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Chicago Bulls over New York Knicks: Not often over the course of the season will you see me spotting road points. However for game 1 of these to 2 teams it is warranted and then some. If this game were plyed in Jan the line will be more like 6-8. The only thing keeping this line lower is the name Knicks and their key addition Jackson. However last time I checked Jackson will not be on the court or even the bench.
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Dallas Mavericks over San Antonio Spurs: Let us be clear Sa is still the best team in the west. However tonight this game means more to Dall than Sa. That does not mean Dall will win or cover what it does mean we will get their top effort. Dall was the only team to challenge Sa in the playoffs last year taking them to 7 games.
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San Antonio Spurs over Dallas Mavericks Best of 7 Adjusted Series Price: Just like we did with Bost in the nhl when they went down 1-0 to det we will hop on the veteran sa team to win this series now that they are down 2-1. I fully expect sa to win tonight in Dall and then this price will be well over 2 to 1.
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Toronto Raptors over Brooklyn Nets Best of 7 Series: Getting this amount of take back on a series I have pick-em provides us with excellent value. Tor has home court depth and rebounding advantages. Yes experience counts especially this time of year and that is the big adv for Brklyn. Brylyn tanked down the stretch to avoid Chic they wanted Tor and as they say be careful what you wish for you may just get it.
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Charlotte Bobcats over Washington Wizards: This is the same line as when Charl went into Wash on March 12 and won outright 100-94. Charl also beat Wash on March 21 at home 98-85. This is an important game for both teams who battle for 6th spot in the east.
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Cleveland Cavaliers over Brooklyn Nets: Irving has now been out of the Clev lineup for 7 games. Since then Waiters and Jack have stepped and Varejao has returned from injury. Clev overcame a 16 point 4th quarter deficit on the road against Det to keep their faint playoff hopes alive showing as well that this team has not packed it in.
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Memphis Grizzlies over Charlotte Bobcats: Two similar teams whose strength is defense. However one plays in the west the other in the east. Mem has played the 9th toughest schedule while Charl 24th. Mem is 6-2 vs. the east on the road. Charl is also is a much more difficult spot tonight despite playing at home. Mem is 5-5 playing on zero days rest while Charl is 5-11. In addition Charl will be playing their 4th game in 5 nights.
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Cleveland Cavaliers over Toronto Raptors: Since Clev fired their GM Grant they have become the hottest team in the East winning 6 in a row. Granted that was against weak competition. However it has allowed them to pull within 3 games of Charl and the 8th spot. The difference has been on the defensive side of the ball.
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Orlando Magic over Milwaukee Bucks: Not often we will lay any road points with as bad a team as Orl with only 3 wins on the highway but that is how bad Mil is. Mil is the worst team in the NBA and it is not close.
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Orlando Magic over Oklahoma City Thunder: Orl is a bad basketball team. Now that we have that out of the way this is simply too many points to be spotting the home team. This game for OKC is simply win and move on while exerting the least amount of energy.