NBA Sunday

NBA Sunday 2 Favorites I like the situational matchups here today: [B]Celtics-6 1H Celtics 12 Game[/B] 2 teams going in different directions here. Celtics trying to put it together in their playoff seeding push and get some momentum going into the playoffs. Celtics on 3 game win streak since the debacle of a loss at home to the Nets about 9 days ago. This team is starting to get healthy and cohesive winning their last home game by 24 vs Charlotte and then defeating the 76's by 10 on the road. Wiz are really beginning to crumble after what was a little mini spark after the trade with Dallas. Josh Howard has been lost for the season with a knee injury. The Wiz are coming off a terrible home and home with Milwaukee losing by 13 and then 28. I watched most of those two games and this Wiz team is really tanking. Foye a small armed PG will have issues with the long Rondo and a team of perennial losers (Thornton/McGee/Miller/Foye) are basically thrown together and asked to play out the string as the Wizards await the summer and what will happen in the draft and with Gilbert. [B]OKC-1.5 1H OKC-3.5 Game[/B] Here we have two teams that are both playing pretty good basketball. Sac has won 3 of their last 5 and the addition of Carl Landry coupled with the retrieve of some players that had been injured or out of shape (Garcia & May) have made the Kings competitive of late. This is just a really tough spot for Sac. Sac coming off a 3 game road trip (somewhat like the texas tango) but instead of playing the Spurs they played this very Thunder team... Sac played 3 games @ OKC, @ Hou, @ Dal and had a realistic chance of winning all of the 3. All 3 were played to the tilt all the way down to the wire....especially this last defeat at Dallas. Now they have to travel back to California where OKC is already waiting for them and must find the energy to battle again. At glance these are the games that stand out as "wow Sacramento is playing close games lately on the road and this is a revenge spot vs OKC, I bet Sac beats their ass at home".... However what goes unnoticed is the magnitude of 3 straight close losses to a young team who now must travel back home across 2 time zones and play a team that is not only better than them but also more rested and just as young. I look for an exhausted Sac team to get wittled down today. Good Luck

I like the 1st half Celts play- is 6 1/2 ok? I'm assuming it is, thanks.

[QUOTE=Redskins;18250]I like the 1st half Celts play- is 6 1/2 ok? I'm assuming it is, thanks.[/QUOTE] There are a TON of books at -6. Surprised you have to take -6.5 With that said.... I'm sure hoping it doesn't make the difference in a win. :)

BoDog has 6.5 and BetJam has 6.5 reduced, like you said, hopefully it won't matter.

[QUOTE=Redskins;18254]BoDog has 6.5 and BetJam has 6.5 reduced, like you said, hopefully it won't matter.[/QUOTE] Pinny/5 Dimes and 6 offscreens all have a flat 6 -105. It shouldn't be a problem.

Guess it depends on the outs you have. Gives me some ideas.

Well it least the 6 vs 6.5 1H didn't matter... Wow what a pathetic showing by the C's. Sorry guys.... NBA was going well and the bottom seems to have dropped out the last few days. burg

Celtics will likely wake up and smash this gutless pig in the 2nd half.

[QUOTE=tinfw17;18269]Celtics will likely wake up and smash this gutless pig in the 2nd half.[/QUOTE] I'm going down with the ship. Celtics-10.5 2H @ +100 (Pinny)

Chopped it up and lost a unit on 2H Celtics. Really surprised here but after watching entire Wiz/Celts you gotta wonder if the C's even get out of 1st round. They really had trouble with the lateral movement of the young Wiz. Any team with length is gonna give them problems as the C's can't seem to finish at the rim any longer. We move on.