I was reading that Pick 'n' roll over at Covers has been a great fade in the NBA this season. According to another poster they have lost 19 of their last 23 and are 69-99 on the NBA season. They have a play tonight on the Indiana Pacers. The picks are free so it's no problem getting them. I think I might keep track of them for awhile and see how they do. They also have an NCAA Basketball play tonight on Texas but I have no idea how their picks are doing in college hoops this season.
Here is the write-up for both plays:
NBA
Indiana Pacers at Washington Wizards
The Pacers offense should pick back up where it left off before the All-Star Break. After all, almost every team has been lighting up the Wizards.
Indiana has thrived offensively under interim coach Frank Vogel. Since taking over, the team has gone 7-3 SU and 6-4 ATS and topped the 100 point mark in each game. And turning the Pacers around has been no small task. Indiana is just 26th in the league in field goal percentage (44.3 percent) but has risen to 13th in points per game (99.5) thanks to the streaking offense.
“It feels good,” center Roy Hibbert said. “It’s a team effort. What I like about this team is if we’re down, if we’re up, we stick together and find a way to win.”
And it’s not like the Wizards are going to be able to shut them down. On the season, Washington is 22nd in opponents points per game (103.1), 25th in opponents field goal percentage (47.1) and 29th in opponents three-point percentage (37.9). If somehow the Wizards do find a way to shutdown the Pacers, the team must still overcome some lineup issues.
Nick Young (17.6 ppg) is nursing a sore knee and is expect to play, but forwards Al Thornton (knee) and Rashard Lewis (finger) are questionable.
"We're hurt," Washington coach Flip Saunders said. "We had a lot of guys who were hurt. It was one of those things, the harder we tried, the harder we fell. It was like being in quicksand."
Pick: Indiana
NCAA
Iowa State Cyclones at Texas Longhorns (-17.5)
If there is one thing the Longhorns know how to do, it’s rebound from a loss. A pathetic effort in a three-point defeat at Nebraska should give the team plenty of motivation.
Texas has followed up a SU loss with a SU victory by an average of 27.3 points per game in its three earlier losses this year. The Longhorns also know how to bounce back from a mediocre effort - in consecutive lined games, the team is 3-0 ATS following an ATS loss.
"We don't want to let down, we gotta keep playing," Texas coach Rick Barnes said. "There's so much basketball left to play. We can never allow ourselves to get complacent. Basketball is such a game of habit. We're pushing, trying to get better. That's been the message from Day 1."
And the Cyclones might not have enough gas left in the tank to take down the Longhorns. Iowa State has dropped nine straight games and is a mere 2-7 ATS over that span.
Even worse, the team expects to again be without forward Jamie Vanderbeken. The native of Canada averages 11.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, but is doubtful against the Longhorns as he has missed the past two contests with a badly sprained ankle.
“They’ll be out to prove themselves all over again,” Iowa State guard Scott Christopherson said. “We’ll have to find a way to combat that, too.”
Pick: Texas
Pick 'n' roll website:
http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=224056