{"id":8451,"date":"2009-02-17T14:47:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T19:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=8451"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:26:25","slug":"weekly-betting-preview-170209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/weekly-betting-preview-170209\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best NBA &#038; CBB Games This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Basketball Weekly Preview &#8211; Feb 17th<\/h2>\n<p>The NBA All-Star Game marks the unofficial halfway point of the regular  season. College hoops doesn\u2019t have the same kind of milestone event, but you  know things are getting serious when the bracketologists start coming out with  their projections for who will get invited to the NCAA Tournament.<!--more-->Maybe the  Selection Committee should look at the following Top 10 ATS stats as well as RPI  and SOS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NCAAB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Weber State: 15-5<br \/>\n2. Princeton: 9-3<br \/>\n3. Kansas: 14-5<br \/>\n4. George  Mason: 14-5-1<br \/>\n4. The Citadel: 14-5-1<br \/>\n6. Auburn: 13-5<br \/>\n7. Denver:  14-6<br \/>\n8. St. Peter\u2019s: 12-5-1<br \/>\n9. Central Florida: 13-6<br \/>\n10. Pittsburgh:  13-6-1<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Orlando: 33-17-1<br \/>\n2. Cleveland: 33-18<br \/>\n3. Oklahoma City: 33-20<br \/>\n4.  Milwaukee: 31-22-2<br \/>\n5. Charlotte: 30-22<br \/>\n6. New York: 30-22<br \/>\n7. Denver:  30-22-1<br \/>\n8. Boston: 31-24<br \/>\n9. Atlanta: 28-24<br \/>\n10. Indiana: 28-24-2<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA: Boston at Phoenix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>US Airways Center, Phoenix<br \/>\nSunday, 2:30 p.m. ET, ABC<br \/>\nBoston: 44-11 SU,  31-24- ATS, Under 29-25-1<br \/>\nPhoenix: 28-23 SU, 17-31-2 ATS, Over 28-22<\/p>\n<p>The Suns have three games to play between now and Sunday, including a  home-and-home with the Los Angeles Clippers, but they should still be in good  form after taking the extended break and hosting the All-Star Game. Those three  games will also give them some time to get used to what new coach Alvin Gentry  has up his sleeve \u2013 a return to former coach Mike D\u2019Antoni\u2019s methods. Gentry was  the last connection with D\u2019Antoni\u2019s coaching staff after Terry Porter was  brought in during the offseason. Rumors at press time had the Suns prepared to  keep Amare Stoudemire and Shaquille O\u2019Neal and give Gentry a chance to make it  work. Make sure to visit\u00a0Bodog Sportsbook\u00a0for the freshest NBA  odds on this and every matchup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NCAAB: Washington at UCLA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles<br \/>\nThursday, 11:00 p.m. ET<br \/>\nWashington: 19-6  SU, 15-8 ATS, Over 14-8<br \/>\nUCLA: 19-6 SU, 12-12 ATS, Over 16-8<\/p>\n<p>The Huskies are on top of the Pacific-10 standings at 10-3, with the Bruins  trailing by 1.5 games at 8-4. When these two teams met last month in Seattle,  the home side pulled away in the second half to win 86-75 as a 2-point chalk.  And yet it\u2019s UCLA at No. 20 in the polls and Washington two spots behind. Home  court is key; <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bodogaffiliate.com\/resources\/banners\/sportsbook\/square\/250x250\/250x250b-sportsbook.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sports Betting at the Sportsbook\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>the Bruins are 14-1 SU and 8-6 ATS at legendary Pauley Pavilion,  and they\u2019ll be glad to be back in L.A. after dropping a pair at Arizona (+5) and  Arizona State (+1.5). Washington is 5-4 SU and ATS on the road.<\/p>\n<h3>College basketball  odds in the Bodog Sportsbook.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NBA: L.A. Lakers at Golden State<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oracle Arena, Oakland<br \/>\nWednesday, 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN<br \/>\nLos Angeles: 42-10  SU, 27-25 ATS, Over 32-20<br \/>\nGolden State: 19-35 SU, 25-26-3 ATS, Over 29-25<\/p>\n<p>Just like last year, the Lakers are doing just fine without injured Andrew  Bynum, going 5-1 SU and 4-2 ATS without their young prodigy at center. Having a  full season with Pau Gasol and Trevor Ariza in the fold makes a huge difference.  Golden State knows all about injuries, having their season washed away before it  even began, but the Warriors are 6-5 SU and 7-2-2 ATS with Monta Ellis back in  the lineup. They should also have Andris Biedrins at center for this matchup  after missing three games with a sprained ankle.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Basketball lines at  Bodog.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t Miss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NBA: San Antonio at N.Y. Knicks (Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.)<br \/>\nNCAAB: North Carolina  State at North Carolina (Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.)<br \/>\nNCAAB: Duke at St. John\u2019s  (Thursday, 7:00 p.m.)<br \/>\nNBA: San Antonio at Detroit (Thursday, 8:00  p.m.)<br \/>\nNBA: Dallas at Houston (Friday, 8:00 p.m.)<br \/>\nNCAAB: Marquette at  Georgetown (Saturday, 2:00 p.m.)<br \/>\nNCAAB: Oklahoma at Texas (Saturday, 9:00  p.m.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bodog takes a look at the upcoming games this week in basketball&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1415],"tags":[9190,214,2066,9088,4631,8425,10565,10564,10561,10566,8667,2444,5225,9191,10266,10563,3204,10482,10562,10267,10560],"class_list":["post-8451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball-stats","tag-bodog-life-sportsbook","tag-bodog-sportsbook","tag-cbb-previews","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-college-basketball-stats","tag-dallas-vs-houston","tag-duke-vs-st-johns","tag-la-lakers-vs-golden-state","tag-marquette-vs-georgetown","tag-nba-basketball-lines","tag-nba-previews","tag-nba-stats","tag-ncaa-basketball-stats","tag-ncaab-previews","tag-north-carolina-state-vs-north-carolina","tag-oklahoma-vs-texas","tag-san-antonio-vs-detroit","tag-san-antonio-vs-ny-knicks","tag-top-basketball-games","tag-washington-vs-ucla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8451"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106770,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8451\/revisions\/106770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}