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money line
New Jersey Nets +4.5 1.952 2.700 OVER 188.0 1.980
Indiana Pacers -4.5 1.952 1.556 UNDER 188.0 1.926
Portland Trail Blazers +7.5 1.909 3.700 OVER 192.5 1.862
Boston Celtics -7.5 2.000 1.333 UNDER 192.5 2.060
Minnesota Timberwolves +8.0 1.909 4.100 OVER 185.0 1.909
Cleveland Cavaliers -8.0 2.000 1.294 UNDER 185.0 2.000
Washington Wizards +5.5 1.917 2.870 OVER 200.5 1.909
Detroit Pistons -5.5 1.990 1.483 UNDER 200.5 2.000
Dallas Mavericks -5.5 1.943 1.444 OVER 183.5 1.885
Memphis Grizzlies +5.5 1.962 3.050 UNDER 183.5 2.030
Chicago Bulls +8.0 1.952 4.200 OVER 181.5 1.926
San Antonio Spurs -8.0 1.952 1.286 UNDER 181.5 1.980
Utah Jazz +2.0 2.030 2.200 OVER 208.0 1.926
Seattle Supersonics -2.0 1.885 1.769 UNDER 208.0 1.980
Philadelphia 76ers +7.5 2.000 3.850 OVER 212.0 1.952
Phoenix Suns -7.5 1.909 1.317 UNDER 212.0 1.952
Toronto Raptors +8.5 1.917 4.100 OVER 206.0 1.980
Los Angeles Lakers -8.5 1.990 1.294 UNDER 206.0 1.926
New York Knicks N/A
Miami Heat Shaq questionable
odds from Pinnacle
away teams listed first
Washington Wizards- Detroit Pistons! This is big game, in Wizards Arenas and Jamison are in life form, they will score together over 70 points by other side Pistons are not in good form, so Wizards are going to win or maybe we can see a lot of points, over 200! it's seems that Ben Wallas is more than mising team from Detroit, it will be dificult season for them! Prince, Hamilton, Biilaps, Rashid Wallas and Ben, that was my favorite team, champions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
INJURIES
New Jersey Nets
Marcus Williams heel PG *QUESTIONABLE*
Richard Jefferson GF ankle OUT from 12 Nov RETURNS around 20 Nov
Eddie House G Knee OUT from start RETURNS Early Dec
Josh Boone F Shoulder OUT from start RETURNS Mid Dec
Indiana Pacers
none
Richard Jefferson is huge miss for Nets, Nets have no replacement, only Kidd and Carter plays more and someteimes it helps, sometimes not. RJ might be back in lineup next week although initial estimations where about one month out. Marcus Williams is backup PG, rookie is playing very solid resting Kidd. Normally he will be not miss but with RJ and House out, it's a miss if he can't go tonight, Nets backcourt will be down to Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Antoine Wright only. Eddie House is missed as he's supposed to be 6th man giving some depth to Nets. Quite contrary Boone is anonymous unimportant player.
Indiana still without injuries, that's strange. with all 15 players healthy, they even have problems which 12 players to dress for particular game, last few seasons full of injuries and suspensions they were lucky when they had 12 players ready to go.
Portland Trail Blazers
Brandon Roy G heel OUT from 12 Nov RETURNS Late Nov
Joel Przybilla C Abdominal OUT from 04 Nov RETURNS around 20 Nov
Raef LaFrentz FC Calf OUT from 03 Nov RETURNS around 20 Nov
Darius Miles SF Knee OUT from start OUT FOR SEASON
Boston Celtics
Theo Ratliff C back OUT from 12 Nov RETURNS ?
Al Jefferson PF appendectomy OUT from 08 Nov RETURNS Early Dec
Przybilla and Roy are starters but not key players, LaFrentz is rotation player. Three medium misses, rookie Roy is biggest one as Zylla is well replaced by another rookie LaMarcus Aldridge that recently came back after preseason injury and LaFrentz wouldn't have big minutes behind Zach Randolph anyway. Darius Miles is good player but nutcase so it's hard to say is he missed or team spirit is better without him.
Boston frontcourt duo is well replaced by youngsters Gomes and Perkins. Still it would be nicer Ratliff and Al are available for more flexibility in rotations. Misses, not big ones.
New York Knicks
Jerome James C Foot OUT from start RETURNS around 20 Nov
Jared Jeffries GF Wrist OUT from start RETURNS Early Dec
Miami Heat
Shaquille O'Neal Knee OUT from 14 Nov QUESTIONABLE
Jason Williams G Knee OUT from start QUESTIONABLE
Michael Doleac C Ankle OUT from start RETURNS soon
Jeffries is starting SF but Knicks are more than deep on that position, moreover Quentin Richardson is deputising him well. Jerome James is backup center, not important.
