TGIF Plays

[JEFF]

YTD:6-2, +2.1 units

Sides:4-1
Totals:1-0
Halftimes:1-1

1*:3-0

2*:3-1

3*:0-0

4*:0-1

Top Play:

1.ORLANDO PICK, 3 units

--Like this one a lot. Magic look great in earlygoimg with Hill finally healthy. Question is, can he last the season? Well, at least we know he'll play today.

--Minny doesn't have defenders to guard T-Mac and Hill. The T Wolves are also banged up with Wally World, Joe Smith, Brandon and Lopez sidelined. Still not sure if Wally plays Friday. But I think the Magic are out to prove they are for real, and there is just a groundswell of excitement there.

--Minny may go to its patented zone, but the problem is Orlando has both the slashers and spot-up shooting big guys to beat the zone.

Hope this isn't rambling too much, but I know I always like to see a bit of reasoning for plays --> not that I have any prob with the guys here kciking ass who don't post reasons, it's all the same $$.

 

[JEFF]

Adding Sea - 2, 2 units

Seattle has won 12 straight in the series. GS should have the rebounding edge, but Fortson probably won't play, and the Warriors young team will probably suffer a letdown after beating the Spurs.


Indiana +7, 2 units
Juicy line, too many points. Indiana just resigned Artest and Bender Thursday. As mentioned by Nolan Dalla, Indiana has plenty of motivation here after the playoff seires last year.

From the Indy Star-News:


"The Pacers' game at New Jersey tonight revives memories of last season's dramatic playoff series between the two teams.

The top-seeded Nets won Game 5 in double-overtime after Reggie Miller hit a 40-footer at the end of regulation -- a split-second after the buzzer, it turned out -- and then converted a dunk at the end of the first overtime. New Jersey, however, outscored the Pacers 13-2 in the second overtime.

"We've all had it circled (on the calendar)," Pacers coach Isiah Thomas said. "Hopefully it will turn out to be one of the better rivalries in the NBA. Both teams are young and hopefully are going to be around for a while. Eventually there's going to be some bad blood between the two teams, and that's a good thing. Whenever you get to the point you start having rivalries, then you've made your mark in the league. Hopefully this will turn out to be one of the teams that doesn't like us."

Jermaine O'Neal, who played poorly in Games 2 and 3 after declaring he couldn't be stopped following a 30-point performance in Game 1, presented a calmer demeanor on Thursday.

"I know what I can do and they know what I can do," O'Neal said when asked if he thinks he has anything to prove tonight. "I'll just do whatever I can do to help us get the win. That's all that matters to me. It's all about my team winning."

Nets forward Kenyon Martin, who figures to guard O'Neal tonight, will no doubt be happy to hear that. "Just got to go out and play the game," Martin said. "No need to run your mouth.

"Go out and (talk) and you bring pressure on yourself. That's what he did. He's too good of a player to go out and run his mouth."

 

[superbook]

Jeff -- nice write-ups. Only concern I have about ORL is that the opening line was MN -1. It's common knowledge that the Wolves have a banged up team and are playing short-handed and that ORL is playing well...makes me wonder?

I like Thunder's Under 193 for this game.

 

[JEFF]

Superbook-

Although I keep an eye out for traps, it wouldn't be the first or last time I got sucked in by a line I liked a lot. But I think Orlando is better than people think, and it will take a few weeks for the lines to catch up with them.


Adding...


Knicks under 176.5
1 unit -No explanation necessary.

 

[no all]

nice record:thumb: and good luck today

 

[TIME TO MAKE $$$]

BOL Jeff

 

[MrChristo]

Good luck today, Jeff.

Seattle kinda scares me....Sure they own GS, but so did SA (who were in a bad spot, admittedly.)
Let's hope Seattle get up in a shoot-out