Speaker 1: What's going on?
Speaker 2: Everybody?
Speaker 1: Welcome into another episode of Prophet Picks. If you are new,
we do always start the show by being transparent. Yesterday,
it was a good day for myself. I had the
Celtics game under two fifteen and a half. I don't
think it even touched two hundred and the Wizards, the dirty, stinking,
filthy dog of the day, Wizards plus fifteen and a
half got to the window. Whatever number you got got
to the window. So nice to window a day yesterday
to start the week. You know, good to be back
with you. Hopefully you had, you know, a good day
as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Wow, I was on the wrong side of that Boston
Milwaukee game. Thought the Bucks would score. They never scored
eighty one points in that one. Didn't work out at all,
but it was the only NBA play for yesterday. Didn't
like a heck of a lot across the board. So
we'll look to make some money on this bigger board
here today.
Speaker 1: All right, let's let's do it. Appreciate job's happening on
the chat. They're giving us some credit for some good
picks and analysis yesterday. See if we can do it
again here today. All right, we'll start with MAVs and
Hornets opened up minus eleven up to thirteen total. Right
around the opener, you have Kobe whiteout for this Horner's team.
For Dallas, Martin and Washington are probable, Flag and Klay
are double, Badley and Marshall are out. I mean, this
Horner's team just continues to cover numbers, continues to hit
their team total. But every way you want to bet
on the Hornets seems like they're putting money in your
pocket right now. So at this point, you know, especially
with the injury report, it's hard for me to try
to make a case for Dallas here. What do you think?
Speaker 3: You know, Yeah, the numbers keep getting bigger on Charlotte,
but it hasn't seemed to matter when they play a
team in this particular class like Dallas. Teams that don't
really care much about winning basketball games, bottom tier of
the NBA, they cover the big numbers. I mean, ten
and a half against Washington, win by seventeen, up that
a little bit late, twelve and a half to Indiana
on the road, win by twenty four. Is Charlotte's just
doing the right thing both defensively and offensively, and Dallas's
offense has gone stagnant. Last couple of games one oh
five and eighty seven put up by the MAVs.
Speaker 2: They continue to give it up freely.
Speaker 3: Oklahoma City I don't think had a lot of interest
the other night Ski in that one hundred and eighty
seven game.
Speaker 2: They'd come off of the Denver game.
Speaker 3: I think it was so SGA's been back for a
couple of games now was spot back for one game
there and looked like they took it a little bit easy.
But here against Charlotte, it's a start of a This
looks like a six game road trip for Dallas. I
don't know that you can expect any good results on
this road trip. I don't know that Dallas is anxious
to be out on the road and try and win
ball games. So for me, it would probably be Charlotte
at Charlotte full game total scares me a little bit
simply because they've been playing really good defense, and I
don't want to get involved full game with Dallas not
playing very well offensively the last couple, So maybe Charlotte
team total just looking here, well I talk looks like
one twenty one and a half. I'll tell you what
I would be happier just to lay.
Speaker 2: The points with Charlotte. Tell you the truth.
Speaker 3: Charlotte has been dominating this class of opponent as of late,
and right now the odds makers can't seem to make
the price on them high enough. So i'd probably look
Charlotte minus thirteen.
Speaker 1: All right, We'll move over to the next game. That's
the Pistons, and the Calves opened up one and a
half favorites for Detroit on the road. Total didn't really move.
The side did go up by one. Andrew report. I
don't see anybody on there for the Pistons. For the layers,
Wade as questionable, Mitchell and Strews for me out here,
and let's look at it. Let's look at the situationals.
Not really anything. Both teams a little bit of rest here.
The Cavaliers did lose the Pistons last time they played
one nineteen and went twenty two. That was not that
long ago. That was an other day. That was a
what was that a couple of days ago, So a
chance for the Cavaliers to get a little bit of
quick revenge here. This is not one that I was
really locking in on, but I do think, you know,
being at home I feel like they're I don't like
that Metell's out, but I feel like at home, like
the rest of the role players should play really good.
I want to get towards a bounce back in this
spot with the Cavs more than laying with Detroit.
Speaker 3: What do you think, Yeah, you remember that game a
couple of days ago, because I remember you saying, it
looks like they are just asking me to bet the
Cavaliers here.
Speaker 2: Remember, there was no reason for the price.
