Pistons ML

Quote Originally Posted by PapaShango:



Also, laying 10 with the Knicks tonight.  Hard to bet against the Knicks during this shitty schedule stretch they have.  They can't afford to sleepwalk through these games IMO.

Quote Originally Posted by MrBator:






I did.  That was the day after Christmas, and my first thought the previous night (after the Heat had outlasted the Thunder) was that the Heat would have little energy and enthusiasm left for the Bobcats after going all out on national TV in the NBA Finals rematch against Oklahoma City.  Then, the next morning, I began opening threads on Covers and quickly realized that my "little energy and enthusiasm" angle was shared by many.  That wasn't a good sign.  I then went back and looked at last season and recalled that the Heat had already been in a very similar situation in Charlotte, and they almost got burned!  On December 27th, 2011, the Heat faced the Celtics in their home opener and won.  The next night, they had to play in Charlotte as 10.5-point favorites.  They fell behind 32-20 after one, 60-45 by halftime, and had to kick it up several notches in the second half just to claw out the "W."  I figured that at least one of the players, or at least one of the Heat's dozen assistant coaches, had to have remembered that near miss from almost exactly a year ago and reminded everyone else about it.  That night, the Heat jumped all over the Bobcats and led 55-38 at the half.  The "Super Slick Covers.com NBA Dog Play of the Day" went down in predictable fashion, and my Covers brothers had saved me once again.

Quote Originally Posted by MrBator:






I did.  That was the day after Christmas, and my first thought the previous night (after the Heat had outlasted the Thunder) was that the Heat would have little energy and enthusiasm left for the Bobcats after going all out on national TV in the NBA Finals rematch against Oklahoma City.  Then, the next morning, I began opening threads on Covers and quickly realized that my "little energy and enthusiasm" angle was shared by many.  That wasn't a good sign.  I then went back and looked at last season and recalled that the Heat had already been in a very similar situation in Charlotte, and they almost got burned!  On December 27th, 2011, the Heat faced the Celtics in their home opener and won.  The next night, they had to play in Charlotte as 10.5-point favorites.  They fell behind 32-20 after one, 60-45 by halftime, and had to kick it up several notches in the second half just to claw out the "W."  I figured that at least one of the players, or at least one of the Heat's dozen assistant coaches, had to have remembered that near miss from almost exactly a year ago and reminded everyone else about it.  That night, the Heat jumped all over the Bobcats and led 55-38 at the half.  The "Super Slick Covers.com NBA Dog Play of the Day" went down in predictable fashion, and my Covers brothers had saved me once again.

Quote Originally Posted by nbafan88:



yea.... and taking bobcats for the whole game is not something id feel comfortable with, miami can play just 5 minutes of interested ball and cover the 15 on a late 20-3 run

Quote Originally Posted by MrBator:






Not even as a double-digit favorite, just 48 hours after completely demolishing their last Garden visitor?

Quote Originally Posted by PapaShango:

Also, can't love Calderon possibly messing with chemistry tonight, taking over the point from Knight. 

Quote Originally Posted by jayparlayko:

Pistons b2b? You taking them b/c of Calderon.. who might even ruin their team chemistry. 

Quote Originally Posted by jayparlayko:

Pistons b2b? You taking them b/c of Calderon.. who might even ruin their team chemistry. Drummond may be a beast on the boards but he can't rly score lol and even if he does slow down Amare Knicks still got JR smith.. Felton.. oh and MELO lol. Who's going to stop Melo?.MAYBE pistons cover but it's more likely a Knicks blow out. Gotta say you're crazy if you think Pistons beating Knicks at MSG and Idk how you can say Magic have no shot at beating sixers when you think the Pistons going to be Knicks. I'll start following every one of your picks if you're right.

Quote Originally Posted by bbkdta:

no bigs you like bulls MrBator? what angle here? they hustle hard every play and Nate is always a monster when everyone else missing, but again.. no bigs.

Quote Originally Posted by MrBator:

Last minute add-on - the Bulls +5.5 -105 to win 2 units.

Quote Originally Posted by MrBator:

I went under 105.5 in the first half to win 1 unit, but I just added 2 units to that after noticing that mellow-wolf has this game under.  The Thunder are 0-5 O/U this season.at home in the first half when playing off a loss.  In those five games the total points scored were 91, 95, 88, 89, and 92.