Nba 11/01
 

Im going to give NBA a try this season so I might as well get it started opening night...

Ive got one play for tonight...

SPURS/NUGGETS UNDER 188.5

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I'd go the other way
 

I hate to bet the under on any game featuring Van Exel, even if he's just coming off the bench.

Den/sa Under Lose

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It was a good thought in my mind. Denver has been pretty flaky the past two years in the beginning. And then you have the Spurs...

On the other hand, betting NBA sounds like a wish to be mugged. They play 80ish games... and they get bored and it depends on their mood each night. I just dont think its a betable sport.

I went 3-0 today. I had Dallas -2 and the Over (double OT gave the to me and a 1 point spread cover YES...and they were down 17 with 6min to go) and I had the Spurs at -9 who just covered also

I love the Heat -4.5 tomorrow in Memphis...... any other picks anyone?

I disagree I think NBA is the best bet

NFL: Very tough -- too many backdoor covers (like GB this week) and meaningless scores. In addition the people setting the line have an entire week to research etc and make sure its perfect, Bball there are tons of games and they are each day, so the time is not there to put that much effort as football.

MLB: You pretty much go on Pitching Comparisions when betting, so you are usually liking the favorite.....there are no lines, just odds and this works against you when you go 4-5 on a day and barely come out ahead bc of the ridiculous odds.

NFL is pretty hard to bet IMO...

NFL Im a losing bettor this yr while in college football Ive made a ton... in college its alot easier to find a juicy line, etc... While in the NFL anything can happen.

Im sure the NBA is bettable but just gotta know what your doing.

in the DEN/SA game, I thought they were going to play alot more defense... Ive never seen the spurs give up so many easy baskets and Denver will either score 100 or 70 so you just never know.

Todays plays...
 

Wizards (-2) vs Toronto Washington was one of the best teams in the east last year while the raptors were one of the worst. I see Arenas and the boys getting up for the season opener and win this game.

Atlanta (+13) vs Golden State Ive got 2 main reason for making this bet. 1st I believe Atlanta will want to come out and win this season opener after the death of Jason Collier and this kind of emotion has done alot for teams in the past. Also Jason Richardson of Golden State might miss this game and he is possible the warriors best players.

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Washington doesnt have Hughes, and whats Batman without Robin? I don't know if the hawks beat golden state by 13(if thats what that +13 means). Believe me, I live in ATL, so I watch them. I hope they win though, and by 13 would be nice.

+13 makes them the underdog, so they have to lose by less than 13 points. They should cover that.

Yes on one, maybe on the other
 

I can't pick Wizards/Raptors. Too close to call.

But I like Atlanta. 13 is a lot of points, and I don't think Golden State will be cohesive enough this early to break the game wide open.

Also, I'll go with my local Sonics at -6 over the Clippers. We got blown out by them in the opener last year, and will be looking to avoid that embarrassment again.

So far this year 1-0.

I plan on taking the hawks if and only if Richardson does not play. Atl has lost their last few season openers by 16 or more FYI though (If anyone has an update on Richardson please reply)

I am staying away from the other game -- but I like toronto actually -- they are a good home team and the Wizards are not close to the same team as last year

I like Miami and I am thinking about Indiana as well....

Nov 2 Warriors swingman Jason Richardson missed a second straight practice on Tuesday because of a sore left knee, leaving his status for Wednesday's opener against the Hawks is in question. "I'll play," Richardson told the Contra Costa Times. "I've worked too hard this offseason not to be able to help my teammates. I just have to take a couple of precautions." Warriors coach Mike Montgomery took at less aggressive approach, saying, "It will be a game-time decision. If he can't go or be effective, he can't play."

Regardless I think this injury will slow him down and bring down his minutes because they wont want to overuse him in the opening game of the season.

Wizards (-2) 99 Toronto 96 WIN

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thanks for the update

Hit Indiana so far, Heat game is close -- and Im thinkin of going with the Hawks tonight

See what happend in this game? They were by like 10 and now they are losing by like 20. never underestimate the SUCKINESS of the hawks.

Whoops
 

Got trounced tonight -- both my picks came up big losers. Glad this is theoretical betting for me. Year so far: 1-2.

Hawks blow...

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Ive got 1 pick for tonight...

PHO/LAL OVER 203

PHO has allowed over 100 pts in their last 10 games (even tho thats only Dallas and SA from the playoffs and the season opener) BUT this game should have no defense in it whatsoever. PHO can score 100+ on any team on any given night and I see them scoring 100 tonight vs a Lakers team that had to play a long game last night that went into overtime.

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WOW what a night i had on this game. I took the Suns and the Over parlayed, then I also took 2nd half action, Suns 4 and the over 103 BOOM.

Great call on the over also, it was nearly covered after 3.. and i didnt even think LA was comin from an OT game in high altitude Denver

Im happy for the couple of hundred I won here... my friend (the crazy sports bettor I speak about occassionally won.....5600 on this game alone (risking 2300 total) :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

He really does know NBA well tho, he won over 20,000 during NBA season last yr (although he dropped 90% of it during the baseball season right back)

I am tempted to get into this, but I think it will ruin the enjoyment I get out of the games.

nice picks Zybomb... I was tempted to put the suns and the over into a parlay as well but I try my hardest not to do parlays.

As you know from Zyboimb's post, this one is a winner.

