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New Orleans is coming home from 3-game road trip after beating Chicago in triple overtime. Do you think this team is tired? Also, could the Pelicans be looking ahead to their game against the Thunder? Possibly, but they still need to focus on this game tonight. Dallas has not been the best team on the road, but they have the talent to beat this team. This is a great spot for the Mavericks, as I think they will win outright. I'll take the dog here. Let's keep grinding .....
NBA Sides
702 CLE 4.0 (-110) vs 701 DEN
NBA - 701 Denver Nuggets @ 702 Cleveland Cavaliers
Plays #1 & 2
Denver had an easy win at Brooklyn yesterday and that was natural given the favorable matchup they had. Denver had a clear edge on athleticism against Brooklyn's slow footed players in all areas: they crushed the Nets on boards by getting a 60% rebound rate, while they were also super efficient on pick and roll ball handler plays and transitions, something expected and that helps explain the blowout win. Also a nice note for the Nuggets' second unit that is starting to have a nice identity as well.
This blowout win allowed Coach Brian Shaw to rotate the team and so, no starter from Denver played more than 27 minutes last night. Anyway, this will be their third road game in four days, while being also on a back to back spot. I watched Cleveland's last game and besides some poor play down the stretch, this was their best game of the season so far, with Andrew Bynum finally having a good game with 8-14 FG, 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks in 30 minutes, while outplaying Joakim Noah! Cleveland was super aggressive especially on pick and rolls, where they were also efficient and it seems that Dion Waiters is like fish on water coming off the bench!
I believe Cleveland will go toe to toe with Denver tonight, as the Nuggets' backcourt defense should struggle to stop Kyrie Irving, Jarrett Jack and Dion Waiters. In fact, Denver's pick and roll ball handler defense is just #27 in the league while allowing 0.83 PPP, while on the frontcourt only Timofey Mozgov might limit Andrew Bynum, but the Russian center is foul prone. Therefore, I like Cleveland's spot tonight to make this game close and a high scoring one as well, so I'll be taking both the Cavs and the Over in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 701/702 Over 201,5 @ -110
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 702 Cleveland Cavaliers (+4) @ -110
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