Shaq might return tonight, Heat defence is suffering without him. Jason Williams might return tonight, Heat offence is suffering without him. Doleac is no miss if Shaq plays, but if Shaq can't go Doleac is important to rest very old Zo Mourning that can play 30 minutes at most.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Rashad McCants SG Knee OUT from start OUT indefinitely
Cleveland Cavaliers
Larry Hughes SG leg *OUT* from 17 Nov RETURNS Early Dec
McCants is starting SG but Wolves are well covered on that position.
Larry Hughes is miss for Cavs, but if we are realistic only real miss for Cavs would be some Lebron injury.
Washington Wizards
Darius Songaila F disk hernia OUT from start RETURNS Early Feb
Detroit Pistons
Antonio McDyess PF Ankle PROBABLE
Dale Davis C Hamstring OUT FROM 15 Nov returns soon
Songaila is first frontcourt bench option, not key player but biggest summer acquisition supposed to strengthen weak Wizards defence. Miss but not important for betting as his out from season start and will be out 2 months more.
McDyess and Dale Davis are backup frontcourt players and are not very important especially as both are out of form recently.
Dallas Mavericks
Josh Howard F ankle OUT from 08 Nov RETURNS Late Nov
Memphis Grizzlies
Brian Cardinal PF personal *BACK* after missing 3 games
Pau Gasol FC Foot OUT from start RETURNS Late Dec
Rudy Gay SF Ankle QUESTIONABLE
Eddie Jones GF Achilles PROBABLE
Jake Tsakalidis C knee OUT from 11 Nov RETURNS soon
Tarence Kinsey G Head OUT from start RETURNS ?
Josh is one of 3 Mavs key players (Novitzky, Terry) and his absence is big blow for Dallas. Dallas is doing well without him thanks to nice schedule.
Gasol is only star and only key player, his miss is for Memphis as hurricane Katrina for New Orleans. Rookie Gay is playing well and will be missed. Eddie Jones is playing through injury all season so he was rested last game, he's absence would be big miss if he was at his best, but because of injury veteran is having very bad season. Cardinal and Tsakalidis are kind of players "it's better with them but nobody cries when they're out". I still don't know who's Tarence Kinsey .
Brian and Danielle Cardinal enjoyed the birth of their first child -- a son -- earlier this week. Bryson James checked in Monday evening at eight pounds and 21 inches.
Cardinal didn't travel with the team and missed the last three games so that he could experience the birth. He is expected to be available Friday when the Griz host the Dallas Mavericks in FedExForum.
Chicago Bulls
Adrian Griffin GF strain OUT from 14 Nov RETURNS ?
San Antonio Spurs
Eric Williams GF Achilles OUT from start RETURNS soon
Griffin is unimportant.
Eric Williams is completely unimportant.
Utah Jazz
Andrei Kirilenko F ankle OUT FROM 14 Nov RETURNS 20 Nov or later
Gordan Giricek SG Achilles OUT FROM 10 Nov RETURNS Late Nov
Jarron Collins C ankle PROBABLE
Seattle Supersonics
Robert Swift C Knee OUT FOR SEASON
Kirilenko is big miss for Utah defence, but he's struggling (again) in offense so I don't count him as key player. Gordan Giricek and Jarron Collins are not unimportant but close to it.
In most of teams Robert Swift would be unimportant but as center is weakest Sonics position he's missed.
Philadelphia 76ers
none
Phoenix Suns
Raja Bell SG rib OUT from 09 Nov *PROBABLE*
Sean Marks FC Elbow OUT from start RETURNS ?
Raja Bell is starter, good news for Suns. Marks is not important.
Toronto Raptors
Pape Sow FC Neck OUT from start RETURNS likely to miss entire season
Los Angeles Lakers
Kwame Brown FC Shoulder PROBABLE
Aaron McKie PG Back OUT from start RETURNS SOON
Chris Mihm C Ankle OUT from start OUT FOR SEASON ankle surgery
With signing of Rasho and drafting Bargnani Pape Sow is not important for Toronto. Sow had neck injury (fracture of the C6 vertebrae, don't know what it means but sounds serious) in summer league practice. He missed playing WC for Senegal, but is recovering well although might miss entire current season.
