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NBA 2006/2007: 59 W-1 V-49 L +44.17 units
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Utah shat the bed last night, let's hope for better outcome this time.
Utah were authors of a world class choke last night, missing 11 out of last 14 shots says it all really. But that's all that was: a choke. They're not on some downtrend or anything, they were playing very intense D and clicked well in the offensive part throughout the game, all up until that tragic 4th quarter.
I believe the Jazz keep playing their game tonight, they should overcome the Magic as they just got more to offer than the slumping Orlando. I won't go into matchup details, Howard and Milicic have been playing well but they're too thin in the inside, plus their D has been close to non existent lately, and remember the Jazz can play at faster pace as well, while I don't really see what the Magic have to do to have a respectable game. Their 2-8 record in last 10, when it's high time to start winning games as the playoffs are nearing, says it all really.
I don't care about Orlando h2h domination here, all I care is I'm backing the better team playing to wash out the bitter taste of last night's loss against an underperforming team that has very little to offer right now.
Jazz (-4) (2.03 @ Pinnacle) 6 units.
Now tell me one thing, how on Earth did the Cavs blow out the Kings last night without LeBron, only to see them a 1.5 favs tonight in Memphis?
Cavs are far from a road chalk to back (14-17 away record), but they're flying high right now on a 6 game winning streak, and the way they picked up the tempo last night against the Kings is just excellent. They shot 54% from the field, with Pavlovic, Hughes, Newble and others doing the job in the scoring department, they played fast paced basketball which I sincerely think would be fatal for the Grizzlies as well.
Memphis are 2-8 in their last 10 games, 11-21 at home, their scoring has been erratic, their defense quite poor, and laying 1.5 point here is surely enticing if you ask me.
With LeBron in the lineup I'd estimate this one as -4,5 Cavs, and since the guys showed they can score without him, (even though I wouldn't bet on them doing the job against better teams, Memphis don't fall nowhere near that category), we have Cavs at -1.5 with LeBron traveling with the team and being a gametime decision. The line already reflects him missing from the lineup, it would be better if he played but even without him they have more than enough to overcome the Grizzlies.
Cavs (-1,5) (1.98 @ Pinnacle) 7 units
Game rhythm should be rather high here, the Cavs without LeBron scored 124 last night, we don't even need them to reach that number here (even though I wouldn't exclude that possibility), setting the line at 200.5 is a bit surprising, Memphis have had erratic offensive production lately (exactly, erratic, not consistently bad), and I don't think missing LeBron would be an issue here when the total is concerned, as Memphis can't contain Cavs' interior and Cleveland perimeter shooters are in solid form, as seen last night.
OVER 200.5 (1.94 @Pinnacle) 5 units
That's it for now, looking at the Bobcats but they're not a team to trust, nor are the Kings.
Also checking out the Bulls.
Good luck guys. :cheers: :shake:
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