Today

Miami -2.5 V Boston
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The heat are a team that plays their entire game off of a drive based offense. they continually slash cut to the hoop and create isolations for Lebron and Wade to go one on one, clear-outs , pick and rolls, and 1-4 sets. This is usually combatted by on the ball defense and good interior presence, something that Boston Usually has. But with no Shaq or Erden, today we will have K. Perkins Shouldering the load of the starting, and also many of the normal bench minutes. Big baby, although he is an excellent Power forward, has no leaping ability to block shots and definitely will not be able to fill the void left by the two centers. Not to mention, Daniels, one of bostons best perimeter defenders and the first guy off the bench at the 2 and 3 spot, is also out for an indeterminate amount of time. I think the celtics get slapped honestly.


Orlando -1.5
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Orlando needs a big win here, I think that Howard Plays out of his mind and the Magic win by 3 due to their much quicker point guards, expect foul trouble for Bynum Early. J richardson has guarded kobe many times having played on the suns, I believe he is up to the job today although not known for his D.





NCAA BB
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Marquette +5.5 V Georgetown

Georgetown has not seen MArquette yet this season and they are about to find out what all the hype is about. This is a decidedly bigger game for Marquette than it is for georgetown (although important conference game for both) MArquette is still fighting to be included in the NCAA tourney as the big east gets more and more competitive.... GT had a tough time with providence who is also a high scoring, shooter based team

Marquette/ GT over 146
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very high over under, marquette has a good bench to keep scoring up and Georgetown although an under squad adapts to the game that its opponent plays.