Speaker 3: To go down, and it went down in favor of Detroit,
and the Cavaliers did cover that number. It was hard
to make a fundamental case for him in that game,
but Money was anti Detroit. Money was right. Cleveland played
them close. We'll see if they can get the quick
revenge here. That game got up to two forty one Ski,
and I'm not so sure that this game is going
to climb that high. I kind of like under here
in this second match. You know, I'm one of those
who thinks that coaches again like to fix what went
wrong the first time. I don't think either coach was
happy with the two hundred and forty one point total
in that particular game. So for me, the physicality of Detroit,
the absence of Mitchell, and I know it was both present.
Both of those things were present a few days ago
when they met up.
Speaker 2: But that game just.
Speaker 3: Had a lot of shot and I don't know, it's
not going to take that many misses here that were
makes in that game to keep this thing under what's
a pretty high total in my estimation to twenty eight
and a half. You do see as low as to
twenty seven and a half in a couple of places.
So whichever way you like, shop it well, but I
do like under twenty eight and a half in that game,
I think the Pistons could win it, but I'm more
inclined to play.
Speaker 1: Under all right, this is probably probably not a game
I'm gonna get there with dropping dimes like's cash team
total under a lot of different opinions out there in
the chat. This next game, I mean, I'm pretty I'm
interested in a little bit, just a little bit here
opened up. Fifteen and a half looks like fifteen and
a half or sixteen depending where you're shoting out a
lot of movement on the total. Still no Franz Wagner,
Anthony Black is questionable or Washington Laundry list, you walkin Fouksovich,
Saw Russell, George Davis all out, Gills questionable. You know,
we made some money with the Wizards yesterday and now
back to back traveling no Keishawn, George's time around two
versus Magic team who let me just they did lose it. Yeah,
they got blown out in their last game. They lost
back to back games, got blown out in their last game.
Now see the Wizards here in our sixteen point favorites.
I really think that they can blow them out the gym,
you know I do. It's just I don't like the
I know Paolo and the coach don't like each other
from hearing them talking to interviews. They're saying complete opposite,
Like Polo's like, we're not making any adjustment at halftime.
The coach is like, it's not about adjustment, it's about
playing harder. So that makes me not like it. But
this Wizard team that's going to be out there tonight,
in this situation can still get blown out. So it's
Magic or past. Any thoughts from you or any thoughts
from you on Magic and Wizards.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think.
Speaker 3: The first and when we're talking off air, my first
inclination is I want to fade the Wizards in some capacity,
whether it be laying points with Orlando or just betting
Orlando team total. And I think for me, I'd rather
be on over Orlando's team total. They're just not trustworthy enough,
even though this is a blowout situation, just like last
night was a look ahead situation for Houston. But if
Orlando does blow Washington out, then they probably get above
this number of one twenty two for their team total,
which Washington.
Speaker 2: Gives up on a regular basis.
Speaker 3: The other thing the factor in here for Washington is
I think Trey Young is going to play his first
game tonight and Thursday.
Speaker 2: Washington.
Speaker 1: Huh, I thought it was he's listed out right now?
Speaker 2: Oh? Is he?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I thought they said he was going back on Thursday.
Speaker 3: Yeah right, I got conflicting stuff. I'm reading here that
tonight he's expected to make his Wizard's debut, regardless if
he does or doesn't. If he does play, If he
does make his debut tonight, it makes it harder, I
think on the Washington offense, not that it wouldn't be
difficult already in the second of back to backs, and
Houston obviously, when Washington got to one eighteen last night.
It's obvious that Houston didn't give a fully focused defensive
effort the Orlando gave me talk about the other day, Sky.
They led Detroit at halftime, which is interesting that you
bring up Paolo saying we don't make any halftime adjustments.
They were winning at halftime, and they got destroyed in
the second half. So could be some credence to either
or could be some credence to the coach not thinking
they played hard enough second half. Could be some credence
to Ben Carroll thinking that we should have adjusted a
few things to maintain that lead. But I like him
here tonight. This tailor made for them, and they're still
in that hunt for the sixth spot here in the playoffs,
a game and a half behind Philadelphia. Winnable games are
important to the Magic at this point in time, So
I think I'm gonna play over one twenty two. But
I wouldn't argue anybody off of laying the points with
Orlando here. Just doesn't set up well for the Wizards.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm I'm looking even more at the at the
Magic here. I mean, they've they've blown out some of
these weak teams they blew recently they blew the Kings out,
the Nets out. I think it's doable. We're gonna think
about it a little bit more. But I do like
the magic here. You know, how we how are we doing?
