1-3-15

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Steve Budin

CALI-CARTEL


26-13-1 Start in Football


50 DIME

FOOTBALL WINNER # 20 OF 27

- and 3rd straight in the NFL -


Pittsburgh

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Pointwise Phones

2* Under in Pitt/ Baltimore

Had a 3* Arizona and a 2* Under in Arizona/Carolina in the early game.

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Pete Kidd

Orlando/Charlotte Over 94 First Half
Minnesota/Utah Under 96 First Half

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VegasButcher

Minnesota Timberwolves -1

These two teams just played against one another on 12/30, with Utah coming away with a 6 point home victory. The average margin throughout that game was +2.4 MIN though, as the Jazz needed a 16-2 run to close out the game just to grab the victory. Clearly, the Wolves played well in that one and I see no reason why they shouldn’t play well in the rematch as well. Utah was on a b2b in that first meeting, and they’ll be on a b2b once again tonight. This team is only 2-6 ATS in such spots. In addition, Utah lost two starters, Enes Kanter and Patrick Christopher, to injuries yesterday. They are already without Rodney Hood, who is out for at least a week, and of course Burks is out for the season. It will be up to Favors, Hayward, and Burke to carry this team, all of whom have logged 30+ minutes last night. Minnesota has a couple of advantages in their favor here. First they are 5th in the league in forcing TO’s, while Utah is 23rd in offensive TO-rate. In a fatigue spot for the road team, this advantage could be even more pronounced for the Wolves today. Second factor is that Minnesota is 7th best in the league in getting to the FT-line. They only attempted 14 FT’s in the first meeting with the Jazz, but I expect that number to be much higher on their own home court. Bottom line is that we have a very short-handed Jazz squad traveling to Minnesota after playing a game last night while taking on a Wolves team looking to exact some revenge from the first meeting. Minnesota is on a 10-game losing streak, but they are 4-0 ATS in the last 4 games losing by 6 points or less in 3 of those. This team is playing much better right now, they are at home for the 2nd consecutive game (no travel since 12/30), and this might be the first time all season when the Wolves are the ‘healthier’ then the team they’re facing.