BKN +3.5 vs. NYK
NYC is in for a big weekend with tonight's match up in the Garden; followed by the Jets and Giants squaring off at Metlife on Sunday to decide once and for all which franchises truly own the Big Apple. Alright, so maybe that applies a little more in the NFL than the NBA since they play all the time, but either way the one thing we can all agree on is the NHL again dropped the ball (puck) by not scheduling the Rangers/Islanders to make this a three league effort. Oh well NHL, have fun fighting the MLS for that fourth spot in the pro league power rankings the rest of the season. Love grabbing the points here, Brooklyn is a surprisingly feisty team currently riding a 2 game win streak against a Knicks team that is equally hit or miss on any given night. Whenever you have a toss up game you have to take the points, especially when that game is a battle of New York supremacy and it features twin brothers (Robin and Brook Lopez) starting on opposite teams.
MIL +6.5 vs. DET
You know if given this many points in a game featuring two teams that are basically the same I am forced to take it. It's like when you give a dog a piece of meat; it doesn't matter if that dog just finished off a double steak bowl with extra guacamole from Chipotle, he's gonna eat the meat. The Bucks are way better on paper than they are on the floor, but they should be able to do enough to keep this game close against a very top heavy Detroit squad.
HOU +5.5 vs. DAL
If you take the records out of the equation here and based this squad on the talent each team has, Houston would be favored by at least 4 or 5 points. I just don't think Dallas has the legs to be able to grind out a victory here. I'll tell you how this game is going to go. Dallas comes out firing and opens up a huge lead in the first half, only for that horrible Houston offense of James Harden driving to the basketball and throwing his hands in the air leading to 30 free throws for him in the second half as they come back and win by 4 in the end. Its not going to be pretty, but it will get the job done, like a chicken burrito with no guac from Chipotle (we aren't even sponsored by Chipotle, I'm just really hungry).
CLE -4.5 vs. NOP
We switched our game up recently and started throwing one chalk pick in with our usual points grab just to balance things out and fluff up the overall record. Most nights, including yesterday, we end up going 3-1 which looks way better than the 2-1 that was the norm for the first few months of the season. Tonight the chalk pick is the NBA present against the NBA future; aka the match up between LeBron and Anthony Davis. And while they won't guard each other on the floor, you can bet their legacies will be measured against one another for the rest of eternity. The Cavs are coming off a game where LeBron turned the ball over 9 times and you know he won't let that happen again, especially against a weak back court like New Orleans. The Pelicans have gotten healthier lately with the return of Tyreke Evans, but they aren't close to being back to the team that snagged the 8th seed last season. Grab the points and watch LeBron do to Davis; what Kobe used to do the King, tell him "look here young blood, it ain't quite your time to run the league" maybe next year for the Brow
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