11-5-12

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SPORTS WAGERS

PHILADELPHIA -4 -105 over New York
How can this be? The Knicks are 2-0 after back-to-back 16-point wins to open the year. As a 3½-point choice yesterday over these same Sixers, the Knicks went wire-to-wire in an easy win and now they’re taking back 4 points? It sure looks appealing, especially when you consider that the Knicks have hit 30 of 63 triples to open the year.

The 76ers are 1-1 on the year and have not looked particularly sharp at all, even in its season-opening win over Denver. Philly is without two of its key players in Andrew Bynum and Jason Richardson. We’re not privy to this information. Injuries are factored into the line. Everyone is aware how sharp the Knicks look and how ordinary the 76ers have performed. Forget all that. This line will have the masses on New York and as enticing as it appears, we know better. Sometimes the line dictates the play and that’s precisely the situation here for Philly, as the Knicks look, “too good to be true”.

Our Pick PHILADELPHIA -4 -105 (Risking 2.1 units - To Win: 1.90)

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Docs
3-Unit Play #515 Take Cleveland/LA Clippers OVER 197 (10:30 p.m. EST, Monday)
The Clippers have upped the tempo this season and it is working for them. This team has lots of offensive weapons and a very deep bench and we are pretty confident they will be one of the highest scoring teams in the NBA when all is said and done. While this team routinely struggled during stretches last season when they would fail to get out of the 80s, we think this team will be hitting the century mark more often this season. Scores in the 100s for Clippers box scores should be a regular thing. In fact, the Clip Show have surpassed the century mark in all three of their games this season and two of those games, against Memphis and the LA Lakers, were against top defensive clubs. Cleveland is not a good defensive team. They are allowing an average of 101 PPG through three games and we just think that the Clippers will put on an offensive show tonight, especially coming off a disappointing home loss against the Warriors. We think the Clippers should get over 105 tonight and the Cavs should be able to make up the difference to get this one over the number. We had this line handicapped at 201 so there is some very nice value present here in our opinion.

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IC

4-Unit Play. #505. Take Over 193.5 Minnesota vs. Brooklyn (Monday @ 7:35pm est).

With Minnesota getting hammered against Toronto yesterday, I like them to bounce-back here on the road against the Nets. The Nets are now a team that you get up to play for which is a positive for an underdog looking to push this game over the posted total. If Minnesota had won against Toronto then we might not have played this game. But, since Minnesota lost against Toronto and they will look to bounce-back, this is a good spot here. With Brooklyn coming off a win against Toronto in their last game, this is a good spot for them to have a bit of a let down defensively, but more importantly, their offense will be in more sync this second game as compared to the first game. The Nets have a decent bench that looks to push the ball with the likes of Watson and company so an over is not a bad play here. The Over is 12-4 for the Timberwolves when they face a team with a winning percentage of greater than 60% on the road (meaning the better teams in the league) and the Over is 5-1 when the Nets face a team with a losing record at home (meaning that underdogs are active underdogs in New Jersey).

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NORTH COASE
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Paul Leiner - 1500* Over Eagles

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Jack Jones

15* Nets -7.5
15* Kings -2

25* Eagles/Saints Over 52.5

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Erin Rynning

20* m.n. Goy philly

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The Chicago Sports Connection>>> Monday
Sacramento Kings -2 vs Golden St

Kings played OK on 3 game road trip to start the season...but come home with an 0-3 record.

Got some rest and will play a Warrior club that is playing their 3rd game in 4 days.

KINGS -2