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The red-hot San Antonio Spurs will make the trip out to the FedExForum in Tennessee to take on the host Memphis Grizzlies. Both sides represent some of the stronger Western Conference squads and this early season showdown could go a long way in determining seeding come April.
Los Angles has won five of its last six and arrive in Oklahoma on Thursday to take on a Thunder team that is perfect at home.
The Chicago Bulls may have begun the 2013-14 NBA season in underwhelming fashion, but they’ve reeled off five straight wins to bring them to 6-3 on the year. The caveat here is that four of the five wins have been against teams that will be out of the playoffs or fighting for a late seed.
Memphis is on their best run of the season right now. They have won three in row, all on the road, capped by an impressive win over the Los Angeles Clippers Monday night.
The Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks play on Wednesday night fighting for early positioning in the crowded Western Conference. Both are feeling good of late as both teams are 4-1 in their last five games.
Indiana arrives in the Big Apple off its first loss of the season and will aim to get back on the rails when they take on a slumping New York Knicks on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
LeBron James of the Miami Heat recently earned himself yet another notch on the belt of NBA history when he was named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the 44th time in his career. Now he’ll take that honor with him into a battle with the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, Nov. 19 on NBA TV.
The Houston Rockets will host the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night at the Toyota Center in search of their third consecutive win, while the Celtics will be looking to halt a three-game losing skid.
The Boston Celtics may have begun the year 0-4, but they’ve since gone 4-1, proving that they’re not the doormats they were once presumed to be. The Portland Trail Blazers have also been exceeding expectations, as they’ve gone 6-2 through their first eight contests.
The Timberwolves are one of the early surprise teams this season with a very good 6-3 start. I wouldn’t have thought this would be the case but they are the second highest scoring team in the league and had a really nice win against Oklahoma State in the first week that said this is a team to be reckoned with.
Since the 2013-14 NBA season began, the Memphis Grizzlies haven’t played the same kind of defense they did under head coach Lionel Hollins.
The Rockets are 0-2 against the Clippers but have just one loss against everyone else so something is working down in Houston.
Houston Rockets vs. New York Knicks
Thursday November 14
Madison Square Garden
8:00PM
Moneyline: No ML currently posted
Spread: Houston -3.5
O/U: 203.5
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They come to New York on the heels of a trip to Philadelphia, a short jaunt up to the northeast with back to back games but this team should be up for it. Houston is an interesting team that should be getting better with every game as they adjust to having a dominant post player in Dwight Howard.
Even though the Rockets now have a defensive presence in Howard they are actualy not very good at stopping opponents from putting the ball in the backet – 25th in points allowed. Fortunately the are good at scoring with an amazing 4 players averaging more than 15ppg so far.
They are also the top rebounding team in the league so the Knicks will have two of their primary weaknesses to be exploited.
Houston has been getting a lot of buzz but that has probably decreased their value to bettors as the more a team becomes public the harder it is isolate those high value opportunities. Still this one at -3.5 seems like a good number for a high scoring team against one missing its main defensive presence.
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This one should zoom over the total too.
The Knicks look like they are in trouble. The have a losing record so far and their free wheeling attack is not producing all that many points as they are just 25th in scoring. In addition to that they have almost no presence in the paint either offensively or defensively with Tyson Chandler out and Amare Stoudemire not giving them all that much.
It is only a couple of weeks in but they have way more questions than answers.
Nobody is really playing well right now for New York, not even Carmelo Anthony whose scoring is down by 5 points per game this season over last. He is having the worst shooting season of his career in part because the other threats on the team really aren’t. One pleasant surprise is the play of mercurial Metta World Peace.
He is shooting at a record pace for him which would be great in a more secondary role. This team is seriously flawed and it is hard to see how they thought they were a contender.
As long as Chandler is out I think you can bet the over with confidence. In fact their last 4 games have gone over the total.
When their shots are falling New York can stay in the game but even when they aren’t their weakened defense can get you to the total you need , witness the 120 points they allowed to San Antonio last weekend.
Spread Pick: Houston -3.5
O/U Pick: Over
Score Prediction: Houston 108 – New York 99
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The Golden State Warriors are looking to make a statement on their home floor as the Oklahoma City Thunder look to avoid dropping two in a row.
The Oklahoma City Thunder will make the trip out to the Staples Center in Los Angeles where they will take on the Los Angeles Clippers in a marquee early-season matchup between big time Western Conference opponents. Even with the playoffs an afterthought this early in the season, these are the kinds of games that could make a big impact come April.
The Phoenix Suns were expected to be one of a handful of teams tanking the 2013-14 NBA season, but as it turns out, they’ve taken the league by surprise, winning five of their first seven games. On Wednesday night they’ll face the team that they defeated on opening night by 13 points.
The Nuggets have not gotten off to a good start this season. The are 1-4 and just lost at Phoenix who is pretty bad in their own right. In this one they get a chance to play a Utah team that is the worst in the league.
