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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 8:05 p.m. est.
Los Angeles Dodgers (25-19) at Chicago Cubs (21-24)
(L) Clayton Kershaw (4-2) vs. (R) Ryan Dempster (2-4)
Chicago Cubs are looking to win their fourth straight game tonight at Wrigley Field, while the LA Dodgers have won their last six games away from home and four of the last five clashes versus the Cubs.
Go with the hot Los Angeles Dodgers with Clayton Kershaw on the mound. The lefty has won his last three starts.
Los Angeles' lefthander Clayton Kershaw is 3-0 with a 0.81 ERA in his last three starts. Kershaw has never faced the Cubs. The Dodgers are 6-2 in Kershaw's last 8 starts.
Chicago's right-hander Ryan Dempster is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA in his last three starts and is 6-3 with a 2.52 ERA in 11 career starts against the Dodgers. The Cubs are 1-4 in Dempster's last 5 home starts, but went 4-1 in his last 5 starts against the Dodgers.
Los Angeles Dodgers -110
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 9:00 p.m. est.
Los Angeles Lakers (67-28) at Phoenix Suns (63-32)
Look for Amare Stoudemire and crew to step up their offense once more. Go with the Suns to even this series tonight in another high scoring battle at US Airways Center. The Home team is 8-1 ATS in the last 9 meetings. The total has gone 'over' in first 3 games of the series and 6 of the last 9 in Phoenix.
Phoenix Suns +1½
Over - 221
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 8:05 p.m. est.
Los Angeles Dodgers (25-19) at Chicago Cubs (21-24)
(L) Clayton Kershaw (4-2) vs. (R) Ryan Dempster (2-4)
Chicago Cubs are looking to win their fourth straight game tonight at Wrigley Field, while the LA Dodgers have won their last six games away from home and four of the last five clashes versus the Cubs.
Go with the hot Los Angeles Dodgers with Clayton Kershaw on the mound. The lefty has won his last three starts.
Los Angeles' lefthander Clayton Kershaw is 3-0 with a 0.81 ERA in his last three starts. Kershaw has never faced the Cubs. The Dodgers are 6-2 in Kershaw's last 8 starts.
Chicago's right-hander Ryan Dempster is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA in his last three starts and is 6-3 with a 2.52 ERA in 11 career starts against the Dodgers. The Cubs are 1-4 in Dempster's last 5 home starts, but went 4-1 in his last 5 starts against the Dodgers.
Los Angeles Dodgers -110
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 9:00 p.m. est.
Los Angeles Lakers (67-28) at Phoenix Suns (63-32)
Look for Amare Stoudemire and crew to step up their offense once more. Go with the Suns to even this series tonight in another high scoring battle at US Airways Center. The Home team is 8-1 ATS in the last 9 meetings. The total has gone 'over' in first 3 games of the series and 6 of the last 9 in Phoenix.
Phoenix Suns +1½
Over - 221
BOB BALFE
Tampa Bay Rays -112
The Redsox have not had much against the top teams in the AL East and the Rays have owned them in recent history. Tampa was on the road for most of those games, so they will be at even more of an advantage tonight at home. Both pitchers are excellent, but the home field advantage and the historical domination over the Red Sox will be the difference. Take Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay Rays -112
The Redsox have not had much against the top teams in the AL East and the Rays have owned them in recent history. Tampa was on the road for most of those games, so they will be at even more of an advantage tonight at home. Both pitchers are excellent, but the home field advantage and the historical domination over the Red Sox will be the difference. Take Tampa Bay.
Andre Gomes
Phoenix Mercury @ Tulsa Shock
177.5 points? You must be insane! Well, I'm not as according to my projected line we should be dealing with a 181/183 points line.
In my opinion this is not an inflated line, we are dealing with the two fastest paced teams in the league. Even though they play in different styles both teams want to score in transition and if you want a NBA analogy this would be a NBA Suns vs. Warriors' kind of game.