With Bynum playing good at center and Brown slowly returning, Mihm is not big mis, neither is McKie.
Phoenix Suns - Philadelphia 76ers
Suns -7.5 @2.02 Pinnacle 5/10
Suns are complete, Raja Bell shook off his injury as probably is Nash(played through minor hip and back injuries) as there is no news about it. Suns had for NBA unbeleivable 5 days for rest that they used to work in Jalen Rose and Amare Stoudemire and Amare is progressing in fitness by every day.
Sixers coach Mo Cheeks is making troubles again. Against Sonics he benched CWebb for entire last quarter and it is for second time already early in the season. Things are one step from open war between former superstar and coach.
Chris Webber met with Nets president Billy King to discuss his unhappiness as a role player for the Sixers.
He's sat out two entire fourth quarters this season and is only averaging 10 points in 30 mpg. Webber still has a year
left on his contract that will pay him $22 million next season, but there's no word on whether or not he requested to
be traded.
Philly won at Seattle but that's not big deal, Sonics are team that can beat everybody on their day (Nets recently) but on a bad day can loss to anybody (Blazers, Kobe-less Lakers in first two games). Since d'Antoni turned to small ball, Suns are winning over Sixers by 23 points average, 10 points being smallest margin in 4 games.
1/31/06 PHI 99 PHO 123 7.0/200.5 PHO/O
1/4/06 PHO 105 PHI 85 -7.0/212.0 PHO/U
3/30/05 PHO 116 PHI 87 -5.5/223.0 PHO/U
11/5/04 PHI 98 PHO 108 1.0/197.5 PHO/O
Phoenix are off to bad start (2-5), yes they had tough schedule playing mainly with top West teams (Spurs, Mavs, Clippers 2 times, Jazz) but they surely could do better. In addition to shocking opening day loss to Kobeless Lakers, they blew 15 points lead against Utah and lost already won game versus San Antonio. Somebody have to pay it so I cannot see Philly with bad atmosphere in team escaping double digits loss tonight.
As for the other games I have not much time lately so just few notes. Apologise for that, I hope I would have some time in the evening to write some nice witeups for (as usual losing :D ) picks.
New Jersey Nets
Indiana Pacers
I took under 188.0 points. In three games without RJ Nets hold Washington to 87 (without OT) and Milwaukee to 87 too, two high scoring teams. In between those two games, Seattle torched them at home (119-113), but that was Seattle best game of season and Nets came after away overtime game night before. In Indiana we have disagreements between Jermaine O'Neal and coach Rick Carlisle
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061117/SPORTS04/611170453/1088
Probably Pacers now will give more focus on defence and particulary rebounding which might mean Jeff Foster in starting lineup which would hurt their scoring with less minutes for Danny Granger and/or Al Harrington. Can't see neither team going over 95 points in this game.
Portland Trail Blazers
Boston Celtics
I'm leaning for over in this one. Boston had perfect first half at Cleveland and perfect second half versus Indiana last time out. Poor Portland is chance for them to make two good halfs. Portland is on 5-days 4-games road trip, already losing to Minnesota nad Cleveland and with little chances tommorrow at Nets so I expect them to give everything tonight to avoid 0-4 trip record. That means I see high scoring by Celtics and Portland fighting hard which would mean some points for them too.
New York Knicks
Miami Heat
No bet for me. Both Shaq and Jason Williams will probably be gametime decisions and if they play it's still questionable how fit they are.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cavs have well documented history of underachieving when being favourites, which means underestimation of opponents which in turn menas bad team character. I'll skip this one, but probably will take Lebron over 30 points, he's so hot lately that this kind of bet should roll in against virtually any team.
Washington Wizards
Detroit Pistons
Wizards are 0-3 away, Detroit is 1-2 at home, lost to Milwaukee allowing them 70 points in the paint and to Hornets that were without both big men Chandler and David West. One team have to go out of home/away slump tonight, but it's anybody's guess which one it will be. I most certainly wont pay any money to see outcome. No bet.
Dallas Mavericks
Memphis Grizzlies
Dallas -5.5 no doubt. Mavs are owning Grizzlies with or without Gasol, in last 12 mutual matches it is 11-1 for Dallas and more improtant 11-1 ATS for Dallas. Memphis hit by injuries, Dallas eager for wins after 0-4 start.
