1-23-09

[Mr. IWS]

::moneybag::

[Mr. IWS]

BIG AL's FRIDAY NBA BAILOUT B-L-O-W-O-U-T WINNER
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At 10:35 pm, our selection is on the Oklahoma City Thunder minus 1.5 over Los Angeles.

The Thunder fired coach P.J. Carlesimo 13 games into the season, and replaced him with current coach Scott Brooks. The results have been encouraging, as Oklahoma City is an awesome 23-7 ATS under Brooks! Tonight, the Thunder travel to Los Angeles to take on the hapless Clippers. Perhaps Los Angeles should take a cue from the Thunder and fire its coach, Mike Dunleavy. The Clips have lost 14 of 15, and now find themselves installed as a home underdog to the Thunder. (And it's been three seasons since Oklahoma City was a road favorite over anyone!) In its last game, the Thunder had its best offensive outburst of the season, and scored 122 points in its 1-point win at Golden State. Oklahoma City was led by Russell Westbrook's 30 points, and Kevin Durant and Jeff Green chipped in 27 and 26 points respectively. Los Angeles, of course, is decimated with injuries: Chris Kaman, Baron Davis, Jason Hart, and Mike Taylor will miss tonight's game, and Marcus Camby and Zach Randolph may be sidelined as well. The Clippers are a league-worst 4-18 at home, and Oklahoma City falls into 129-77 and 62-33 ATS revenge systems of mine. Take the Thunder. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. And don't miss my NBA Underdog Shocker tonight out of two angles that combine for a 79-29 ATS record.