NBA FRIDAY JAN 6

Under 186.5 Hawks v CATS

The bobcats have no playmaker to really speak of aside from kemba walker. The hawks went into triple OT last night and it was the first and only time all year a team has scored 100 on them. The cats do not have the best defensive interior, but I also think the hawks will be allowed to shoot after their recent schedule..

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I think the hawks win 82-79 tonight in this slow ass game.


Indiana +6.5 V Boston
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Is this risky, well kinda. But here is the deal. The pacers have a ton of motivation in this game. They thought they were hot shit until the shit stomping they just got in miami. Now they play boston who fucked them up several times last year, and they do so with a much more dynamic front court.

Indiana could easily win this game if they can get out of the funk they were in last game, and they probably will bounce back tonight. Granger needs to step up, hibbert is a tough matchup for o neal, and I think indiana's guards can man up with ray and rondo..

Is ray ray playing?
either way.. I like indiana.


Under 191 New Orleans V Denver
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New orleans needs to hunker down and get a win here. The ONLY way they can do that is by slowing this game down. The success the nuggets have had is primarily due to their ability to have a very large lineup that can also shoot. NENE can play both the 4 and 5, but when the lineup has nene at the four and mozgov at the five the team has two very solid post players, almost like a high school prep team.

They can post on both sides and have excellent shooters such as fernandez, galinari and afflalo.

The key to beating this team is going to be a few things and I think the line is telling me they are likely to happen.

The Hornets need to possess the ball, thats obvious.
They also need to make sure their substitutions are spot on, what I mean by this is landry is a better matchup for harrington than he is for NeNe. So this is going to sacrifice some of the only consistent offense that the hornets get.
Kaman is going to have to matchup at times with Mozgov, and okeafor with nene, or vise versa, but if it all leads where I think its going, this game is going to be slightly under 190.

Both teams are playing their 4th game in 5 days, the hornets cannot shoot, and they are solid on D. The line is short so it looks as if it will be a bit closer than the average joe would think.