NBA Week (Or So) In Review
Contributed By Nolan Sinclair
OK, so I lied. It is actually the last 10 days in review and not the last week. Look at it this way however, you get more bang for your buck, so you’ve got that going for you, which is nice.
ATS Team of the Week (I know, I know, last 10 days)
This is a tie between Utah and Chicago. The Bulls went on the road and not only covered the spread against five straight Western Conference teams but they won each of the games outright. Oh yeah, did I mention the fact that each of the teams had winning records and that this was the first time in NBA History that something like this has happened? Well I just did. Well done Chicago, at least Bears fans have something to cheer about in their city. ZING!
Meanwhile, up in “Big Love” Country the Utah Jazz have quietly become one of the hottest teams in basketball over the last 10 days. Since January 20th the Jazz have covered five of their last six games, and the only time they failed to beat the spread was a seven-point victory when they were laying 8.5. Most of these wins have come at home so be wary when giving points away on Utah road games, but feel as comfortable as Al Bundy sitting on his couch with his hands down his pants when betting on the Jazz at home.
Bad Beat of the Week
On January 28th and January 29th the Boston Celtics were with the services of their defensive superstar Kevin Garnett, and the ‘under’ play looked GOLDEN. Not only did the Celtics have their defensive-minded team in tact, but they were playing playoff bound teams in the Orlando Magic and the Atlanta Hawks. Typically when two-playoff teams meet defense is the name of the game and the total falls short of the set number. For their game on the 28th the total was set at 189.5 and it came in at an “impressive kick to the nuts” 190. One day later the total was set at 190 for the Atlanta Hawks game and yet again the gambling gods made sure to “drill you in the bits” as the final score, 100-91 totaled 191 points. Thanks Celtics. Thanks a lot.
Player of the Week
Since January 24th Chris Bosh has been on FIRE. CB4 has registered double-doubles in each of his five games. Check out these stat lines;
January 24th: 18 points, 13 rebounds
January 27th: 24 points, 18 rebounds
January 28th: 27 points, 15 rebounds
January 31th: 26 points, 15 rebounds, and 7 assists
February 2nd: 35 points, 15 rebounds
For all you math wizards that is an average of 26 points and 15 rebounds over his last five games. Thanks to Bosh the Raptors also went 4-1 both SU and ATS in those five games. Here’s to you Chris, you deserve a Labatt Blue Light. Make sure you drink the Canadian version and not the ones they send over to the States. The Canadian version is much, much better.
