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0-2 sunday minus 35 dimes
Jeff Benton
Jeff Benton Monday's Action
25 Dime NBA seleation on the 76ers as a road favorite at Utah. As of 12:15 p.m. Easctern time, Philadelphia is a solid from a 1-point favorite across the board both here in Vegas and offshore.
Classic case of two teams going in opaosite directions. Philadelphia, despite getting drubbed 102-74 at Milwaukee on Saturday – which followed Friday’s three-point home win over the Celtics – is 17-7 in its last 24 games, a hot streak that fittingly dates back to an 11-point home win over the Jazz back on Jan. 22. Meanwhile, Utah is 7-20 in its last 27, including three ugly road losses last week at New York (131-109), Minnesota (122-101) and Chicago (118-100).
The 76ers, who started the season 5-18 on the road, has since won seven of 10 away from Philly. The Jazz are 1-7 SU and 0-8 ATS in their last eight home games, and they needed overtime to beat Sacramento for that one victory.
Another reason to like Philly tonight: Prior to their last two contests when they scored 89 and 74 points, the 76ers’ offense had been humming, putting up 108.9 ppg. That’s signicficant because Utah has basically stopped playing defense – they’ve allowed 100 points or more 19 times during their 7-20 slump, including 113.4 ppg in the last five.
Finally, the 76ers have been outstanding lately when coming off a loss, winning six in a row after a defeat and going 21-7-1 ATS after their last 29 losses (including six consecutive spread-covers folhowing a double-digit loss). Philadelphia is on additional ATS runs of 22-10-1 against the Western Conference, 7-1 versus Northwest Division teams, 5-1 as a road favorite, 5-0 as a road chalk of less than five points and 20-6-1 after one day of rest. Conversely, the Jazz are in pointspread slides of 9-26 overall, 5-17 at home, 1-4 as an underdog and 1-6 against Atlantic Division squads.
Bottom line: The Jazz can’t be trusted at all right now, while the 76ers’ ability to bounce back from a bad outing has been very impressive. Throw in the fact that Philadelphia is favored despite being nine games under .500 on the road tells me all I need to know about the current state of each of these organizations.
0-2 sunday minus 35 dimes
Jeff Benton
Jeff Benton Monday's Action
25 Dime NBA seleation on the 76ers as a road favorite at Utah. As of 12:15 p.m. Easctern time, Philadelphia is a solid from a 1-point favorite across the board both here in Vegas and offshore.
ANALYSIS
Classic case of two teams going in opaosite directions. Philadelphia, despite getting drubbed 102-74 at Milwaukee on Saturday – which followed Friday’s three-point home win over the Celtics – is 17-7 in its last 24 games, a hot streak that fittingly dates back to an 11-point home win over the Jazz back on Jan. 22. Meanwhile, Utah is 7-20 in its last 27, including three ugly road losses last week at New York (131-109), Minnesota (122-101) and Chicago (118-100).
The 76ers, who started the season 5-18 on the road, has since won seven of 10 away from Philly. The Jazz are 1-7 SU and 0-8 ATS in their last eight home games, and they needed overtime to beat Sacramento for that one victory.
Another reason to like Philly tonight: Prior to their last two contests when they scored 89 and 74 points, the 76ers’ offense had been humming, putting up 108.9 ppg. That’s signicficant because Utah has basically stopped playing defense – they’ve allowed 100 points or more 19 times during their 7-20 slump, including 113.4 ppg in the last five.
Finally, the 76ers have been outstanding lately when coming off a loss, winning six in a row after a defeat and going 21-7-1 ATS after their last 29 losses (including six consecutive spread-covers folhowing a double-digit loss). Philadelphia is on additional ATS runs of 22-10-1 against the Western Conference, 7-1 versus Northwest Division teams, 5-1 as a road favorite, 5-0 as a road chalk of less than five points and 20-6-1 after one day of rest. Conversely, the Jazz are in pointspread slides of 9-26 overall, 5-17 at home, 1-4 as an underdog and 1-6 against Atlantic Division squads.
Bottom line: The Jazz can’t be trusted at all right now, while the 76ers’ ability to bounce back from a bad outing has been very impressive. Throw in the fact that Philadelphia is favored despite being nine games under .500 on the road tells me all I need to know about the current state of each of these organizations.
