5-3 Friday. 80-80 YTD. Saturday:
Denver Nuggets -2.0
Better team overall. Denver gets good results on the road (6-2 ATS) and on back-to-back games (4-1). Knicks uncharacteristically seem to find trouble scoring.
Lean: Detroit Pistons +6.5
Portland plays a step slower on back to back games. Pistons doesn't have nothing to lose and has played the Blazers close in their home games. Blazers also might look ahead to going home, playing the last leg of a 6-game road trip. This is only a lean because you know how teams would want to get out of a long road trip on a positive note. Just a slight lean on the Pistons because they can actually keep it close.
Lean: New Jersey Nets +8.0
I know the Thunder is a good road team and the Nets not really the best team at home. They are, however, finding ways to keep up with the scoring. They play the winning teams at home pretty close for almost 3 quarters. I'm taking a good stab at that 8 points because I have this gut feel that they bag one in and may surprise the Thunder.
Memphis Grizzlies -10.0
Sac-town is slowly improving but still shoots the ball pretty bad. Grizzlies is better at home and has tramendously improved their chemistry winning 5 in a row now. Kings suck on the road. Memphis by 15+ here.
Lean: New Orleans +5.5 and UNDER 175.5
All stats leads to an UNDER play. Mavericks are having trouble getting their shots. Hornets are getting healthier and will even be better defensively with Ariza back in the mix. Mavs possibly looking ahead to going back home after a 4-game road trip.
Houston Rockets -2.5
Revenge game plus the Spurs looks a step slower in b2b games.
Lean: Minnesota Timberwolves +6.5
Momentum on the T'Wolves. They also play each other close since last season. T'Wolves improved twice as much so it should be closer. Front court should be just about even with Love as an x-Factor with a 3-ball range. What worries me here is the T'wolves' bench but then again they are young.
BOL.
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