10-27-09

[Mr. IWS]

NEW GUYS! LURKERS!

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Re: 10-27-09

Andre Gomes Premium Picks

dime bet 501 BOS / 502 CLE Under 186.0
Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers


Single Dime Play on Under 186

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Re: 10-27-09

Karl Garrett

20 DIMER - EAST CAROLINA PIRATES....10 DIMER - CLEVELAND CAVS 20 DIMER - EAST CAROLINA PIRATES

Much prefer to lay the highway lumber here, as even though the Pirates are a dismal 1-8 their last 9 as a road favorite, they DO own Memphis, and that is a fact.

East Carolina is 12-1 against the spread the last 13 series meetings, and that includes 7 straight covers, with 3 straight up wins in a row.

Skip Holtz' team has Virginia Tech up next, and at 4-3, a loss here would not be good for their bowl hopes, so expect the Pirates to handle their business on the road against a foe they have dominated.

Memphis is just 2-5 straight up, and and 1-5 against the spread in their lined games this season.

I don't see it happening for Tommy West's team tonight, I just don't!

Take East Carolina minus the points.

10 DIMER - CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

Why not?

Battle of Eastern Conference titans, and each team made a big move in the off-season, as Boston picked up Rasheed Wallace, while Cleveland got the Big Diesel.

Just hard to go against a Cleveland team that went 45-3 last season at home, while going 32-16 against the spread. Those are some solid money-making numbers for shit sure.

Including the playoffs, Cleveland has won 5 of the last 9 against Boston straight up, and they have covered in 8 of those 9.

Kevin Garnett is back and healthy for Boston, and that is certainly good for both the Celtics, and the league, but tonight is ALL about LeBron and Shaq, and an opening night win and cover.

Take the Cavs minus the points.

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Re: 10-27-09

Andrea Gomes
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 501 Boston Celtics (+5)

Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 508 Los Angeles Lakers (-10)

Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on Over 186

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Re: 10-27-09

Chris Jordan has 2 small plays for today..
Tuesday's winners ...
100? EAST CAROLINA - Analysis on these two winners due back by 4 p.m. eastern

50? BOSTON CELTICS -

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Re: 10-27-09

Doc Sports

4U celtics game under 184.5
3U wizards +8

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Re: 10-27-09

Craig Davis
Tuesday's Lineup
20 Dime --- EAST CAROLINA (Buy the 1/2 point if your line is -4 or -4 1/2. Do nothing if it is -5.)

10 Dime --- Wizards-Mavericks OVER

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Re: 10-27-09

ATS

3 e carolina-4

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Re: 10-27-09

Wunderdog

Game: Boston at Cleveland (7:30 PM Eastern)
Pick: Boston +5 (-110)

The NBA season gets underway tonight with perhaps a preview of what many feel will be the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavaliers took a chance and signed Shaq to team-up with LeBron to hopefully put them over the top. The Cavs realizing that if they don't get it done this year it may not happen for a while as LeBron is free to walk after this season. The Celtics went out and got an insurance policy of their own signing Rasheed Wallace in case Kevin Garnett's balky knees flare up. The Celtics did a very good job a year ago on the road against the better teams in the NBA as they went 12-8 against teams with a winning record when facing them on the road. When you factor in the fact they lost only four of those by more than five points, you know that they will be right there down the wire, and getting points here certainly shows value. Boston has turned in a stellar 45-19-1 mark in their last 65 as a road dog, and I'll ride with them in this one.

