall. Now, while Houston's ATS record is superior to
Todd@ttlsports.com (he should stick to mule fucking), it's still REALLY not good. Additionally, that includes 2 nights ago when the Rockets failed to cover (and barely managed the win) against a, shall we say, demoralized and dessicated Lakers squad. If the Rockets have a slow start on the road in Utah like they did in LA, then they won't be able to recover so easily.
So there's enough there that I think I let that one pass, too.
As for Seattle hosting the Suns....ya gotta be nuts to take those kids on the ML. I want to see them defend the Nash/Amare pick and roll better than they defended Denver NOT doing it last night...
SO...no ML plays today. Of the ones available, I like Houston the best, but I still do not like it enough.
oh, and one other thing.
TODD IS ANUS SLIME.