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Orlando Magic

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Larry Ness' 10* Division Total G.O.M.-NBA (9-4 NBA 10*s s/Nov 16)

My 10* Southwest Division total of the Month is on Mem/NO Over at 8:05 ET.
I played the Thunder/Nets Over on Tuesday and saw it finish 117-111 (opening total was 190 and it closed at 195). A few of the key reasons were that the visiting Thunder were the league’s highest scoring team coming in and had averaged 111.3 PPG over their previous nine games. With no Brook Lopez inside for the Nets, I believed that the Thunder would dictate the flow of the game and that’s EXACTLY what happened. Fast forward to tonight’s Memphis/New Orleans game. The Hornets chose Kentucky’s Anthony Davis with the draft’s No. 1 pick and when he’s played, he’s looked like the “real deal.” However, a bad ankle has kept Davis out of all but six games. He’s averaged 16.0 PPG and 8.3 RPG in those games but his absence here vs Memphis will be ‘deadly.’ The Grizzlies have historically gotten off to poor starts in the team’s previous six seasons since arriving in Memphis but the 13-3 Grizzlies have been winning with a greatly improved offense (99.3 PPG), as well as putting forth a strong effort at the defensive end (91.3 PPG is third-best in the league). The starting frontcourt is devastating with Gay (18.6-6.0), Randolph (17.7-13.3) and Gasol (15.8-7.2). PG Conley (15.0-6.3 APG) gives Memphis four, 15 point a game scorers. SG Allen (8.0-3.5) is the team’s best perimeter defender but could be sidelined with a groin injury. That will give either Bayless (6.8) or Ellington (5.1) more minutes. The Hornets ‘limp’ in 5-12 on the season, losing for the 10th time in 12 games Wednesday, 103-87 to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Hornets are not only dealing with Davis’ ankle woes but Eric Gordon, who was the team’s major acquisition in the Paul trade (he had averaged 16,1, 16.9 and 22.3 PPG in his three years with the Clippers), played just nine games last year for the Hornets and has yet to see any action this season (a December return has been promised, but who knows?). Then there is Austin Rivers, a controversial high draft pick from Duke, who in 27 MPG is averaging just 6.1 PPG on 28.3 percent shooting. The good news comes from frontcourt players Anderson (18.3-8.0), Robin Lopez (12.0-5.5) and Aminu (9.8-7.4) and the excellent play of PG Vasquez (13.2-8.7 APG). Here’s my bottom line. Why won’t the Grizzlies easily match (or surpass) their 99.3 PPG average in this one? In fact, I see them reaching triple digits and beyond which means the Hornets won’t need to contribute too much, as this total opened 183 1/2. Go OVER!
Good luck...Larry
Larry Ness' 10* Weekly Wipeout Winner-CBB (8-4 CBB 10*s since Nov 19)

My 10* Weekly Wipeout Winner is on Iowa at 8:00 ET.
Iowa State announced that former player Fred Hoiberg would take over as head basketball coach in April of 2010., taking over for Greg McDermott, who left for Creighton. He is their 19th Men's Basketball coach. Hoiberg’s first season ended with a 16-16 record, including a sad-sack 3-13 in the Big 12. However, he led Iowa State to a 23-11 record and the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005 last season. The season also included the team’s first ranking in the AP top-25 poll since 2005 and after winning nine more games during the 2012 conference season than in 2011, the largest season-to-season improvement in Big 12 history (from 3-13 to 12-6), he was named co-Coach of the Year in the Big 12 with Kansas’ Bill Self. The challenge for this season is replacing last year’s top-three scorers, the 6-7 White (13.4-9.3-5.0), Christopherson (12.2) and Allen (12.2). The 6-6 Ejim (11.0-9.3) is back and playing well, as is senior guard McGee, who averaged just 7.7 PPG last season but 14.3 & 4.9 so far TY. Two transfers have made big impacts. The 6-7 Clyburn (from Utah) is the team's leading scorer (14.3 PPG) and rebounder (8.4 RPG) while former Michigan St PG Lucious is averaging 9.4 PPG and 5.3 APG. Iowa St is a perfect 6-0 at home but did lose its two away games, 78-70 to No. 11 Cincy in Las Vegas and then the next night, to No. 21 UNLV 82-70 on its home court (both efforts ere respectable). Iowa coach Fran McCaffery came from Siena where he had led the Saints to three straight NCAA tourneys (2008-10) and has found the Big Ten tough ‘sledding.’ He was 11-20 in his first year and 18-17 last year. Optimism is higher this season, as his team did lose LY’s leading scorer in Gatens (15.2) but a solid nucleus returned. The two best players are 6-6 swingman Marble (14.4-4.3-3.4) and the 6-8 White (13.7-6.4) plus a pair of 6-7 juniors in Basabe (8.1-4.8) and McCabe (5.8-4.1). The Hawkeyes opened 5-0 but then lost two straight but in fairness, the losses came to 8-0 Wichita St (now ranked 24th) in a tourney in Cancun plus at 7-0 Va Tech in Blacksburg. McCaffrey shook things up after those back-to-back losses, starting three freshman (with Marble and White) the last two games and the Hawkeyes have won 85-59 and 87-63. The trio of freshman are guards Gasell (8.2-3.3 APG) and Clemmons (3.4) plus the 7-1 Woodbury (7.0-5.0). The task gets tougher here vs Iowa St but Iowa is playing with some payback from LY’s 10-point loss in Ames and Iowa has covered 11 of its last 16 games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The home team has won SEVEN of the last eight meetings and NOTHING changes here!

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Friday, December 07, 2012
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Golden State vs Brooklyn
OVER 195

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Under 212 Houston / San Antonio 8:35 ET




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Wisconsin Milwaukee -11 / Northern Illinois 8:00 ET

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820. Utah Jazz -7 (service play)

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Iowa -3