NBA Tuesday

[TazaD]

Charlotte v. Clippers under 198 First meeting in LA was 99-93, but that was in double OT. 79-79 in regualtion!! Clippers shot 47.4% that day, Charlotte only 37.8%, but 7-13 3's. LAC av. only 92.6 ppg on the road, and before the defensive disaster that is Atlanta, LAC had not topped 85 in the first 4 road games on this trip. Charlotte have been scoring, but home games v. Orlando, Phoenix and Toronto have inflated this total, imo. Charlotte are 2-7 under after 3 straight overs this season and Clippers 3-10 under after scoring 105+ points...so expecting a scoring let down fom both teams here. NO -2 League: 2-8 (Av. loss 4.4) home 4- dog, any rest off 15+ ats loss as home 4- dog. [Atl] (0-2 season, inc. NY @ Atlanta) Not much to say really...The Hawks have lost 12 straight and 25 of their last 26!!! The end of the season simply can't come quick enough. NO are 24-12 ats away this season, winning 3 of their last 5 SU @ Houston, Memphis and Chicago....They are also 18-9 v. <.500 teams. Atlanta are 13-22 v. <.500 teams and 1-9 SU v. teams scoring <91 ppg. Sacramento -4.5 League: 24-15-2 (Av. win 8.4) home fav, 1 day off 10+ ats loss as home 4- fav, if opp off 10- ats loss. [sac] 8-2-1 (Av. win 11.3) if total 200+ League: 1-17 SU! (5-13ats this no...Av. loss 9.7) away dog, 1 day off 10- ats loss as away 4- dog, if opp off 10+ ats loss. [seattle] The Kings are 10-2 after a 10+ ats loss this season. Seattle have scored 76, 89 and 92 in their last 3 as the loss of Lewis and Radmanovic is really hurting. Sac av. 105.4 ppg in their last 5, and although their defense is not the best, they should have too much firepower for the struggling Sonics. Dallas -11 League: 1-8 (0-8-1 this no...Av. loss 21.4!) away 10+ dog, 2 days off any SU win as away 5+ dog. [Orl] League: 6-1 (Av. win 20.3) home 10+ fav, any rest off 20+ ats loss as away 4- fav. [Dallas] Dallas 8-0 after a 10+ loss, and 5-1 after scoring <85 this season. Orlando 2-9 off an upset win. Nelson still out and Hill ?? Hard to see them getting close to Dallas in this game. Also a couple of team trends that are in play..... Washington -1 Boston: 0-11 (Av. loss 10.1) after a loss in which Pierce played 40+ minutes, if less than 2 days rest. (Since 14/1/2004)...[Played 43 minutes v. Philli] Theory here seems to be that if he played big minutes in a loss, it was a close, hard fought, draining game, and he finds it hard to come up again for the next game. Also adding to this game, Walker is very unlikely to play, and Boston themselves are worried how their bench will respond with Blount as a starter. Golden State -1.5 Golden State: 8-0 (Av. win 14.6!) home fav, playing with revenge if Richardson was not their high scorer in that game. (Since 4/3/2003) [Houston won 97-94 @ GS March 14, Richardson 13 points, 4th highest scorer.] ....Also interesting to note that Fisher and Davis combined for 2-22 in this game!!

[krmotkowicz]

Re: NBA Tuesday I think that today's bankers are Seattle and Phoenix. High stakes