Lakers @ Boston
Boston is a -3' favorite tonight, coming off two nice road wins. The Lakers have been playing some less than inspired ball against teams this season. This is the middle game of a 4 nite, 3 game road trip for them. Not a good spot for them.
Boston is in a classic "win and travel" spot. Not usually a good bet, to take a team who wins a game the night before, and travels for a game the following day. So........something has to give!
I have to give the edge to Boston, as they beat up the Lakers pretty well last season, and would like to carry that over to this year. The Lakers just seem too lack luster to get it done on the road.
I'll take Pierce and Walker over Koby in this one.
1 unit-----Boston -3' -110
Boston 90 Lakers 83
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Milwaukee @ Minnesota
Milwaukee still doesn't have me overly impressed. They did a number on the Nets last night, but they need to gel a little more to have me believing. They do hit their 3's, though, and continue to score points early.
Minnesota hasn't lost at home this year, and are playing decent defense. They also don't lose to the Bucks very often. Milwaukee is in the "win and travel" roll, here, and is also off of two straight wins. Although the Bucks can play some fast ball in the first half, I see the Wolves having a pretty easy go of it, overall. The Bucks treys won't be splashing down like they did last night, and the rebounding problems they have had will be evident against this team tonight.
1 unit-----Minnesota -5' -110
2 units-----under 187
Minnesota 90 Milwaukee 81
Boston is a -3' favorite tonight, coming off two nice road wins. The Lakers have been playing some less than inspired ball against teams this season. This is the middle game of a 4 nite, 3 game road trip for them. Not a good spot for them.
Boston is in a classic "win and travel" spot. Not usually a good bet, to take a team who wins a game the night before, and travels for a game the following day. So........something has to give!
I have to give the edge to Boston, as they beat up the Lakers pretty well last season, and would like to carry that over to this year. The Lakers just seem too lack luster to get it done on the road.
I'll take Pierce and Walker over Koby in this one.
1 unit-----Boston -3' -110
Boston 90 Lakers 83
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Milwaukee @ Minnesota
Milwaukee still doesn't have me overly impressed. They did a number on the Nets last night, but they need to gel a little more to have me believing. They do hit their 3's, though, and continue to score points early.
Minnesota hasn't lost at home this year, and are playing decent defense. They also don't lose to the Bucks very often. Milwaukee is in the "win and travel" roll, here, and is also off of two straight wins. Although the Bucks can play some fast ball in the first half, I see the Wolves having a pretty easy go of it, overall. The Bucks treys won't be splashing down like they did last night, and the rebounding problems they have had will be evident against this team tonight.
1 unit-----Minnesota -5' -110
2 units-----under 187
Minnesota 90 Milwaukee 81
