Andre Gomes
ATL -14 vs NJN
I like the Hawks in here to apply a major blowout to the lowly Nets without any kind of mercy. The Hawks are in a bad mood, as they are coming from 4 straight losses and naturally they will want to bounce back in here. In their last game, they were blown out by the Heat by 75-92 and unlike their first 3 consecutive losses, the Hawks didn't bring any kind of effort to the court.
This bodes well for us in here because after losing the game, the Hawks held a players-only meeting Tuesday, which followed a post-practice meeting led by coach Mike Woodson; "It was just guys talking about what we need to do," forward Marvin Williams said. "It was all positive, all positive things."
For today, we can expect the Hawks to approach this game with playoff intensiveness and that is way too much for the Nets! Last night the Nets delivered another pathetic performance against the Bucks in a pretty favorable spot for them. Now they have to travel to Atlanta and face the hungry Hawks in back to back nights!? I will remember some of the results of teams that went to Atlanta playing in back to back nights: Chicago 83-118, Denver 100-125, Miami 90-105, New Orleans 98-121 and Toronto 114-146. The only team that was able to beat the Hawks on the road in a back to back game was the Magic and we simply just can't compare Orlando to the Nets. New Jersey lost by 22 points last night against the Bucks and I expect a similar loss tonight in this contest as my projected line is the Hawks to win by 17/20 points. Take Atlanta in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 504 Atlanta Hawks (-14)
ATL -14 vs NJN
I like the Hawks in here to apply a major blowout to the lowly Nets without any kind of mercy. The Hawks are in a bad mood, as they are coming from 4 straight losses and naturally they will want to bounce back in here. In their last game, they were blown out by the Heat by 75-92 and unlike their first 3 consecutive losses, the Hawks didn't bring any kind of effort to the court.
This bodes well for us in here because after losing the game, the Hawks held a players-only meeting Tuesday, which followed a post-practice meeting led by coach Mike Woodson; "It was just guys talking about what we need to do," forward Marvin Williams said. "It was all positive, all positive things."
For today, we can expect the Hawks to approach this game with playoff intensiveness and that is way too much for the Nets! Last night the Nets delivered another pathetic performance against the Bucks in a pretty favorable spot for them. Now they have to travel to Atlanta and face the hungry Hawks in back to back nights!? I will remember some of the results of teams that went to Atlanta playing in back to back nights: Chicago 83-118, Denver 100-125, Miami 90-105, New Orleans 98-121 and Toronto 114-146. The only team that was able to beat the Hawks on the road in a back to back game was the Magic and we simply just can't compare Orlando to the Nets. New Jersey lost by 22 points last night against the Bucks and I expect a similar loss tonight in this contest as my projected line is the Hawks to win by 17/20 points. Take Atlanta in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 504 Atlanta Hawks (-14)
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