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Re: 10-27-09

Rob Veno
Rob Veno

NBA SEASON WIN TOTAL 20* BLUECHIP – Chicago OVER 41.5
Extremely surprised at this number being offered and have no problem taking advantage of it. The Bulls are off of a 41-41 season where they grew up a bit and got their first taste of winning games in the post season. The three wins they recorded came as heavy series underdogs to the Eastern Conference’s #2 seed Boston in what was an epic seven game series. While morale victories aren’t what teams are after in the playoffs, the Bulls performance was an absolute success and that success has them hungry for even more this time around. With the team focused on upgrading their achievement, it’s hard to understand why they’re required to win just one more regular season game than they did last year in order to cash this ticket. The obvious reason for the oddsmakers apprehension about this team is obviously the departure of leading scorer Ben Gordon who exited to Detroit. I appreciate Gordon’s point scoring abilities as much as anyone but the truth is, his omission from the Chicago roster is vastly over valued here. It’s no secret that while Gordon was a proven go to guy for the Bulls in crunch time, he was a defensive liability. His two guard spot will now be filled by 6’6” starter John Salmons and versatile sixth man Kirk Hinrich, both of whom are far better on ball and overall defenders. The Chicago roster figures to be just as potent as last season’s as their speed and depth should allow them to push the pace and score the way second year HC Vinny Del Negro wants them to. Point guard Derrick Rose is on the verge of blossoming into one of the game’s elite at his position and in him, Chicago has their “go to” guy void filled. Rose, Salmons and Hinrich provide Chicago with one of the East’s most talented backcourt trios on each end of the floor. Veteran Jannero Pargo gives the Bulls instant offensive spark off the bench while the ageless Lindsay Hunter gives the guard unit a defensive specialist. The frontcourt is the key to this team and a main reason why I feel this team will exceed the posted win total. Versatile small forward Luol Deng returns after an injury riddled season and he appears ready to again become a significant cog in this lineup. Deng will be complemented up front by the dynamic shot blocking and rebounding tandem of power forward Tyrus Thomas and center Joakim Noah. In the Boston series, these two players were as important to Chicago’s victories if not more important than anyone else. Simply put, when these guys are active and are end to end presences, then Chicago can play with and defeat any team. Veteran and skilled center Brad Miller backs up Noah making this a very strong position for the Bulls while active and athletic rookies Taj Gibson (USC) and James Johnson (Wake Forest) man the 4 and three reserve spots respectively. Gibson has looked especially good this preseason and Johnson has shown the ability to play either forward spot. In a nutshell, this team is as versatile as any in the East. They have a plethora of players who can play multiple positions which helps their depth tremendously. Chicago has a youthful exuberance yet they’ve got experience under their belt and extreme desire in their system. Offensively there doesn’t figure to be any drop off and they can run teams into the ground. Defensively they should be much better as they’re quickness, increased size, aggressiveness, athleticism and learned wisdom will spearhead their improvement. Eastern Conference rosters are not much different from a talent standpoint than they were last season except for the three teams at the top. That lack of dramatic improvement amongst the mid to bottom rung clubs is another solid reason why it’s not very much to ask Chicago to win one more game than they did in the 2008-’09 campaign. 42-40 seems very reasonable here for a Bulls team that has the ingredients to win 45+ games.

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Re: 10-27-09

teddy covers

Celtics
Clippers

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Re: 10-27-09

Bob Balfe
NBA Basketball
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Trailblazers -9.5 over Rockets

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College Football
East Carolina/Memphis Under 48
Both teams are not as good on offense this season as they were last year. ECU won 30-10 in last years meeting and did not allow Memphis to rush or pass. This season ECU is not as good offensively and on the road I do not see them putting up too many points. Pinkney is having just an average season at QB while Memphis is already on their third QB this season. Look for a low scoring game. Take the Under.


Balfe went 6-0 last week in NCCA including a nice 4-0 on Saturday. He has definately won me money in NBA over the long haul. Lets win some

