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Sacramento Kings are at home tonight taking on the Minnesota T-Wolves, a team they beat in the season opener on the road. The T-Wolves fresh off an all-out-effort attack against the Lakers last night, which they ended up losing. It should have taken some of the air out of them. The Kings are amid a rough homestand, losing the past two games, and the problem the Kings have had recently is their defense, or lack thereof. They score at will, but they just seem to not be able to hold on the ball late in games, turning it over too much. That all stops tonight. They are coming of a nice four-day rest and taking on a weaker and far less-rested T-Wolves team -- which, by the way, they beat to start the season without Tyreke Evans. Lay the points take the Kings!
Illinois Chicago vs. Pittsburgh (NCAAB) - Nov 10, 2010 7:00 PM EST
Play: Point Spread: -24/-101 Pittsburgh Pick Title: Illinois Chicago vs. Pittsburgh
The Panthers did not look good in their opener but they got the win and the first game jitters behind them. I'm sure Coach Jaime Dixon sent a loud message to his team after the lethargic win. Illinois Chicago was a force in the Horizon a few years ago, but things have turned sour. UIC dropped 22 games a year ago, have a new coach and three returning players, so expectations this year are minimal. I look for Pitt to dominate an under-sized undermanned UIC team in the paint where easy looks make for high shooting percentages and a lot of second chance points, which is the perfect ingredients for toppling a big number. The Flames just don't have any answers inside or out and, off a poor performance, I look for Pitt to put the pedal to the metal tonight. I'll like Pitt in this one
NBA
2* Orlando -11 over UTAH(7pm)
1* Orlando -6.5 1st half - This is an incredibly bad spot for UTAH. The Jazz are off B2B OT games. They had an incredibly exciting and exhausting comeback vs the Heat last night. Their starters logged a ton of minutes as they aren't the deepest team to begin with. The only reason they weren't blown off the floor in Miami was the superhuman game by Paul(don't call me Ronnie) Milsap. A let down is only natural for the whole team but especially Milsap. Orlando has been laying in wait for tonight. They had to love watching not only the heat lose, but to have Utah expend such energy was quite the bonus. The magic get Jameer Nelson back tonight and he is the cog in the engine that makes the offense flow.
NCAABB
2* College of Charleston +14 over Maryland(7pm) - Maryland was awfully sloppy in their opening night win over Seattle. They had 29 turnovers. The 1st half was close but due to the fact that Seattle's tallest starter was 6'5", the terrapins wore them down despite their loose ball handling. Maryland is replacing many parts on their team so turnovers are expected but that was really bad. Charleston has 3 starters returning plus their 6th man. This is a team who finished 2nd last year in the underrated Southern conference. IMO guard play is the key in these match ups and COC will have the best guard on the floor in Goudelock. I will take the team that is used to playing with each other vs the big name major conf school getting 14 every time.
NHL
2* Columbus +100 over St Louis(7pm)
This is another game similar to the Montreal game we won last night where we exploit teams with long streaks.
How similar you ask? Lets look at the nhl.com preview to compare the 2 games:
Yesterday: "The Canucks are one of the hottest teams in the League right now having won six straight and seven of their last 10 overall."
Today: "No doubt the Blues are the hottest team in the NHL with a seven-game winning streak, their longest since a nine-game run from Oct. 15-Nov. 5, 2002"
The fact is that Columbus is at even odds to take down today's "hottest team". Both teams rely a lot on goal tending to win their games as they average about a 2.5 goals per game. The main difference is Columbus is working off 3 days rest after a home loss while the Blues have been to Boston, New York, Columbus tonight and then have to go back home tomorrow for another game. These 2 teams resemble each other greatly so we have to go with the team that is well rested and playing at home. Home team is 15-5 in the last 20 meetings.
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