Andre Gomes NBA
513 LAL -2.5 (-110) Bookmaker.com vs 514 HOU Analysis:
I understand that the Lakers are in a tough spot tonight, as they will play the second game of a back to back series and last night theyƒ battled with the Thunder in a tough game that went to overtime. Kobe Bryant played 46 minutes, Bynum 49 minutes, Artest 47 minutes, Odom 43 minutes and so, the Lakers are primed for a letdown and will be blown out by the Rockets, right?! Not so fast… Actually this is a spot that the Lakers battled pretty well in the past, as for example last season they were 8-2 ATS & SU when playing back to back games on the road and we have in my opinion a pretty underrated Lakers team in this contest.
The Rockets are a nice surprise in this beginning of the season, as they are 3-1 and they are coming for this contest with three consecutive quality wins against the Warriors, the Blazers and the Jazz (on the road) and they have the taste of revenge in their minds tonight, as they were eliminated from the Lakers in last season's postseason. However, despite playing well, there are some edges that points for a huge mismatch favoring the Lakers in tonight's contest.
First of all, the success of the Rockets in their last games is due to their unbelievable hot shooting behind the arc. Do you know that they shot 12-26 from the 3pts line against the Warriors – a torrid 46.2% clip! Then against the Blazers at home, they connected 12-24 behind the arc – an amazing 50% clip and finally in their last game in Utah against the Jazz they shot 10-19 – an even better mark of 52.6%! Wow! The pertinent question in here is: can they repeat similar numbers tonight? In normal conditions, I would say that is tough to have such awesome numbers in every game, but when one team faces the Lakers, then obviously I can’t expect these kinds of numbers to happen. I remember that the Lakers have Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest and we are talking about two terrific perimeter defenders! After all, it isn’t a big surprise for me that the Lakers are already ranked as the third best team in the league in defending 3pts shots with a 28% clip allowed, so in my opinion the Rockets won’t have such outrageous numbers in this department tonight.
If the perimeter game doesn’t work, then the Rockets are done because without Yao Ming, the Rockets don’t have any reliable option down the paint. Chuck Hayes, Luis Scola and Carl Landry form a pretty undersized Rockets frontcourt unit and despite offering hustle and hard work, they won’t be able to match the size of the Lakers frontcourt. Andrew Bynum is playing well lately and he will have a huge size advantage in this contest.
The bad spot for the Lakers in this contest doesn’t justify such a short spread in here. Last night they had a rough game against the Thunder in which they committed 26 turnovers, but I expect them to be more focused tonight, as the Rockets demand other kind of attention. My fair line for this contest is the Lakers to be favored by 2 full possessions and that’s why I’m taking the Lakers tonight.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 513 Los Angeles Lakers (-2.5)
502 TOR -8.5 (-110) BetUS vs 501 DET Analysis:
The Pistons defeated last night the Magic at home in a huge upset win and now they will play a back to back game at Toronto against the Raptors. I was curious about the line for this game because in my opinion the Pistons will receive some love due to the public perception because after such amazing win last night, where they defeated the undefeated Magic, even without Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince.
However I don’t think that the Pistons have enough fuel on their tanks for this contest. Note that since Hamilton is out, the Pistons are showing a terrible ball movement. In fact in their last three games, they were able to have 37 assists and… 45 turnovers! In their last game, they dished only 8 assists in 48 minutes of action in a clear sign of lack of a good offensive game. To make things even worse, the Pistons don’t have any real threat in the frontcourt as Ben Wallace, Villanueva or Kwame Brown aren’t surely known for their post up abilities, so the Pistons will be too dependent on their perimeter game for tonight.
Last night Rodney Stuckey, Ben Gordon and Will Bynum combined 63 of the team's 85 points - we are talking about of almost 75% of the Pistons points in just 3 backcourt players! There isn’t any balance on this team offensively and they really need these three players to perform very well, i‚n order to be competitive. The problem is that last night’s game was a brutal physical contest, as the Pistons went 38 times to the charity stripe and both Gordon and Stuckey played more than 40 minutes each, so this is a huge letdown spot for them.
The Raptors had a nice season debut by defeating the Cavaliers at home, but since then they have lost consecutive games against the Grizzlies and the Magic by showing a horrible defense in both contests. In both contests they displayed a nice rhythm offensively, but their defense was non existent. Against the Grizzlies, they allowed 52 points in the paint and last Sunday, the Magic shot 17-32 behind the arc and I expect a focused team on the defensive end tonight. Like I said, the Pistons are a pretty one dimensional team and it won’t be hard for the Raptors to shut them down tonight.
