I'm going to play this one:
REASON FOR PICK: 7* PLAY UNDER 218.5 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. LA Lakers - 10:35 pm EST
This is one of those Total bets that you have to plug your nose to swallow as it’s not going to be a popular play. Take the UNDER in the Oklahoma City vs. LA Lakers game. The Lakers are first in the league in offensive efficiency and average 108 ppg and they’re 4th in the NBA in pace of play with 97 offensive possessions per game. Oklahoma City is 8th in the league in pace of play at 96.1 but they’re 27th in the league in offensive efficiency. Defensively it’s pretty much the same story as these two clubs are at the opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to defensive efficiency. The Lakers are 6th in the league while OKC is 25th. So why do we like the UNDER in this game. First off, our highly successful math-model which continues to prove itself projects a Total on this game of just 203 which is a full 15-points less than the number the oddsmakers have posted. The Lakers are coming off a brutal 6 game East Coast road trip which saw them finish up with TWO huge wins over the Celtics and Cavaliers. How motivated will they be tonight facing the Thunder AND they have the Jazz on deck. This number of 218 is simply too high as 19 of the Lakers 27 home games have resulted in less than 218 total points. The oddsmakers have posted Totals on Thunder games higher than tonight’s number of 218 just TWO times this season. Vegas had to set this number this high with the way these two team can play but the Lakers will dictate the tempo, rest starters for tomorrow night and keep this game from turning into a track meet. Easy call with the UNDER.
REASON FOR PICK: 7* PLAY UNDER 218.5 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. LA Lakers - 10:35 pm EST
This is one of those Total bets that you have to plug your nose to swallow as it’s not going to be a popular play. Take the UNDER in the Oklahoma City vs. LA Lakers game. The Lakers are first in the league in offensive efficiency and average 108 ppg and they’re 4th in the NBA in pace of play with 97 offensive possessions per game. Oklahoma City is 8th in the league in pace of play at 96.1 but they’re 27th in the league in offensive efficiency. Defensively it’s pretty much the same story as these two clubs are at the opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to defensive efficiency. The Lakers are 6th in the league while OKC is 25th. So why do we like the UNDER in this game. First off, our highly successful math-model which continues to prove itself projects a Total on this game of just 203 which is a full 15-points less than the number the oddsmakers have posted. The Lakers are coming off a brutal 6 game East Coast road trip which saw them finish up with TWO huge wins over the Celtics and Cavaliers. How motivated will they be tonight facing the Thunder AND they have the Jazz on deck. This number of 218 is simply too high as 19 of the Lakers 27 home games have resulted in less than 218 total points. The oddsmakers have posted Totals on Thunder games higher than tonight’s number of 218 just TWO times this season. Vegas had to set this number this high with the way these two team can play but the Lakers will dictate the tempo, rest starters for tomorrow night and keep this game from turning into a track meet. Easy call with the UNDER.
Toronto was a Terrible pick. The team scored 70 points in Memphis for God's Sakes. They might come back after I have just given them a reverse-jinx - but it's not worth "40 dimes" from my point of view.
I have no idea how much 300,000 is ^<<^I'm sure tomorrow he will release a 500,000*. After all, it's monopoly money.hno:
It wasn't a bad pick.. The fact that they scored 70 makes it a good pick if anything.. 6 game losing streak, if they had been winning they'd be dropping 6+ points, there was a ton of value here, nothing wrong with takin the discounted line..
Also nice reverse jinx!
But yeah I agree with you Lang and Gordon are jokes..
