Quote (Sopranos @ Oct 24 2017 02:42pm)
My record: 6-3
Fade hydro record: 8-7
Picks for the day: blazers -5 and blazers/pelicans over 217
Blazers -5 reasoning: theyre off to an incredibly incendiary start. Theyve only played road games thus far and are 3-0 ats and are averaging 116ppg. Lillard and cj have been fire and there isnt anyone on the pelicans who can stop the blazers back court. Theyre currently ranked 7th in ppg, 1st in 3p%, 8th in fts and 4th in rebounds. The pelicans can only rely on davis and cousins to keep them in the game, and admittedly, they do a great job, but if youve watched their games, you know its not enough. They are getting very limited production from their bench, they play next to no defense, and i dont see how they can out score this blazers team, provided lillard or cj dont go ice cold.
Blazers/pelicans over 217 reasoning: as i touched upon earlier, the blazers can score, currently averaging 116ppg, but the pelicans arent slouches on offense themselves, currently averaging 110ppg. The blazers have the edge in the backcourt while the pelicans have the advantage in the front court. I expect big games from both cousins and davis, and of course with their weak perimeter defense, i expect the pelicans to get lit up from deep. This will be a dynamic game, lots of firing from both teams. I don’t anticipate a slow paced game at all. The blazers have surpassed 110 points in each of their 3 games, while the pelicans have put up 119, 120 and 91 points in their 3 games (that 91 point game was against the grizzlies, which is understandable and i consider to be an outlier)
My record: 7-4
Fade hydro record: 10-8
Todays picks: warriors/raptors under 228.5 and wizards/lakers under 228.5
Warriors/raptors under reasoning: this is more of a gut feeling than anything, warriors we all know will drop 115 tonight easily, but the raptors havent looked so hot, especially after the spurs game which was an abortion all together, and that was without leonard. Derozan is dealing with a sore quad, so despite playing tonight, i dont think he will have an explosive game. Toronto has only played one good defensive team, the spurs, and they were limited to 97 points. The warriors are a good defensive team, and i think they will stop the raptors from dropping anything higher than 107. Warriors will build a comfy lead in the third, and sit their starters for the majority of the fourth.
Wizards/lakers under 228.5 reasoning: the lakers suck, period. They are a dumpster fire philly fans would envy. I will be shocked if they can score anything higher than 105 tonight. Wall and beal are going to smother the laker guards, and control the game start to finish.