NBA Preseason 2017...

brewers7

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I am going to try and dig up my old preseason spreadsheets over the next week as I want to look for some patterns from past preseasons....

Usually the default preseason play is the Dog and the under, but that doesn't hold true all the time obviously, and with more points being scored the last 2 seasons, those "default plays" may change this year...

Saturday play:

Denver / Golden State under 221.5, laying $110 to win $100 -- This is the highest total I have ever seen in a preseason game....This total tells me if this was a regular season game , the total would be 240... Sure, Denver is loaded with athletic scorers up and down their lineup and Golden State can score with anybody....But the Warriors can also play defense when they want to...The thing here is, most teams have only had 4 days of practice with the season starting a week earlier this season in an effort to cut back on the back-to-back games....I have not checked the NBA regular season schedule, but the 4-games-in-5-days have supposedly been eliminated this season....

The starters should only play anywhere from 18 to 22 minutes looking back at past preseasons and I wonder if some starters will even play that much...There should be a lot of subs playing tonight and maybe some subs who won't even make their respective teams when the regular season starts...There shouldn't be a lot of flow on opening night and expect sloppy play, so unless this is a track meet for 48 minutes....Scoring should slow down in the 2nd half and especially the 4th quarter....

The Warriors have put up a 182 and 190 their last 2 preseason openers in 2015 and 2016 respectively, both against Toronto....The 182 was at Oracle...

I am tempted to take Denver plus 8.5 but that line has been moving down the last hour or so as it is 8 at a lot of books about to hit 7.5....Will lay off the side as I have seen Golden State covering some of these preseason lines early in the preseason....

GL...
 
Let's go with another under tonight...

Toronto / LA Clippers under 209.5, laying $110 to win $100 -- Toronto played the Clips in their preseason opener in 2015 and that game ended with 166 points and then they played Golden State in their opener last year and it those teams put up a 190...The Clips had that 166 as mentioned in their 2015 preseason opener and then last year against Golden State in their opener they had 195 points...The Clips only scored 75, while the Warriors scored 120 in what was their second game in the 2016 preseason...

This game tonight is in Honolulu, a neutral floor...That always makes me look at the under as a default play in an unfamiliar gym... With the starters usually getting 18 to 22 minutes early in the preseason, I look at these rosters and am just not sure I see a lot of scoring depth on these 2 teams off their benches....Again, teams only had about 4 practices so far and play will be sloppy....I watched some of the Golden State game last night and watched the entire Lakers game and it was sloppy at times in both games...The Lakers/Timberwolves game had 62 in the 1Q and 113 in the 1H and it still stayed under fairly easily....So a fast start won't scare me too much tonight, although I hope the game trudges along for all 48 minutes....

Clips with no Chris Paul, no JJ Redick and no Jamal Crawford this year....So their offense is in flux with Patrick Beverley at the point and they are missing 3 scorers....Toronto prefers a half-court set, so unless the benches just run up and down all game long, this game should stay under....I also like the Heat/Hawks game under a little, but will stick with the Clips/Raptors under as my only play....

GL...
 
Not even close with that under last night but I would LOVE to know who the refs were....I have yet to find a boxscore online listing the refs for that game....I want to know who the refs were that called so many fouls in a preseason game...84 free-throws in the game while the other 3 Preseason games thus far all had total number of FT's in the 50s...

This game jumped out at me....I have not looked at the others yet but will so now...If I have anything else, I will post...Want to take Denver/LAL over as the Lakers just run and gun and don't play a ton of D from the game I watched, but, man, 218 for a preseason game....Not used to these high totals, but maybe I need to adjust to some of these....Game 2 for both teams, should be some more flow, so I may take a shot after looking at the rest of the board...

Charlotte Hornets +8, laying $110 to win $100 -- Celtics have a lot of new players and especially a lot of new players in their starting lineup....Boston clearly the better team, but this is the preseason where that doesn't necessarily matter, especially in preseason openers...Will ride the heavy preseason dog one more time as the first two did cover (Denver easily, winning outright at GS, and Atlanta, barely, although they were covering that 7.5 number for 98% of the game vs. Miami)...