Chicago Bulls
San Antonio Spurs
This one is tough, probably Spurs win as Bulls are playing back-to-back and 3rd game in 4 days in deadly Texas triangle. But San Antonio is playing 3rd in 4 days too losing some energy in turning -19 deficit at Houston to 8 points win and then playing overtime at Wednesday. It is 9-1 for Spurs in last 10 meetings by this two teams but amasing enough in all 10 matches away team had ATS win. So Bulls losses regularly, but Spurs are not covering spread regularly. For that reason I can't take Spurs -8.5 but for Bulls' tiredness I'm afraid of +8.5 Chicago.
Utah Jazz
Seattle Supersonics
At first look everything points on Jazz, but last 2 seasons H2H makes this no bet for me.
3/5/06 SEA 113 UTA 81 -2.5/202.5 SEA/U
1/25/06 UTA 94 SEA 113 -5.5/196.5 SEA/O
12/9/05 UTA 90 SEA 106 -1.0/187.0 SEA/O
11/22/05 SEA 87 UTA 93 -10.0/189.0 UTA/U
1/26/05 UTA 109 SEA 100 -1.0/198.5 UTA/O
1/23/05 SEA 122 UTA 105 -9.0/195.5 SEA/O
12/27/04 UTA 88 SEA 98 4.0/195.5 SEA/U
12/1/04 SEA 129 UTA 119 -7.0/192.5 SEA/O
Toronto Raptors
Los Angeles Lakers
I don't trust Lakers. I even less trust Raptors. I really don't have idea what might happen in this game.
[fin]juuso
17-11-06, 10:57
NBA YTD 11W-6L +28.81 units
Pretty busy today, so just a short writeup.
Washington Wizards @ Detroit Pistons
Over 201 @ 1.91 (Betcris) 6 units
Liking this one quite a bit. After 4 explosive very high scoring performances and stone cold overs by the Wizards, they've been held to 93 (NJ) and 85(NYK) in last 2. Those were clearly below their normal performances and they should be able to get back to their normal ways against Pistons defense, which has looked quite shaky against good shooting teams in post-Wallace era. Pistons have been playing more up-tempo game this season and still have great starting 5. At home they should be able to do some damage against below average Wizards defense. Basically, i see a pretty high likelyhood of this turning into a high scoring shootout, so i'll play the over for 6 units.
GL Everyone.
Detroit Pistons vs Washington Wizards
The Detroit Pistons will try to bounce back after a hart breaking defeat vs Hornets on Wednesday night. They lost two straight games and if they loose tonight they will match their longest loosing streak since march 22-25 2005. Detroit lost their last three games to Washington and will try to avoid 4 game loosing streak against Wizards. Washington isn’t in the best shape, they played awful against NY on Wednesday, missing all 15 shot from beyond the arc, Arenas was 0-7 from downtown… not the best statistic at all. What is more important Wizards are 0-3 on the road this year, they are struggling in offense in way games, especially Arenas is very inconsistent… and they have some problems with team chemistry, Haywood and Thomas had a fight not long ago, and the atmosphere in the locker isn’t great. All in all I expect Pistons to break the slide and send the Wizards to 0-4 on the road . Good luck!
Pick Pistons -5,5 5 stakes
Pheonix Suns vs Philly
I fully agree with Silvio !
The Suns had a rough beginning of the season, poor defense lack of rebounding and laid back attitude led to miserable results. But if you look at their schedule you will see that their had to play against almost all playoff bound teams from the Western Conference, San Antonio, La Clippers x2, LA Lakers, Dallas… these are all elite teams. Their last game was 6 days ago, so they had almost one week to prepare for this game. Philly won against tired Sonics on Wednesday, now thy have to face hungry and rested Suns. Chris Webber started beaching about his playing time, and stated that he wants to be traded, this guy is a real cancer f or seventy sixers now, seriously who would like to trade for a guy with bad knees, huge contract, and chemistry killing attitude, so Philly is stuck with him for now….and this situation will hurt them in the future. Suns Should destroy Philly tonight, literally, they have advantage on almost every position.
Pick Pheonix -7,5 7 stakes
I will write about Seattle and Indiana later Gl.
17.11.06 NBA: Detroit - Washington, Our Pick Detroit -4.5 @ 1.84 Pinnacle
Two teams trying to find their rythm, two teams slumping. Wizards have really impressive record with Detroit winning 3-0 last season, wel I never thought Detroit treats them with respect. They are a team of vets and always were saying that their goal is to beat SAS in the big final. All in all they lost to Miami and now lost also Big Ben. However their frontcourt dominance is just superior over Wizards who don't really have their style and don't have good forwards - Jamison is a SG -SF type of player for me. Arenas is just terribly overrated and honestly I think he will never win anything big for Washington. Detroit has to be focused now after a slow start and Wizz are a great team to bounce back - see NYK game where they were blown away with struggling Knicks. Same should happen here 0-3 Wizards on the road will be 0-4 tomorrow. Rebounding edge will be significant.