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Nba 11/04
 

Okay Ive got 2 plays for tonight so far... I might add another play later on.

DET (-4) VS BOS I like this play alot because Boston isnt close to being as good as they were last year. They have lose both Payton and Walker to the Heat so Boston is stuck playing alot of younger guys vs a very veteran team of the Pistons. Boston wont come close to scoring 100 pts (or 114pts like they did vs NYK) in this game and DET should win this pretty easily.

SA (-7.5) vs CLEV SA struggled bad on defense vs the nuggets and they STILL were able to win that game by double digits so Im seeing the same thing tonight. The spurs defense will get back on track and keep the cavs from making all the 3 pt baskets like they had in their 1st game vs NO. LeBron will still score 20pts but will have a horrible night shooting with Bruce Bowen all over him.

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I like both of these games also. One other I like is the Nets 4 against the Raptors....with Vince Carter comin back to Toronto, I see the Nets performing well tonight

I also like Denver bouncing back from its 0-2 start, I just don't know about the 12.5 spread though....

Alright Ive added 1 more play for tonight...

GS/UTAH OVER 192.5

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Pistons blow as it takes all of the 48 minutes to beat a shitty at best celtics team by 1 pt...

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SA dominate the cavs as I expected.

I also called LeBron's game perfectly (20 pts), that has to be worth something.

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Zybomb, nice bet on the nets game... worked out for you. Did you end up betting the nuggets game? They are currently up 14 at half.

Yea I took the nuggets, nets, pistons and spurs tonight. Portland may possibly be the worst team in the league, im glad I wound up takin the Denver bet. I tought Carter was going to have a sicker game, but I got the W in the Nets anyway....damn Pistons screwed me though 3-1 tonight

OVER didnt cover...

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Ive got 2 NBA plays for today... I might add a 3rd play later on.

SA (-3) vs Dallas
I like the spurs to win this one because Dallas cannot play defense at all and will get dominated by the spurs defense. While the spurs are playing back to back games, they are fairly rested because last night they put Cleveland away by the end of the 3rd and none of their 5 starters played more than 28 minutes. Spurs defense will get the best of Dallas tonight.

CHAR (PK) vs Boston
Boston lose a very tough game last night vs Detroit, While Charlotte beat up on the sixers pretty good. Charlotte should be 2-0 but a 4th quarter meltdown vs the bulls kept that from happening. Charlotte has been playing very well and this will continue tonight as they beat Boston at home.

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1-1... spurs lose and Charlotte won in OT.

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Ive got 2 plays for tonight...

NYK (-4) vs GS
Baron Davis is Day to Day with a hamstring injury and the warriors didnt look like a very good team without him. Also Larry Brown is 0-2 and will have his team prepared for this game. So I like the knicks at home beating golden state by aleast 6 points.

DEN/LAL UNDER 205.5
Im not doing very well on the U/O this year so you could prolly fade me here and make some easy money. I like this under because when these teams played the 1st time this season the score was 99-97 AFTER OT. I see this same kind of game with the score being in the 90s but I dont see either team breaking 100 pts.

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Knicks suck...

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PS: Just fade me lol.

Lal/den Under Won

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Ive got 1 play for tonights games...

DET/SAC UNDER 190

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Pistons 102-SAC 88

TIED

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Ive got 2 plays for tonight...

MINN (-6) vs LAL

NYK (-2) vs Portland
Larry Brown is due for a win and tonight is the night vs a shitty trailblazer's team.

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Only pick tonight, Im going with the Pistons in a virtual Pick Em on the road

went 1-1...

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Alright I have 2 plays for tonight...

TOR (+4) vs UTAH
Toronto is 0-4 but I feel like they can win this one outright... Utah is a very slow and boring team so this game will be close the whole way with Toronto possibly winning outright.

CLEV (-6.5) vs MEM
I like the cavs at home tonight.

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Ive taken Washington -5 at Home so far.... I may be interested in some action on the Kings -2 at home also, depsite their poor record....Im not sure yet

1-1 again...

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Wizards scored 137 pts... thats amazing.

Your on fire this year so far Zybomb... your record so far has to be over 60%

SAC is going to cover also if you took it... up by 13 with 7 mins left, unless the nuggets pull a miracle out of their ass.

Wound up taken Sac. and they covered (I got them at 3.5 tho not 2...but it still worked out) went 2-0 tonight I knew Washington would dominate especially at home, especially against Seattle who had gotten BLOWN OUT 2x in a row already, and who was without a key player.

Got lucky with Detroit also tonight was gunna take them at 6 (was gunna buy 2 points get it down to 4) but then it went up to 7.5 and I was like man thats too serious forget it....I almost took the Blazers but decided to leave the game alone

Ive got 1 play for tonight so far... might add one more, havent decided yet.

MIL/IND UNDER 206.5

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Mil 103 Ind 102.... Whew!!

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Ive got one play for today so far...

Cleveland/Orlando Over 181

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CLEV 108 ORL 100

Needed overtime for this one to cover but we will take a win anyway we can..

NBA YTD 9-8-1... finally over .500 for the year.

Ive got one play for tonight...

GS (-5) vs Bulls
The bulls have been very shaky this season and last time these 2 teams meet the bulls barely won the game. I see GS wanting to win this one badly tonight at home to prove to their home fans that they are infact for real and no better way to show this than by beating a playoff team from last season.

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Warriors roll....

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