Tulsa struggled in the first two contests because they ran out of gas in the second halves. In both contests against Minnesota and San Antonio they were tied at the break but they couldn't keep the pace for the second half. The biggest reason for that was caused by their style of playing - which is physically brutal combined by a bad rotation of players from their coach. Bottom line, no WNBA player can play 30+ minutes in such frantic pace and down the stretch the Shock players were literally "dead tired".
However in the last game against Minnesota, the Shock pulled the upset and scored 94 points! Wow! Coach Nolan realized this: "no WNBA player can play 30+ minutes in such frantic pace" and so just look for the Shock' players minutes logged:
Alexis Hornbuckle 24:15
Chante Black 25:04
Kara Braxton 15:49
Scholanda Robinson 21:16
Shanna Crossley 16:04
Plenette Pierson 21:54
Shavonte Zellous 21:02
Amber Holt 20:13
Natasha Lacy 19:47
Amanda Thompson 11:26
Marion Jones 3:10
See coach that worked! Tulsa was able to play their very unique style by using a heavily rotation just to keep their players fresh during the game. They need badly to create turnovers and score in the paint to be effective on the offensive end and so far no team in the WNBA has more turnovers than the Mercury and/or have suffered more points in the paint than….the Mercury so I expect a strong offensive display from Tulsa tonight.
Meanwhile Phoenix is 1-1 to start the season and their offense is yet to explode. You can argue with me that the absence of Pondexter is a huge blow for them but remember that they played against Los Angeles and Seattle and these two teams for sure will be ranked in the top in defense when the season will be over. By trying to force turnovers, the Shock defense is forced to give space on the perimeter and the Mercury have plenty of good shooters on the team and this contest will be shootout game since the start.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on Over 177.5
Phoenix Mercury @ Tulsa Shock
177.5 points? You must be insane! Well, I'm not as according to my projected line we should be dealing with a 181/183 points line.
In my opinion this is not an inflated line, we are dealing with the two fastest paced teams in the league. Even though they play in different styles both teams want to score in transition and if you want a NBA analogy this would be a NBA Suns vs. Warriors' kind of game.
Tulsa struggled in the first two contests because they ran out of gas in the second halves. In both contests against Minnesota and San Antonio they were tied at the break but they couldn't keep the pace for the second half. The biggest reason for that was caused by their style of playing - which is physically brutal combined by a bad rotation of players from their coach. Bottom line, no WNBA player can play 30+ minutes in such frantic pace and down the stretch the Shock players were literally "dead tired".
However in the last game against Minnesota, the Shock pulled the upset and scored 94 points! Wow! Coach Nolan realized this: "no WNBA player can play 30+ minutes in such frantic pace" and so just look for the Shock' players minutes logged:
Alexis Hornbuckle 24:15
Chante Black 25:04
Kara Braxton 15:49
Scholanda Robinson 21:16
Shanna Crossley 16:04
Plenette Pierson 21:54
Shavonte Zellous 21:02
Amber Holt 20:13
Natasha Lacy 19:47
Amanda Thompson 11:26
Marion Jones 3:10
See coach that worked! Tulsa was able to play their very unique style by using a heavily rotation just to keep their players fresh during the game. They need badly to create turnovers and score in the paint to be effective on the offensive end and so far no team in the WNBA has more turnovers than the Mercury and/or have suffered more points in the paint than….the Mercury so I expect a strong offensive display from Tulsa tonight.
Meanwhile Phoenix is 1-1 to start the season and their offense is yet to explode. You can argue with me that the absence of Pondexter is a huge blow for them but remember that they played against Los Angeles and Seattle and these two teams for sure will be ranked in the top in defense when the season will be over. By trying to force turnovers, the Shock defense is forced to give space on the perimeter and the Mercury have plenty of good shooters on the team and this contest will be shootout game since the start.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on Over 177.5