17.11.06 NBA: Suns - 76ers, Our Pick 1st quarter Suns -1.5 @ 1.8 Betfair
17.11.06 Nba: Suns - 76ers, Our Pick 1st half Suns -3.5 @ 1.82 Betfair
17.11.06 Nba: Suns - 76ers, Our Pick Suns -6 @ 1.73 Bet365
I do agree that Suns will have the upper hand in this game but I like to protect myslef from these crazy Phoenix runs. They score 20, then loose 15 and so on...So in case they won't cover the final spread I am almost sure they will cover 2 out of 3 bets I have posted. Really that's the good way to bet on Suns. I don't really bet so many bets on one game but Phoenix makes me do it. They have been up so many times this and past seasons and then loosing in the 4th by double digits - amazing. 5 days rest should be really enough for Phoenix to keep the quick accurate pace whole game that's why i take this three bets.
FreeTipsProfits
17-11-06, 15:09
Sat 18/11 - 03.30 a.m. GMT - Basketball NBA
Seattle Supersonics Vs Utah Jazz
The Sonics has started the season enough well, is a team complete in all the units, but extremely little continuos.
At home for sure they can do good and against this Jazz in my opinion they leave favorite, even if Utah has started the season incredibly, is playing a fabulous basketball and is clearly in shape, even if probably those 7-1 is not much real and I think that the injuries of Giricek and Kirilenko are a great problem for the team of Salt Lake City.
In my opinion in this match as said to the beginning, the Sonics are the favorites of this match, inasmuch as they play at home and seen the problem of injuries of the Jazz and around to 1.80 seem a nice value.
Moneylines - Seattle Supersonics over Utah Jazz
1.78 @ Pinnaclesports - 7/10
what do you think...can Chicago Bulls score tonight 87 points?? i have over 87 @1.90
does anyone know why the handicap of detroit became -5(it was -5,5) and the odd raise to 2.05 from 1.91? gamebookers
Grizzlies vs Mavericks /Pick: Dallas -5@2.000 6/10 ; Under 185.5@1.952 6/10 pinnacle With Pau Gasol out with a broken left foot,Dirk and Co. should find succsess around the bucket. Dallas will play a back-to-back games against Memphis starting tonight and ending Saturday in Dallas. After bad start Mavs coach A.Johnson found the way how to win the games. 'We're going after it not like we're playing them twice,but like we've got to win the first quater of that game and on and on,' Avery Johnson said. Dallas can outrun and outgun Memphis. But rather than trying to slow things down the Grizz will get right in there running up and down the court jacking 3's. This is definetely a spot where they should slow the tempo. This uptempo is exactly how Dallas wants to play. The Grizzlies have lost five stright and are in injuries trouble. Dallas is strong when they grasp big leads in the first half and need to do that here for an easy win.
trampampam
17-11-06, 20:06
wtf is going on with my posts why it is deleted? pm me i dont now what im doing wrong..
Phoenix-Philly+7, 5 home win.
This pick would be the main and big stake for every gambler. But if would remember last game against Memphis, in which coach D’Antoni benched all regulars in the fourth quarter and 31 points lead blew up, to ended the game with 9 points Phoenix win, we ‘ll think about again. The good news is the progressing of Amare. He dunks and run like before. That means many open wide 3pointers from the other guys.
Philly just won very bad Seattle two days ago. Iverson has Achilles problems, but probable will play. Iguodala is the second important player and the big men duo Dalembert-Hunter. All in all, nothing special.
I’ll go with Phoenix and I hope they are scoring more than 7 points in fourth quarter.
ODOM, Lamar (Lakers) PETERSON, Morris (Toronto) FORD, TJ (Toronto) WALTON, Luke (Lakers) PARKER, Anthony (Toronto).
The pick: Odom to score the most points of the group mentioned at the top. @2,95 7/10 @ Centrebet
Last year when these two teams met, the game ended 122-104 for LAL and then Kobe scored a career high - 82 points. This year the situation is different. Kobe play for the team, he don`t shoot 30 shots in games. L.Odom has a great serason start: 19,6 PPG, 8,9 RBP and 5,8 APG. Odom play as like Scotie Pippen in Bulls, when they were trained by Phil Jackson. Now his coach do a great job for Lakers and especialy for Odom. This player is tall, but is able to score 3-pts shots or even play like PG. I`m sure he ought to score at least 20 in this game. On the other hand, Peterson, Ford, Walton or Parker have lower PPG, they are less important for the teams. So i am almost sure that Odom will score most points of this group. GL !
