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100* Play Cleveland (-6.5) over San Antonio (NBA)
Cleveland is 12-1 ATS coming off a road loss this season
Cleveland is 15-6 ATS when playing their 3rd game in 4 days
Cleveland is 24-13 ATS when playing as a home favorite this season
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Other Hoops & Hockey Plays
50* Play Portland (+4) over Houston (NBA)
30* Play Washington (-260) over Atlanta (NHL)
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Daily Premium Hoops & Hockey Winners for Sunday
NBA Basketball
100* Play Cleveland (-6.5) over San Antonio (NBA)
Cleveland is 12-1 ATS coming off a road loss this season
Cleveland is 15-6 ATS when playing their 3rd game in 4 days
Cleveland is 24-13 ATS when playing as a home favorite this season
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Other Hoops & Hockey Plays
50* Play Portland (+4) over Houston (NBA)
30* Play Washington (-260) over Atlanta (NHL)
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Craig Davis
Sunday's Lineup
30 Dime ---- NETS
15 Dime ---- THUNDER
NEW JERSEY NETS --- Philly might be 24-15 at home, but they’re just 16-20 on the road and they are coming in off the game of their life Saturday… which secured Philly a playoff spot. They trailed Detroit nearly the entire game, which forced HC Tony DiLeo’s hand. He did something he doesn’t like doing, but he told the media after the game he had no choice.
DiLeo kept Andre Iguodala and Andre Miller on the floor the entire second half. No breaks. That rarely happens in the NBA, but coach DiLeo said he figured this was the game “they had to win” in order to lock up the playoff spot. The rest will take care of itself.
So how can the Sixers, a below .500 team on the road, be expected to get back up to that emotion level for this game against lowly New Jersey… a team that has a 2% chance of making the playoffs? How much “legs” will the Sixers have after that intensive, come-from-behind win in the final minutes against Detroit? The answer… very little.
New Jersey might not be playing their best basketball right now, but they do appear to be relatively healthy and they have taken their first two meetings with Philly, albeit they’ve each been decided by two points. Both Philly (on the road) and New Jersey (at home) allow 100 PPG, so don’t be surprised to see this game very close in the first half. However, when all is said and done and the smoke clears, New Jersey will have fresh legs in the fourth quarter while Philly is expected to wear down.
Sixers are just 1-5 ATS in their last six when playing on no games rest while the Nets are 4-1-1 ATS in their last six home games vs. teams with a SU losing road record. Nets are still fighting for whatever miniscule chance they have at the post-season and will give everything they’ve got to gather the SU win. Take the Nets as your top play winner.
OKC THUNDER --- First things first. Indiana is a pitiful road team (10-29). The Pacers have dropped 15 of their last 19 games away from Conseco Fieldhouse and many of those games weren’t even close. For whatever reason, some teams simply can’t win on the road… Indiana is a prime example.
Secondly, the Pacers are not likely to make the playoffs unless they catch fire, win all their remaining games, and hope about four other teams fall completely apart. Is it possible the Pacers make the playoffs? Sure. Is it probable? Not likely. I have a feeling, though I can’t prove it, that Indiana players have finally come to the realization they aren’t going to make the playoffs, no matter what their chances are.
OKC has been a trainwreck recently… I understand that. They’ve dropped four of five and six of their last eight. But I’ve also seen them live, in action, six times this year and I know what they’re fully capable of at home. I watched them beat a very good San Antonio team a few nights ago and despite some of their recent struggles, I still believe this team is on the way to being very good next season.
The nucleus of this team, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook have played better (together) than many thought, and against teams that don’t play defense (allowing over 100 PPG), the Thunder play much, much better. As much as I like Danny Granger, I like Durant, Green and Westy even better.
Thunder wins this game at home in front of a lively Sunday night crowd.
BOUGHT,PAID AND CNFIRMED------------------GL GUYS
Sunday's Lineup
30 Dime ---- NETS
15 Dime ---- THUNDER
NEW JERSEY NETS --- Philly might be 24-15 at home, but they’re just 16-20 on the road and they are coming in off the game of their life Saturday… which secured Philly a playoff spot. They trailed Detroit nearly the entire game, which forced HC Tony DiLeo’s hand. He did something he doesn’t like doing, but he told the media after the game he had no choice.
DiLeo kept Andre Iguodala and Andre Miller on the floor the entire second half. No breaks. That rarely happens in the NBA, but coach DiLeo said he figured this was the game “they had to win” in order to lock up the playoff spot. The rest will take care of itself.
So how can the Sixers, a below .500 team on the road, be expected to get back up to that emotion level for this game against lowly New Jersey… a team that has a 2% chance of making the playoffs? How much “legs” will the Sixers have after that intensive, come-from-behind win in the final minutes against Detroit? The answer… very little.
New Jersey might not be playing their best basketball right now, but they do appear to be relatively healthy and they have taken their first two meetings with Philly, albeit they’ve each been decided by two points. Both Philly (on the road) and New Jersey (at home) allow 100 PPG, so don’t be surprised to see this game very close in the first half. However, when all is said and done and the smoke clears, New Jersey will have fresh legs in the fourth quarter while Philly is expected to wear down.
Sixers are just 1-5 ATS in their last six when playing on no games rest while the Nets are 4-1-1 ATS in their last six home games vs. teams with a SU losing road record. Nets are still fighting for whatever miniscule chance they have at the post-season and will give everything they’ve got to gather the SU win. Take the Nets as your top play winner.
OKC THUNDER --- First things first. Indiana is a pitiful road team (10-29). The Pacers have dropped 15 of their last 19 games away from Conseco Fieldhouse and many of those games weren’t even close. For whatever reason, some teams simply can’t win on the road… Indiana is a prime example.
Secondly, the Pacers are not likely to make the playoffs unless they catch fire, win all their remaining games, and hope about four other teams fall completely apart. Is it possible the Pacers make the playoffs? Sure. Is it probable? Not likely. I have a feeling, though I can’t prove it, that Indiana players have finally come to the realization they aren’t going to make the playoffs, no matter what their chances are.
OKC has been a trainwreck recently… I understand that. They’ve dropped four of five and six of their last eight. But I’ve also seen them live, in action, six times this year and I know what they’re fully capable of at home. I watched them beat a very good San Antonio team a few nights ago and despite some of their recent struggles, I still believe this team is on the way to being very good next season.
The nucleus of this team, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook have played better (together) than many thought, and against teams that don’t play defense (allowing over 100 PPG), the Thunder play much, much better. As much as I like Danny Granger, I like Durant, Green and Westy even better.
Thunder wins this game at home in front of a lively Sunday night crowd.
BOUGHT,PAID AND CNFIRMED------------------GL GUYS
