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3 Unit Play. Take #74 Los Angeles Kings -140 over Carolina (10:35p.m., Saturday December 9)
Stealing a game at Staples Center is not an easy task and tonight the red hot LA Kings will continue to play outstanding hockey. The Kings have won 7-Straight coming into this evening matchup and Carolina has dropped back-to-back games and 4 out 5. If the Kings score early tonight then this game is done because the Kings defenses at home is outstanding and throw in that Jonathan Quick will most likely be in the net for the Kings. Quick has won 5-straight starts and the last home start the offense provided him with 5 goals and they beat the Wild 5-2
5 Unit Play. Take #720 Over 216.5 Houston at Portland (10:05p.m., Saturday December 9)
Thursday night we had the OVER in the Houston/Utah game and cashed and tonight we look for lightning to strike twice with the Rockets. This total jumped 4-points since very early this morning but I still see value in this total. The Rockets are scoring machines and the Houston offense hasn't scored less then 105 points in 6-straight games. The Blazers come to this home game loser of 3-straight games and all 3 of those games were at home. In those 3 home losses the Blazers defense was horrendous giving 106, 123, and 103 points and neither of those 3 teams have offenses like the Rockets. With Houston playing great ball and most likely the 3-ball hitting for the Rockets I see this game easily going over and the Blazers will need to keep up scoring if they want to keep this game close. Last 12 meetings in Portland between these two teams 9 of them have gone over
3-unit play. Take #714 Milwaukee (-2.5) over Utah (8:30 p.m., Saturday, December 9)
The Bucks have been up and down this year. They have the roster to make a run deep into the playoffs but need to do more on both ends. This is a great spot for them to get a W and move towards starting a run. Go ahead and take the Bucks to get the win and hold off the Jazz.
7-Unit Play. #804. Take UNLV -4.5 over Illinois (Saturday @ 11:59pm est)
UNLV is a team on the rise. This is a team that had won just 11 games under Marvin Menzies and slowly but sure, after just 1 season, this team is all of a sudden 7-2 out of the gates this including winning some big games such as against Utah winning 85-58 as a semi-home game. This team nearly beat Arizona losing by just 3 points in overtime as well and remember how talented Arizona is. Heck, this team nearly beat Northern Iowa who is a very well coached team on the road outright and took them to overtime as well. And, this team is young gaining experience every game. Remember, this team is a top 75 defense, has played tougher teams than Illinois already, is a top 10 offensive rebounding team, top 35 effective field goal percentage and as hungry as you can get coming into this season. Illinois had its issues Wake Forrest on the road losing by 7 points and if UNLV can do what they did to a good defensive team in Utah, imagine what they might do to Illinois who is outside the top 200 in offense, outside the top 290 in 3 point shooting and outside the top 220 in turnover margin as well. This likely sets up for a big win for UNLV in this semi-home game as they will be up to face the Big10 Squad in a big way.
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