HARRINGTON, Al (Indiana), O'NEAL, Jermaine (Indiana), KIDD, Jason (New Jersey), KRSTIC, Nenad (New Jersey), JACKSON, Stephen (Indiana).
The pick: Harrington to score the most points of the group mentioned at the top. @3,25 7/10 @ Centrebet
Harrington has 19,4 PPG this season. He looks great lately and i think he should score most points for his team. Jackson and O`Neal look Worst i`ve ever seen them. O`neal can`t do a good jhob offence, but he still do good at defence. Also, Kidd scored 20 and 25 in last 2, while Kirstich had 22 and 21, but the most important player in New Jersey is Carter and he makes a lot of shots and team play for him and give him a lot of chances to score. Kidd is PG and he will make a 15 shot most, but i don`t believe he`s able to score 20. Krstic is only one good New Jersey Center, but last 3 games he played against 3 teams with worse defence than Indiana. All in all, i believe in Al Harrington and i wish i helped you. GL !
Seattle Supersonics vs Utah Jazz
Supersonics had a tough 5 game east coast trip, they won 3 games in good style, playing their usual high octane offense. Their loss against Philly wasn’t surprising, they had simply tired legs after so many road games in a row. Tonight they will face Utah, which sits at the top of the Northwest division. Utah plays great this season, Boozer is a beast on the boards, and Deron Williams is scary good. The problem is they have fragile players, Kirilenko is already down and Giricek doesn’t look too healthy either. The Sonics are tough match up for the Jazz, without Kirilenko Rashard Lewis will have a huge night, and Utah don’t have a perimeter defense to hold Ray Ray. Sonics were 3-1 against the Jazz last season. But the most important factor is Gordon Chiesa, he is an Assistant Coach in the Sonics Organization, and is responsible for defensive schemes. He spent 16 years in Utah as a assistant coach, so he knows this team like his own pocket. The Sonics will be well prepared before this game, and it’s a great opportunity for them to beat wounded Jazz.
Pick Sonics -2 8 stakes
Boston Celtics - Portland Trail Blazers over 193.5 points @1.92 Expekt 6/10
INJURIES
Boston Celtics
Al Jefferson PF appendectomy OUT from 08 Nov RETURNS Early Dec
Theo Ratliff C back OUT from 12 Nov RETURNS ?
Micheal Olowokandi C abdomen DOUBTFULL
Portland Trail Blazers
Brandon Roy G heel OUT from 12 Nov RETURNS Late Nov
Joel Przybilla C Abdominal OUT from 04 Nov RETURNS around 20 Nov
Raef LaFrentz FC Calf OUT from 03 Nov RETURNS around 20 Nov
Darius Miles SF Knee OUT from start OUT FOR SEASON
I repeat injuries as news are that third center Olowokandi is out for Boston with abdomen strain. That might mean more points for Blazers frontcourt as Perkins is only center now for Celtics and Boston will be in trouble when Perkins is sitting for rest or because of foul trouble (he is pretty raw and does too many PF). What surely will be more points for Portland frontcourt is that from tonight rookie LaMarcus Aldridge is replacing Jamaal Magloire as starting center for Blazers. It have to be better scoring wise as simply it cannot be worse than Magloire. Jamaal is missing hook shot after shot and scores 3.7 points per game, even Rasho Nesterovic looks like world class shooter compared to Magloire, I don't know what happened with Jamaal that averaged double double in New Orleans few seasons ago. Aldridge recently came back from preseason injury and in 3 games so far is already scoring 10 points in 22 minutes from the bench.
As I said before, Boston had great 2nd half against Indiana with 67 points scored and great first half at Cleveland leading 48-34 despite Paul Pierce missing all his shots for 0 (zero) points in that half. I expect them to span two good halfs against Portland that is no force being worst West club plus hit by injuries. Problem for over might be rather slow game style of Portland and miss of Brandon Roy (scores 11.6 points in 27 minutes and is strong candidate for rookie of the year), but Boston have enough fire power to finish game above 100 points. Portland is on 5-days 4-games road trip, already losing to Minnesota nad Cleveland and with little chances tommorrow at Nets so I expect them to give everything tonight to avoid 0-4 trip record. If they want to keep pace they'll have to go around 100. I expect something like 105-100 for home team.
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