INDIAN COWBOY'S PLAY OF THE DAY: PORTLAND TRAILBALZERS vs HOUSTON ROCKETS
Play: 4 Unit Play. #712. Take the Houston Rockets -4.5 over the Portland Trailblazers (Tuesday @ 8:30pm est). (POD)
Comments: INDIAN COWBOY'S PLAY OF THE DAY: 4 Unit Play. #712. Take the Houston Rockets -4.5 over the Portland Trailblazers (Tuesday @ 8:30pm est). We cashed nicely with the Clippers Outright yesterday in a great angle as they came back home to get it done over the Warriors with great revenge. Much is the same side of the coin today as we look to take the Rockets to get it done over the Blazers with revenge. My buddy Robert Ferringo talks about often taking teams that have a key injury to their star player and then they go on a ridiculous ATS Run. He is right. Take a look at the Lakers for example since the loss of Bynum, they have made solid cash. Take a look at the Rockets for example as well, the team we are on today, and they continue to play extremely well without Tracy McGrady. If the Rockets want to go anywhere in the future, they need to get rid of TMac and just add one or two more pieces to this team. After all, McGrady is a broken down car that has more broken and banged up pieces than the Model T. Portland beat this team 101-99 in OT back in the Rose Garden on November 6th and the Rockets undoubtedly remember that contest. I love the fact Portland comes off huge wins over the Clippers and Hawks covering the -16 point chalk and -4.5 chalk. Well, now they hit the road. Considering that this team lost to OKC, Dallas and GS on the road, who is to say they cannot lose to a Rockets team who is 35-21, and 22-6 at home? The Rockets have been starting off games a bit lax in the first half and have had monster third quarters of late. Take a look at their 3rd quarter against the Bobcats of recent outscoring them 29-14 in the third or the Dallas game at home when they outscored the Mavs 30-13 in the third, or the New Jersey game when they outscored the Nets 28-25 or the Sacramento game when they outscored the Kings 35-21. It is obvious Ron Artest is picking up the slack left behind by McGrady as he dropped 26 points and 7 boards against the Bobcats. Sure, no McGrady, so what? The Rockets covered against the Nets at home as 6.5 chalk, covered against the Bobcats at home as -6 point chalk and covered against the Mavs at home as -4 point chalk. With revenge, the Blazers being a bit lax on the road and coming such huge wins, I like Houston at home to get it done here with their solid team concept as they likely have yet another big third quarter and don’t look back. The Blazers are just 1-6 ATS as road underdogs of late and the Rockets are 5-1-1 ATS over their last 7 games.
INDIAN COWBOY'S PLAY OF THE DAY: BAYLOR vs IOWA STATE
Play: 4 Unit Play. #734. Take Iowa State Cyclones +2.5 over the Baylor Bears (Tuesday @ 9pm est).(POD)
Comments: INDIAN COWBOY'S PLAY OF THE DAY: 4 Unit Play. #734. Take Iowa State Cyclones +2.5 over the Baylor Bears (Tuesday @ 9pm est). We've had two straight Outright dog winners including Umass on Sunday over St. Josephs as a 6.5 dog and yesterday with Kansas +4 over Oklahoma to kick off the week. Let's keep in that spirit and take a home dog today in Iowa State facing Baylor. Now you might think that the Cyclones are just not capable against the Bears, but think again. Baylor has been a disappointment in many ways this year. This team was at one point ranked in the top 25 in the country only to post a 4-8 conference mark up to this point. Heck, Iowa State has 2 conference wins themselves and by the end of the game today, I expect it to be 3 conference wins and just 1 shy of Baylor's four. Now, you might think but, Baylor is so good! Really? Well, apparently 70% of the public does as well and I find it a bit amusing. Baylor only receives 20% of their contribution from the bench while Iowa State receives a full third of their total minutes from their respective bench. This will make a big difference in a road game for the Bears. The Bears have just 1 conference road wins this year and that was against Kansas State when KState did not have its bearings. If they played KState again this year I believe KState will roll over them. This team has not faced Iowa State but Iowa State is a capable team at home. They hammered Colorado at home and even took care of top 60 Nebraska at home as well. Remember, Iowa State's home record is misleading. They have played the best of the best at home this year which is why they do not have as many home wins and if they played some of the weaker teams at home rather than on the road, they very well could have picked up several more wins in conference play this year. Iowa State lost by just a few points to Kansas State at home and as they come off that loss, I believe Baylor will be a bit easier task as it was a good prep for them. Remember, Baylor lost to Texas Tech on the road who is a team outside the top 100 and Iowa State is within the top 100. Iowa State has faced Kansas State, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma all at home. They lost all these games against these top teams, but the other two games they had at home were against Nebraska and Colorado at home in conference play and they easily took care of them. Look for the Cyclones to be pumped for this game as undoubtedly it will be a packed crowd once again as I believe we are likely to win this game Outright. The Baylor Bears are 0-8 ATS over their last 8 contests against the Big12 and the Cyclones are 8-2 ATS against teams with a road winning % of less than 40% at home.