This is the time of year that you can play on some Sunday NBA games, as teams need to start taking their seasons more seriously. January and beyond will be even more predictable and I can’t fookin wait.
We only seem to lose by BS lately. The Cavs faced Dallas without Luka and still couldn’t cover -4? The line moved to -8.5! The Wizards led against the Clippers for nearly the ENTIRE contest, and then they don’t cover +6.5? Unreal.
Anywho, onto more NBA and l expect the ball to bounce our way more today:
Pacers win (-110), to win 1 unit
This line is telling us to bet on Indiana. The Knicks have won 5 straight road games and finally get to head back home for a big game Tuesday night against Golden State. They’re probably exhausted, while the Pacers were able to get home before the weekend started and prepare for a big win. Sometimes you just have to follow the sportsbooks’ clues and this feels like one of those situations.
Nets/Pistons under 230 (-110), to win 1.5 units
This total is dropping for good reason. This is an uninteresting game for Brooklyn but they’ve been playing great basketball and, again, a lot of that is because of some stellar defensive effort lately. If they care, they should incredibly limit Detroit. If they don’t care, they won’t push the pace or be as efficient on offense. Either way, I like an under here. Detroit is due for negative regression of offense, too. I have it at 223.
Hornets/Nuggets 1H O120.5 (-112), to win 2 units
I’ll avoid the full game in case it’s a blowout and the score slows down, as we tend to see in many of these contests, but I don’t see how this isn’t a hyper-paced, super high-scoring affair. Denver is all about offense and Charlotte, even after their coach put them on blast, STILL showed how little they care about playing defense. Both fast paced teams and with LaMelo back, the Hornets run much faster.
