By: David Rudolph
When the lines first came out last
night, I was shocked to see the Lakers installed as a 4 point favorite, at 2
different casinos, over the in town rival Clippers. That was a bad line. I knew
it, and apparently so did the casinos. It's now across the board 1 1/2 the
other way. What does this mean for my bet? It means I'll enjoy the best game on
the board without any action on it tonight!
The game I am focusing on is the
polar opposite of the best game on the board. Sacramento visits Minnesota tonight
and I'm going to be on the total. I give the Kings the award for most
dysfunctional looking lineup, and I don't want to watch too many of their games
for now. I heard on a local radio show interview that Coach Keith Smart said
it's all about defense, and "If you don't play defense, there's the
door". Sure it's an empty threat, do I really think he'd tell Demarcus
Cousins to go home at half time if he's not locking down the paint tonight?
Nah, but the point remains, they aren't trying to speed up the flow of the
game, they're slowing it down.
Minnesota's lineup leaves a lot to
be desired with newcomers Kirilenko and Brandon Roy being the
"names". Someone reading this is saying to themselves "Isn't Roy
retired?" He was, but he's got 10.4 Million reasons to push his bum knees
for the next two years. Until Rubio and Love come back to help 2nd year player
Derrick Williams make this Wolves team a contender, I'm thinking they'll be
pretty hard to watch also. Yep, I'm going with 'hard to watch' equals 'UNDER',
looking at anywhere from 196 to 197 in early lines. That's too high.
NBA Quick Hitter: Yes, Kevin Durant
became the 2nd fastest player to reach 10,000 points, however if you didn't
watch it, this Kawhi Leonard is a defensive beast! He held Durant to 23 points
and had the big steal with 7 seconds left that led to Parkers game winning shot
with the game tied at 84.
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