We are dealing with a healthy and hungry team who will face a physically challenged team who is playing terrible on the offense without Hamilton and Prince. My fair line for this contest is the Raptors to receive a complete blowout line and having the chance to get single digits numbers in this contest is great for us, so take Toronto in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 502 Toronto Raptors (-8,5)
19 MEM / 520 GSW Over 224.0 Bookmaker.com
Analysis: NBA - 519 Memphis Grizzlies @ 520 Golden State Warri‚ors
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 519/520 Over 224
513 LAL -2.5 (-110) Bookmaker.com vs 514 HOU Analysis:
I understand that the Lakers are in a tough spot tonight, as they will play the second game of a back to back series and last night theyƒ battled with the Thunder in a tough game that went to overtime. Kobe Bryant played 46 minutes, Bynum 49 minutes, Artest 47 minutes, Odom 43 minutes and so, the Lakers are primed for a letdown and will be blown out by the Rockets, right?! Not so fast… Actually this is a spot that the Lakers battled pretty well in the past, as for example last season they were 8-2 ATS & SU when playing back to back games on the road and we have in my opinion a pretty underrated Lakers team in this contest.
The Rockets are a nice surprise in this beginning of the season, as they are 3-1 and they are coming for this contest with three consecutive quality wins against the Warriors, the Blazers and the Jazz (on the road) and they have the taste of revenge in their minds tonight, as they were eliminated from the Lakers in last season's postseason. However, despite playing well, there are some edges that points for a huge mismatch favoring the Lakers in tonight's contest.
First of all, the success of the Rockets in their last games is due to their unbelievable hot shooting behind the arc. Do you know that they shot 12-26 from the 3pts line against the Warriors – a torrid 46.2% clip! Then against the Blazers at home, they connected 12-24 behind the arc – an amazing 50% clip and finally in their last game in Utah against the Jazz they shot 10-19 – an even better mark of 52.6%! Wow! The pertinent question in here is: can they repeat similar numbers tonight? In normal conditions, I would say that is tough to have such awesome numbers in every game, but when one team faces the Lakers, then obviously I can’t expect these kinds of numbers to happen. I remember that the Lakers have Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest and we are talking about two terrific perimeter defenders! After all, it isn’t a big surprise for me that the Lakers are already ranked as the third best team in the league in defending 3pts shots with a 28% clip allowed, so in my opinion the Rockets won’t have such outrageous numbers in this department tonight.
If the perimeter game doesn’t work, then the Rockets are done because without Yao Ming, the Rockets don’t have any reliable option down the paint. Chuck Hayes, Luis Scola and Carl Landry form a pretty undersized Rockets frontcourt unit and despite offering hustle and hard work, they won’t be able to match the size of the Lakers frontcourt. Andrew Bynum is playing well lately and he will have a huge size advantage in this contest.
The bad spot for the Lakers in this contest doesn’t justify such a short spread in here. Last night they had a rough game against the Thunder in which they committed 26 turnovers, but I expect them to be more focused tonight, as the Rockets demand other kind of attention. My fair line for this contest is the Lakers to be favored by 2 full possessions and that’s why I’m taking the Lakers tonight.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 513 Los Angeles Lakers (-2.5)
502 TOR -8.5 (-110) BetUS vs 501 DET Analysis:
The Pistons defeated last night the Magic at home in a huge upset win and now they will play a back to back game at Toronto against the Raptors. I was curious about the line for this game because in my opinion the Pistons will receive some love due to the public perception because after such amazing win last night, where they defeated the undefeated Magic, even without Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince.
However I don’t think that the Pistons have enough fuel on their tanks for this contest. Note that since Hamilton is out, the Pistons are showing a terrible ball movement. In fact in their last three games, they were able to have 37 assists and… 45 turnovers! In their last game, they dished only 8 assists in 48 minutes of action in a clear sign of lack of a good offensive game. To make things even worse, the Pistons don’t have any real threat in the frontcourt as Ben Wallace, Villanueva or Kwame Brown aren’t surely known for their post up abilities, so the Pistons will be too dependent on their perimeter game for tonight.
Last night Rodney Stuckey, Ben Gordon and Will Bynum combined 63 of the team's 85 points - we are talking about of almost 75% of the Pistons points in just 3 backcourt players! There isn’t any balance on this team offensively and they really need these three players to perform very well, i‚n order to be competitive. The problem is that last night’s game was a brutal physical contest, as the Pistons went 38 times to the charity stripe and both Gordon and Stuckey played more than 40 minutes each, so this is a huge letdown spot for them.
The Raptors had a nice season debut by defeating the Cavaliers at home, but since then they have lost consecutive games against the Grizzlies and the Magic by showing a horrible defense in both contests. In both contests they displayed a nice rhythm offensively, but their defense was non existent. Against the Grizzlies, they allowed 52 points in the paint and last Sunday, the Magic shot 17-32 behind the arc and I expect a focused team on the defensive end tonight. Like I said, the Pistons are a pretty one dimensional team and it won’t be hard for the Raptors to shut them down tonight.
We are dealing with a healthy and hungry team who will face a physically challenged team who is playing terrible on the offense without Hamilton and Prince. My fair line for this contest is the Raptors to receive a complete blowout line and having the chance to get single digits numbers in this contest is great for us, so take Toronto in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 502 Toronto Raptors (-8,5)
19 MEM / 520 GSW Over 224.0 Bookmaker.com
Analysis: NBA - 519 Memphis Grizzlies @ 520 Golden State Warri‚ors
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 519/520 Over 224