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Re: 10-27-09

Dave M@linsky

Top of the Ticket – Side

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS (-9) over Houston Rockets

4* #506 PORTLAND over HOUSTON

With a young roster filled with not only talented players, but the right kind of talent, the Portland Trail Blazers bring a lot of D?s to the able ? Discipline, Defense, Determination and Depth. That takes you a long way in this league, as we saw in a 2008-09 campaign in which many thought that they were ahead of schedule, but they were not ? the combination of talent + work ethic gives them a chance to assimilate much more quickly than the norm. On offense their chemistry and patience saw them #2 in efficiency on our best set of ratings; on defense it was #10; and they were at the top or near the top in every key rebounding category, a tribute to the Determination aspects. And the only glaring negative statistic was one that they could not control, and should actually reverse a bit this season ? they were dead last in opponents Free Throw percentage, watching helplessly as an 80.6 was drained against them. The latter really does matter ? over the course of the season that can have a definite impact on power ratings. So what happens when all of those D?s are combined? You become a beast at home. The Trail Blazers were 13-2 SU and 10-5 ATS on this court after the All Star break LY, and went 13-7 ATS in their last 20 when laying -7 or more here. They simply wear weaker teams down, and we expect them to become ever strong in that category this season, with the addition of Andre Miller making the second unit (for now, eventually we believe that he will move to a starting spot) arguably the league?s best. That all spells bad news for the Rockets, who have an awful time matching up. It is one thing to transition from having Yao Ming, Ron Artest and Tracy McGrady, which would cause headaches for anyone, but another matter entirely when a savvy front office had brought in a bunch of role players to surround the stars. Under those circumstances, guys like Shane Battier, Chuck Hayes, Luis Scola and Trevor Ariza make a great deal of sense. But now there is not a legitimate go-to scorer to be found, while also the lack of a defensive and rebounding presence in the paint. It also means that promising PG Aaron Brooks will struggle to take the next step, since opposing defenders can help off of their man to negate his drives. Let?s let Rick Adelman explain it for us - ?The way we're going to have to do it is we're going to have work harder than everybody else; we're going to have to be very consistent and play well as a team. This will be a progression for us ? There is a lot of uncertainty; there is no doubt about that. We lose all those points from people who are used to scoring those points, used to being the main guys. Now you just turn it over to people and try to get them to do more. We don't have that right now. We're still looking for it. That is going to cause us some uncertainty.? Those ?effort? aspects from the Rockets will actually make them decent plays some nights, as they play harder than favorites that will take them lightly. But that does not work against the focus that the Trail Blazers will bring for this particular tip-off, and while Nate McMillan can have his team go all-out here, with Wednesday off, Adelman will not chase all that hard from behind, since his Rockets have to play again on Wednesday night at Golden State, a pace that will require a lot of energy. That keeps the back-door firmly locked here in a game that the favorite dominates

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Re: 10-27-09

st bernadines sports advisors - 10/27

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lillefty -
2* E.Carolina over memphis
In this matchup we will take an improving ECU squad over an opponent it has dominated in the past. ECU has 3 wins in it last 4 games with its' only loss coming by a late score at a pretty good SMU team. ECU has covered 7 in a row, 4 of the last 5 in Memphis, and 11 of the last 12 overall vs the Tigers. The pirates are 4-3 but on of those wins come from sub division appalacian st so they will need 3 more wins out of their remainin 5 games to become bowl eligible. With the next 2 games being Tulsa and Va tech(prob losses), this game probably decides their bowl fate. Expect a max effort from ECU tonight. Memphis struggles on defense(29.8 PPG) and this has been the main reason for their struggles this season. 1 of their 2 wins comes from sub division tenn-martin. With the news of QB smith transferring to start the season and the back up Bass getting hurt the QB duties fall on the shoulder of 5th yr senior Hudgens , who has been a 50% passer throughout his career. I am not sure they can put up enough points to stay in this game. Look for ECU to continue their dominance over Memphis tonight with a touchdown plus win

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Re: 10-27-09

Street Rosenthal

*200 Los Angeles Clippers +10

I do not have very many NBA plays the first couple of weeks,
but this play is one of my favorites. We will fade the defending NBA
Champions on opening night as they receive their rings. After the Lakers
won the championship in 2000, they lost the season opener at home to the
Utah Jazz after getting their rings. After winning the title in 2001,
the Lakers got their rings and won the opener over the Portland Trail
Blazers. But after the Lakers won the NBA championship in 2002, they got
their rings at home and lost to the San Antonio Spurs. The Clippers will
be watching the Lakers get their rings. The Clippers will be fired up to
acheive the same, however the Lakers will be spent emotionally. Take the
Clippers getting double digits in an opening night game.