ANDRE GOMES
NBA - 703 Chicago Bulls @ 704 Cleveland Cavaliers
This contest is going to be a brutal physical game…
Both teams had relatively good spots lately to be involved in high scoring games… CHI has faced
PHI & LAL in L2 games and they were able to score +100 points in those two games (even though
last game vs. LAL went to OT), while CLE had the “luxury” to play vs. West. Teams in the L6
games – so basically all those games were fast paced contests in which CLE faced top offensive
teams and their defense isn’t good enough to stop them.
Tonight’s contest is going to be a typical half court battle b/c the first 3 h2h games were all slow
paced affairs and I really don’t expect anything different for today…
Just imagine the “frontcourt battle” between Deng + Thompson + Varejao vs. Butler + Gibson +
Noah…yes, a lot of hustle but not that many offensive skills to score down low.
This could be different @ backcourt b/c D.J. Augustin is shooting quite well in the last games
(although I don’t think he is capable of sustain this kind of production) while K. Irving will have a
notorious edge. CHI’s PG’s tonight (Augustin & Mike James).
However, both teams have a hard time to generate good outside shots so in this potential half
court pace, I expect this contest to be ugly game to watch and therefore, I’m taking the Under in
here!
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 703/704 Under 186.5 @ -110