1 Pm tilt :
Wont b around till later and then I will update everything .
Nets +7.5 -120 (320) ML +250 (40) -424
1st Half Nets +4 -120 (240) -288
1st Quarter NJN +2 -105(120) -126
2nd Quarter NJN +1.5 (40) -44
4th Quarter NJN +1.5 (80) +80
Over 191 (80) -88 (ends on 190)
2nd Half NJN -2.5 (280) +280
Net : -614
Thoughts :
The Nets have this game sort of circled . Now when I say circle please realize I consider NJN a bad team but with 2 players in VC and Harris capable of dropping career type nights at any given moment the word does mean something IMO.
The teams meet again on Saturday night at New Jersey.
"We didn't have too much fight,"
Harris said. "We've still got a lot of work to do and I look forward to the next game."
"We really let them control the momentum in the third quarter,"
Anderson said. "They are a great defensive team (and) definitely altered our shots."
But New Jersey's Vince Carter was even worse - 1-for-9 with four points in the half. Carter limped off the court with a sprained right ankle with 7:09 left in the first quarter but returned 5 minutes later.
He finished with four points on 1-of-10 shooting. Now NJN was going back and forth until Allen hit a three around 5:30 to go in the 1st and Boston never looked back then NJN started the 2nd Quarter ICE COLD . So going to fill in the blanks and say VC absence had something to do with it with a team already adjusting to having Yi who has playing real well OUT ...
Boston has slowly gotten back on track and now had 2 days off with a pretty big stretch ahead starting with hosting PHO on the 19th . How Interested are they in a SAT matinee in NJ of all places ( The Swamp!) , after just throwing them a beatdown ? They are conference rivals(divisional actually but when was the last time NJN actually beat them?) .....Pho , @ Miami , @ ORL , vs Dallas await in the near future..where NJN has a road trip coming up which makes this a must win to get on track before that happens but with 3 days till that starts hopefully they use everything including the KITCHEN SINK to get a win .. Just think a team which is 3-6 SU L9 and has a 6 pt win @ Tor laying -5.5 and narrow win @ ATL(ATS loss) in that bunch hs only beatdown the Defenseless Kings (pun intended)..
The unusual Sat 1 PM start time HOPEFULLY pust the vet Celtics a tad off their game . These guys arent really used to 1 PM road games on Saturday not really ever ...yes, they started fast @ Toronto this past Sunday but that was also when they were limping in off some poor play and a loss @ Cleveland ...point is they had motivation behind them ...
Talking practice(Boston Herald article snipet)http://news.bostonherald.com/sports...5&format=&page=1&listingType=celt#articleFull
The Celts got in their first real practice since New Year’s Day, but it wasn’t much of a session.
“We were just terrible,”
Rivers said. “That’s all right. It happens. At least you had one. Sometimes you practice bad habits, you play with bad habits. But I just thought we needed to get out on the floor and just see things.”
Eddie House rolled an ankle but should play still ankle injuries are always a HUGE ??? especially when your making a living as a jump shooter ...so that could further thin the bench (or at least its success) with T.Allen and Perkins still out, forcing Scalbrine the former Net and cult hero to start at the spot .....
Now the article also states Boston knows they cant take NJN lightily and it will be a different NJ team . Let's face Boston does not have 3 HOFs and a PG for a coach and doesnt understand the little things about the game ...
In that poor road strecth they have lost to shorthanded Portland and GSW out West , Charlotte in OT and @ NYK ......so bad teams have beat them....
Its risky fading Boston when they are possibly starting to get on a roll . I like the fact NJN went to the line 37 times in the last game , I like the scheduking aspect of it , I like maybe even love the fact Boston is off a sloppy practice because that is usually a bad sign .....
Anyway thats my thought process ...IF Boston wins the 1st Half then will repeat that play in the 2nd Half ....so (240) on NJN at HALFTIME if they do NOT COVER the 1st HALF SPREAD and (160) if it PUSHES the 4 . The twist is I wont be around to post it so thats my gameplan and I may hedge if for some reason the Nets have a big 1st HALF LEAD ..at least enough for the 4th Quarter Play to be essentially washed out ....
GL:cheers: