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JOE GAVAZZI
NFL
Packers -10 and Over 51
Monday Night NBA Minnesota TWolves at Cleveland Cavaliers (-2) 7:05 ET
5* Minnesota (+2)
The 89-74 Cleveland loss to Indiana on Saturday, a true contender for a Ring Ceremony, was to
be expected. Far more was expected in their 90-84 loss to Charlotte. Maybe it was a letdown
from their opening home upset of the Nets. Cavs PG Irving now has a front line to work with
composed of a healthy Varejao, emerging Thompson, and the peripatetic Bynum. They should
easily exceed last year’s 24 wins. Though some may be surprised that the TWolves have bolted to
a 3-0 SU start, as one of four undefeated teams, this bureau is not one that is shocked. Quality
victories over OKC by 19 and NY by 9 were for real. Key is the return to health of core
components PG Rubio, Love, and Pecovic. Throw in the addition of Jarrett Jack, , a savvy
performer at crunch time, and you have a winning recipe. Play the better team as underdog and
hope the Big Apple hangover from last night does not bite another traveler following a
performance at MSQ.
Andre Gomes | NBA Sides pick506 MEM -11.5 (-110) 5dimes vs 505 BOS
Analysis:
NBA - 505 Boston Celtics @ 506 Memphis Grizzlies
Unlike some lowly teams that are surprising the league early on the season, Boston is fulfilling the expectations in being poor this season. I took the Over on their game yesterday, as I expected Detroit's frontcourt to have a mega edge over Boston's poor frontcourt and that happened, as the Pistons scored 54 points in the paint, while Josh Smith, Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond had a combined of 21-42 (50%) FG and 29 rebounds, crushing the Celtics on the boards battle. In theory, Boston would have the edge against Detroit's bad perimeter defense, especially considering that the Pistons' starting backcourt is formed by Chauncey Billups and Will Bynum, but that didn't happen. In fact, Boston struggled terribly on the perimeter and couldn't even hold on to the ball with 24 turnovers committed!
Three games later, the Celtics have just 43 assists for 63 turnovers! That's an average of 14.3 assists per game versus 21.0 turnovers per game! These problems will certainly continue tonight, as Memphis's frontcourt will dominate like Detroit did last night with Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph dominating down low, while the Celtics's terrible ball handling will be exposed by the Grizzlies' good ball pressure defense that had 10 and 12 steals on their last two games. Memphis has been having some natural issues on offense early on the season, as they are implementing a new system, but they are also struggling on defense in stopping opposing guards to penetrate and attack the rim. But that's something that won't be explored tonight by Boston, as they don't have players to explore this area like Tony Parker or Monta Ellis did in the Grizzlies' previous games. So, Memphis's defense will just have to pack the paint tonight and let Boston continuously miss their jump shots, as they are shooting just 10-45 3pts so far on this season. Therefore, we have every condition for an easy win for Memphis tonight and so, I'll be taking them in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 506 Memphis Grizzlies (-11,5) @ -110 / 1.91 on 5dimes
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