NBA
7:00 PM EST
Rotation #735-736
Raptors 1Q +.5 (2u)
Raptors 1H +1 (2u)
In the first two games of this series the Cavs came out behind their home crowd and put those games away early. I don’t see that happening again on the road where they have struggled especially in first halves on the road in the playoffs. This series is looking like a repeat of last year where the Cavs blew out the Raptors the first two games then coughed one up on the road in game 3. The Raptors are far too talented of a team to get swept and I expect them to come out on fire similar to the Wizards yesterday. In these playoffs when a team was down 0-2 and came home, the 1Q and 1H line has covered every time and I don’t see that changing today. That said, I really don’t want to fade LeBron over the course of four quarters so no play on the full game even though I do think the Raptors cover the full +4 spread as well. Take the Raptors.
NBA
7:00 PM EST
Rotation #737-738
Rockets 1H -3 (2u)
The problem with the Rockets is they live by the 3 and die by the 3 which makes their games difficult to cap because so much of it comes down to the randomness of how they shoot. In games they shoot over 40% they are 30-0 this year and games they shoot below 30% they are 1-12. They shoot well at home and I like them to come out guns blazing after that miserable 4Q last game where the starters scored 5 points. Tony Parker has been huge for the Spurs and is their general, and losing a guard against this Rockets team is going to make it very tough to keep pace. James Harden should come back very strong after an awful outing on Wednesday. I like the Rockets to take a double digit lead into half time tonight, so rather than run the risk of them getting cold second half when Pop makes adjustments, we will happily cash the ticket at the end of the first half. Take the Rockets.
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