You know, time wise?
Speaker 2: We're good right now? We are good right now?
Speaker 1: All right, cool nets and heat. I can skip this game. Honestly,
I have zero interest in beting either team. The nets
so bad they can get blown out by his number.
He haven't been playing good enough to lay this number.
So this is a pass for me, anything for me.
Speaker 2: You know, Yeah, it's another one.
Speaker 3: I mean, I've been on this bandwagon a little bit
now with Miami, but I do think, in fact, not
even that I think, because I bet this game this morning.
Speaker 2: I bet Miami over one nineteen and a half.
Speaker 3: The Nets have they've gone owen seven since the break,
and they've given up as many as one forty eight
in a game, and they're just not playing on either
end right now. In fact, I think there was a
game where they only scored eighty two, so can't score,
can't defend. But I like Miami's pace, and I like
the fact that this is a defense they can pick
on with that pace.
Speaker 2: So I did play over one nineteen and a half
team total Miami.
Speaker 1: Good stuff there, I bet on that.
Speaker 2: Tree young.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the next one where we
had Nicks and Raptors. Yes, opened up one and a
half for the Knicks. Now two and a half, and
the total comes down a little bit from two twenty
three and a half as long as two twenty one
and a half. And we have cnb out McBride out
for this next team. It is the front of a
back to back for the Knicks. They play Okay see
tomorrow on ESPN, and that's gonna make me think, you
know which game they care more about? Obviously, you know
you want to look good on national TV. That game
is at the Garden too, But I feel like this
game matters too, standing wise. I mean, it's conference, Toronto's
not that far behind New York. I feel like they
have to care about both of these games. Really, if
it was you know, a West Coast team not you know,
or a team that they didn't really need to care about,
I'll feel better about trying to back Toronto tonight. That
was my first thought, trying to back Toronto here, But
I think I'd have to look a little more towards
the under neither team really playing with the pace. Both
team has been pretty solid defensively lately, and you never know,
you could still get some some rollouts. Guys saving their
energy for Okay, see tomorrow from New York side, so
lean under what do you think? You know?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll make the case for Toronto here. Nick's have
beaten this team eleven straight times. And you got a
couple of guys on the Toronto side and the starting
lineup RJ Barrett and Emmanuel click quickly who are x Knicks?
So certainly they've lost three straight this year to the Knicks.
This is the final time these two will play. I
don't think Toronto wants to go oh to four against
the Knicks, so I would expect maximum effort out of
them here. Another thing when I was going through the
games played earlier this season, SKI is that Yaka Pertl
didn't play in two of those three losses. He only
played in one, and he put up reasonable numbers ten points,
nine boards in twenty five minutes.
Speaker 2: And we've spoken often about how h whe.
Speaker 3: It is for him to be there at the rim
helping defend for Toronto. I like their defenders, you know,
they've got length, Barnes, Ingram, Barrett, and the Knicks come
off of that huge win against San Antonio. I know
they've had a day in between, but still that was
a big win for the Knicks. You saw that day,
the energy they exerted. So I'm with you that I
think the Knicks care about this. They're not in such
a comfortable spot that they can't care. And i'd also
you know, in the Knicks defense on that side of
the ledger, they've owned this team basically. But I do
take into account pretty heavily the fact that having peertleback
is huge against the Knicks. And I think that the
Quickly and Barrett stuff plays a little bit of a
part here. I think Toronto's just a better defensive team
at this point in time. So I won't disagree with under,
but I'll probably side with Toronto here.
Speaker 1: All Right, we agree on that. I don't I'm gonna
be honest, the rest of these games, I don't necessarily
care too much about, you know, so I'm gonna pick
and choose sure, Spurs and Sixers. Spurs coming off that loss,
opening up six and a half now up to minus eight,
and uh total going from two thirty one and a
half to thirty two and a half. Looking at the
injury report, I only see plumb Lee out for the
Spurs for the Sixers, though no Uber and be Broom
or PG. I like to think that the Spurs, off
of that loss, you know, come out here and in
flex on the Sixers team tonight. Six Ers, I believe,
are also on the front end of a back to back.
Are you doing six Ers and Spurs? Robino?
Speaker 3: Same way? I like sian Antonio here. I think San
Antonio because of the depth situation here, because of the
size situation here. Andre Drummond has had to play a
lot of minutes with Embiid on the bench and and
a den bona energetic guy, but again against wembin Yama
and the guys that san Antonio has in San Antonio.
