Wednesday, November 7, 2012

David Rudolph's NBA Corner - 11/7/12

By David Rudolph
 
The sting of losing is felt by everyone who voted Romney yesterday, and who played the UNDER in my free play. Sure one affects us for the next 4 years (good or bad), but the other can be remedied by simply picking a winner today! The NBA season is exactly one week old and my free play record is 3-3-1, something has got to give! There are 13 NBA games today and I'm looking at the Indiana / Atlanta match-up.

Indiana gets horrific news today, that Danny Granger will miss three months after having an injection to treat his ailing knee. He was the heart and soul of a team that will now have to be carried by big men David West and Roy Hibbert. Darren Collison is now in Dallas running the show, and the duo of George Hill and D.J. Augustin seems to be a downgrade to a team that was the 3 seed in the East last summer in the NBA playoffs.

Atlanta is coming off a big win at Oklahoma City that they got without forward Josh Smith because of a sprained ankle. The Hawks look to get him back in the lineup tonight as he was at team practice Tuesday. Overall I'm bullish on the Hawks this year and played them to go over the season total posted at only 42 1/2. They get a great player back this year in Al Horford and if he stays healthy, they have a chance to exceed the spot they got in the eastern conference last year, 5th.

Atlanta was installed as a 3 1/2 point favorite at home, and I'm going with them as my free play winner tonight.

NBA quick hitter: I'm not saying anything we don't already know by stating Durant is a prolific scorer as shown by averaging 29 points per contest the last three years, but I think when this offense settles in following the new look, sans Harden, KD will average over 30, win the scoring title yet again, and at 4-1, if you can still get it, I like him for MVP too.

NBA Observation Theater: Neither Phoenix nor Charlotte have scored over 100 yet, and the total is 193 1/2. UNDER?
 
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