Wizards vs Bulls NBA Picks
The Wizards are in the playoffs but I feel like there is almost nobody talking about them, either positively or negatively.
The Wizards are in the playoffs but I feel like there is almost nobody talking about them, either positively or negatively.
The time has come for the final power rankings of the 2013-14 regular season. The playoff picture in each conference is just about set, with just a couple precious spots in the West still to be locked up. We now have a good idea of what to expect once the playoffs roll around.
The NBA regular season ends next Wednesday in advance of the start of this season’s quest for a world title. While most of the playoff spots in both conferences have been claimed, there is still plenty on the line for quite a few teams heading into this final week of games.
The Houston Rockets and the Lakers meet for the fourth and final time this season on Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, with the Rockets looking to beat LA for the third time.
The month of the April marks the countdown to the end of the regular season and the beginning of this season’s quest for an NBA title.
The Lakers arrive in Sacramento fresh off a loss at Portland, and will look to complete a four-game season sweep of Sacramento, who has just one fewer loss than they do.
There is precious little time remaining for teams to jockey for playoff positioning. Things are tight from top to bottom in the West, and the East is getting far more competitive through the middle of the standings, making every remaining game especially important.
The Toronto Raptors will make the trip down to South Beach for a date with the Miami Heat on Monday night. The Raptors come to town having won three in a row following a stretch in which they dropped four of six games, while the Heat have three wins in their last four and six in their last nine following a stretch in which they lost five of six.
The Grizzlies are playing some really good basketball right now. They are 13-5 since the All-Star break and have climbed all the way to seventh in the West standings. Phoenix, Dallas and them are separated by just a half game but only two of those three can make the playoffs.
These two teams are like that kid that gets accepted into his or her first choice of college; once that acceptance letter is retrieved out of your mailbox, it’s party time and to hell with the consequences.
Nuggets are 32-39 ATS with an O/U record of 35-36 and the Spurs are 38-32 ATS with an O/U record of 40-29-1. This season the Spurs are 27-8 at home and the Nuggets are 13-23 on the road.
The Toronto Raptors end a brief two-game road trip at TD Garden on Wednesday night where they will take on the Boston Celtics. Toronto has dropped four of its last five games, while Boston has dropped 13 of its last 17 games.
There is precious little time remaining for teams to jockey for playoff positioning. Things are tight from top to bottom in the West, and the East is getting far more competitive through the middle of the standings, making every remaining game especially important.
The teams that really plan to make a run have begun to show their teeth in the stretch following the All-Star break. Now the intensity level is about to get ramped up another couple of notches with the playoffs right around the corner.
The teams are set to enter the stretch run following the All-Star break. With races heating up and postseason positioning on the line, don’t expect to see any team hold anything back the rest of the way.
The first Wednesday in February is loaded with opportunities to bet on the NBA, but I have narrowed down my plays to a pair of contests that come together perfectly to form this week’s ‘NBA Wednesday Parlay’.