Speaker 2: Coming off that loss, the.
Speaker 3: Sixer backcourt is everything here and losing Kelly Ubray for
this game is nothing short of a big deal because
the Sixers need all three of those guys on the perimeter, Maxi,
Edgecomb and Uber to be effective. They can't defend Ski
at this point in time. I don't know, you know,
my dilemma becomes do I want San Antonio and lay
the points, which I think is a really good bet.
Or do I want to just bet san Antonio's offense
against the Philly deepense or lack thereof, and it should
be an absolute trip to the rim for them here,
especially for Wembin Yama down low.
Speaker 2: So I'd leave you with either one of those.
Speaker 3: San Antonio team total up and over one twenty and
especially after being shut down to under one hundred points
the other night by the Nick san Attornio had been
on a nice offensive role, so deep, so versatile, the
entire rotation. So I like it two ways. I like
the Spurs team total, and I like the Spurs laying
the points and good stuff.
Speaker 1: Maybe one more game, you know, maybe Lakers and Pelicans
open ten down to eight and a half total up
from two thirty five and a half to two forty
two and a half. I mean, I agree with the
market pushing it up. We know the Lakers don't play
any defense. Ziona said he's going to play today. He's
listed is questionable, but he said he was going to
play today. I think you know you got Murphy back
in the lineup. It looks like Pelicans should be able
to score. I trust the Lakers to score. I think
the total moved in the right direction, and I would
not lay with the Lakers. What do you think here, Vino?
Speaker 2: I couldn't agree more.
Speaker 3: And I've read the same thing that Zion is going
to play here, which probably contributes to the two thirty
five and a half up to two forty two and
a half. But in New Orleans games, two forty two
and a half really hasn't been high enough. And where
the Lakers are concerned, you know, you said it again,
but we've said it a couple hundred times this year.
The defense just leads a lot to be desired. So
I would fully be on board with over.
Speaker 2: In this game.
Speaker 3: And what looks like a little bit of a back
and forth between these two, I believe I got to
go back and look, but I think New Orleans got
extremely close to this number the other night with the Clippers.
Speaker 2: Uh, it was close to two forty two, if not
more than two forty two.
Speaker 3: It was, Yeah, it was two fifty four as a
matter of fact against the Clippers. So two forty three
here with the Lakers, I could, I could see it
for sure. New Orleans had a day off to do
whatever they wanted to do in LA. Maybe come out
tonight in score some boards and Trey Murphy obviously, like
you said, huge asset to their offense, so I would
play over if anything in that game.
Speaker 1: All right, we can agree on that. I think we
can wrap it up here with that. You know, before
we move the best bets, let's go ahead and remind
everybody that it is five dollars Tuesday. So you can
go to routs page or my page. You'll find a
top play available for just five dollars. And yeah, on
that note, I'm gonna pass it back to you if
I can. Here we go, I'll pass it back to
you Venil. If there's anything else you like promote, feel
free and if you have the best bet, we'd love
to hear it. If you don't, saw good, I'll.
Speaker 2: Get directly the best bet here.
Speaker 3: Today's ski My five dollars play is up has been
up since this morning, so you can catch that.
Speaker 2: It is a college hoop play.
Speaker 3: But for the NBA, the top play that I have
today for myself and for clients was the Miami team
total over one nineteen and a half against Brooklyn. Again,
I stated why, it's pretty simplistic, but it is what
it is. Miami's gonna play greyhound pace Brooklyn doesn't seem
to matter who they put, you know, whose pace they
play or how they play. They've given up a lot
of points. They're oh in seven since the break. So
for me, Miami team total up and over one nineteen
and a half.
Speaker 1: Good stuff from Vino. Yeah, I have not I appreciate you,
Pancho saying watching it all the way from Mexico, definitely
appreciates you.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: For myself, you know, I have not played NBA yet,
taking my time to play the NBA, but I do
have a top top play in college basketball and we
are fifteen and thirty five on the season, so that
is my five dollars play for the day. If you
would like to be involved, Yeah, we wrap it up,
so Vino, I always appreciate you taking the time to
break the games down with me. That's my process. Sure
we help out some other people out there as well.
Everybody in the chat, we appreciate you. We're all just
trying to help each other get to the window. So
best of luck everybody on all of your action. We
will be back here again tomorrow and we will catch
you all then.