GL...
 
Ok, doing a bad job getting my top play bet as I probably should be betting all my picks daily....Let's try again, 1-2 so far this preseason....May start making multiple bets soon if this keeps up...

Brooklyn / New York under 213, laying $110 to win $100 -- Several new faces in both starting lineups and preseason openers for both teams, so a default play to the under....These 2 teams scored 214 against each other last year in the preseason, but it was Game 2 for both squads, so a little more game flow for each in that contest...

GL...
 
Hopefully will get better soon....Early yet....

2 plays for tonight, late so no time for write-up:

Memphis / Philadelphia under 204, laying $110 to win $100

Minnesota, Golden State, 1H, over 110, laying $110 to win $100


GL...
 
Here is the part I hate....

I pick every side and every total every day during the NBA preseason, regular season and playoffs and rank them daily 1 to whatever....

My picks so far are 22-10, but my bets are 1-3, which is killing me because I guess I should be betting every side and total every day....

Here are my picks for today as I hope the reverse happens tonight and my picks suffer while my bets do better:

sides -- 1) Mem, 2) Ind, 3) LAL, 4) Atl. 5) Cha, 6) Min, 7) MH (Maccabi Haifa), 8) Chi

totals -- 1) Atl un, 2) Mem un, 3) Cha un, 4) Min ov, 5) Uta un, 6) LAL ov, 7) Ind un, 8) Chi ov

Sides 13-3, totals 9-7 so far before tonight
 
1 play for tonight:

Orlando Magic -5.5, laying $110 to win $100 -- One of the few times I will take a favorite of 5 or more in the preseason, but Dallas is on the back-end of a back-to-back, which favors the team with rest in the preseason...As witnessed by the Mavericks' 47-point win last night over Chicago who was on a back-to-back and of course I didn't take that one....Dallas has 8 players who did not even make the trip to Orlando tonight, including several starters and key reserves, including Barea, Barnes, Harris, Matthews, McRoberts, Noel & Dirk....

sides -- 1) Orl, 2) Mia, 3) Tor, 4) Shanghai Sharks
totals -- 1) Orl un, 2) Hou ov, 3) Mia un, 4) Tor un

sides now 18-6, totals now 14-10 on the preseason....Bets 2-4, which is terrible considering how well the picks are going....

GL...
 
Running late but 1 play for tonight at 8 p.m. EST:

Milwaukee Bucks, Pick, laying $110 to win $100 -- The Greek Freak is back and the line is a little trap-ish, but I think Chicago got their one preseason win in their opener and that will be their only win of the preseason...Time will tell....

Sides -- 1) Mil, 2) Ind, 3) Pho, 4) NOP, 5) Phi, 6) Was, 7) Sac, 8) Atl
Totals -- 1) Phi un, 2) Ind un, 3) Atl un, 4) Pho ov, 5) Was ov, 6) Mil ov, 7) Sac un, 8) NOP ov

Sides now 19-9, Totals now 18-10 on the preseason....Overdue for a bad day on the picks...Bets 3-4...

GL...
 
2 plays for tonight, opponents have a ton of guys out....3-5 on the preseason so far....Ugh, should be much better....

Detroit Pistons -6.5, laying $110 to win $100

Houston Rockets -8.5, laying $110 to win $100

GL....
 
Adding:

Dallas Mavericks -5.5, laying $110 to win $100 (5dimes)

Same reason, Orlando missing a lot of starters...

GL
 
Adding this play in this slop-fest:

Indiana / Detroit under 100, 2H, laying $110 to win $100 (5dimes)

GL...
 
Adding:

Portland Trailblazers -2, 1Q, laying $110 to win $100 (5dimes)
Portland Trailblazers -3.5, 1H, laying $110 to win $100 (5dimes)

Same reason, Sacramento missing a lot of starters and Portland starters playing...But not sure how much Portland's starters will go in 2H...

GL...
 
Tuesday night 2H:

Chicago / Cleveland over 102, 2H, laying $110 to win $100 (5dimes)

Poor shooting in the 1H by both teams, look for more points in 2H....

7-7 during preseason...

GL...
 
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