Ok, I am putting last week behind me....I had an amazing weekend....drove down to Ann Arbor to see Iowa play Michigan at the Big House with the wife and kids....both my sons play football and my older one is teammates with the younger brother of Tevaun Smith, a freshman WR on Iowa, so we drove down with his mother and brother for the game....wow what a stadium....attendance was 113,000, and it was the 244th consecutive game with over 100,000 people....assuming 6 home games a year that's going back some 40 years....that is just nuts....
Now I am back refreshed and ready to win some money
Here are my thoughts on tonight's card (like a lot of favs tonight):
Milwaukee - not much to complain about so far if you're a Bucks fan....winners of 3 straight and 3-0 on the road....Bucks are the better team and should be able to cover the 5 point spread...like this play a lot...
Atlanta - Hawks stumbling a bit out of the gate, especially at home where they are only 1-2 so far....but a date with the Magic cures what ails ya....Orlando just 1-4 on the road, hard to see how they don't get blown out here....
Memphis - Best team in the NBA? Hard to argue against that notion when their last 3 games have been wins over both of last year's finalists, Miami and OKC, followed by handing the Knicks their 1st loss of the season...Nuggets struggling right now, losing 3 straight, and particularly on the road, where they are just 2-5....only hesitation is that the spread seems too low...feels like the spread should be somewhere around 10-12....smells like a backdoor cover to me....
GS - Only dog I have any faith in....Warriors played well last night in a loss in OKC Sunday, which snapped a 2-game winning streak....Mavs 4-1 at home but Warriors have always given Dallas headaches....Warriors can win this game so I like getting 5-6 points.....
Utah - Jazz a perfect 3-0 at home and coming off a gritty win in Philly where they overcame an early 30-18 hole....Rockets have lost their last 2, and over their last 4 have given up over 111 ppg....Utah should have no trouble outscoring Houston....like this play a lot....
San Antonio - Hard to fade a team on a 5-game winning streak like the Clippers, but the thing I really like about this game is the revenge factor for the Spurs....Clippers started their current winning streak by crushing San Antonio by 22 in LA, 12 days ago, and the Spurs are too proud to let that go without a response....really like this play and it almost made the cut
But in the end I decided to go with MNF and take the Chicago Bears - both starting QBs are out with concussions, but Jason Campbell is a lot better and way more experienced then Colin Kaepernick, and the Bears have more weapons on both offense and defense....getting points is great when I feel like Chicago should win this game outright....I like the under 34 as well, except that the Bears D can score a couple of TDs and get over the total....
Chicago +4 (bought the hook -120)
$1200 to win $1000