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For Wednesday, Top-Rated 1000♦ release is Ohio-Bowling Green OVER the total. At 8:30 am eastern time, the total for this game is 68 1/2 points both in Vegas and offshore.
We roll with Phoenix as a heavy favorite today against the Kings. For starters, there will be no Cousins in this game and that great impacted this team’s success in their previous game against Memphis as the Grizzlies came in off one of their worst losses in franchise history against the Warriors and bounced-back in a big way at Sacramento. Now the Kings go on the road to face a Suns team that looked horrible in their first game against Dallas before finding comfort against the Blazers beating them in back to back ballgames. Sacramento swept Phoenix last year and that has to irk this team coming into this game. Sure the Kings were competitive against the Lakers and Clippers and though they could bounce-back here against LA, we think not.
Note that Phoenix comes off a 96-102 loss against the Clippers and they were 8.5 point underdogs coming into the game and this team has done well as favorites this year. This is a Phoenix team that is led with solid interior defense with Chandler and rebounding which they did not have before and combine that with the solid play of Bledsoe, Knight, Morris and Warren. Though the Kings have talent abound, this team has a tendency to struggle against teams with a strong interior presence such as the Suns. Note, this will force Rondo to shoot from the perimeter more where he does not feel as comfortable and that will make a big difference today. Plus, you have a Kings offense that shot terribly at LA going 36/98 and in particular Knight who went 4/20 and 1/8 from 3 point land and all that changes today as the Suns come back at home.
Suns off a loss, shot the ball terribly against the Clippers and we expect them to come back strong this evening and win by double-digits and this is a quality public fade to boot this evening as we seek our 9th straight winner in the NBA Today.
ROBERT FERRINGO
8-Unit Play. Take #1 Winnipeg (-125) over Toronto (7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4)
The Maple Leafs are 4-22 in their last 26 against a team with a winning record and are 1-6 in their last 7 following a win. Over the last 6 times these two teams have played Winnipeg has won 5 of the 6 with Toronto winning the most recent back in February. Winnipeg actually has some of the better stats in the NHL right now. They are averaging 3 goals per game, 23 percent on the power play and 85 percent on the penalty kill. Toronto on the other hand is ranked 25th in the league in all of these stats. The Leafs played a great game the other night against Dallas and I don’t see this happening again. Unlike the Stars, the Jets defense is more disciplined and less inapt to give up sporadic goals. The team is 3-1 in their last 4 games while beating Chicago, Minnesota and Columbus. Their only loss has come from the surging LA Kings. Toronto may put a couple back to back wins together this year but it won’t be tonight against the Jets.
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