1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: What's up everybody. Welcome into another episode of Profit Picks. 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:08,880 If you are new, we do always start this show 3 00:00:08,919 --> 00:00:13,160 by being transparent. And yesterday I did not have a 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,439 good day. I went three and five, three and four 5 00:00:15,439 --> 00:00:18,039 in the NBA, and my best bet was in the 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,519 NFL was the coach plus six was a loser. So 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,760 got to get back on track here today. You know, 8 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,640 it is always good to be back on the show 9 00:00:28,719 --> 00:00:32,039 doing it with you. Are back doing the show with you. 10 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,679 Hopefully yesterday was a little bit better for you. 11 00:00:36,439 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: It was ski. We had two and oh yesterday. Both 12 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,359 came from college though college football game played. The Utah 13 00:00:42,359 --> 00:00:44,840 State team total under twenty four and a half got 14 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,240 the twenty one, so that was a winner. And then 15 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,320 at night, you know, it's becoming a little bit of 16 00:00:50,359 --> 00:00:53,079 a favorite of mine, but cal State Northridge, over the 17 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,039 team total of eighty seven and a half, scored one 18 00:00:56,079 --> 00:01:00,000 hundred last night, something they're starting to do pretty regular. 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,560 So we had a two and oh. Nice start to 20 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,079 the week. On Monday, we'll see if we can push 21 00:01:05,079 --> 00:01:08,280 it through here to Tuesday. And I'm through the Christmas week. 22 00:01:09,239 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: All right, let's uh, let's get see what we can 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,640 get out of this humongous Tuesday cards. If you watch 24 00:01:16,719 --> 00:01:19,480 the shelves, they will be a little bit different. I'm 25 00:01:19,519 --> 00:01:22,239 not gonna just deep break down all these games because 26 00:01:22,519 --> 00:01:25,079 it's a lot of back to backs. It's the you know, 27 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,319 last day, last day before everybody goes and does their 28 00:01:28,359 --> 00:01:31,959 Christmas thing. You know, it's not everybody doesn't care about 29 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,159 playing today. So it's tough to put in a pick 30 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,799 on all of these games very early. But Brooklyn and 31 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,480 Philly is one that I was interested in. Opened up 32 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:45,680 ten for Philly still ten total says that open too. 33 00:01:45,719 --> 00:01:48,000 Eighteen and a half looks like to nineteen and a half. 34 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,680 I disagree with that. Going up the point, I mean, 35 00:01:52,359 --> 00:01:55,120 neither team has been really playing up tempo lately. I 36 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,079 have twenty third and nineteenth in pace over the last 37 00:01:58,079 --> 00:02:03,120 five games. And on the defensive end, I mean, I 38 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,319 think I shout this out the other day, but the 39 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,280 nets nets or the what is that the second best 40 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:14,400 defensive for the team last five games. I mean I 41 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,400 cast it under with them, I think the other day, 42 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,039 or I cast out on the spread with them because 43 00:02:19,039 --> 00:02:21,479 of their defense. It was something like that. But they've 44 00:02:21,479 --> 00:02:24,000 been playing good defense for a little bit. Now you 45 00:02:24,039 --> 00:02:26,879 look at for the last five games for the Nets 46 00:02:26,879 --> 00:02:30,080 have stayed under this number for the last five meetings, 47 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,039 got Edgecomb still questionable like under in this game, Rob, 48 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,439 you know, what do you think about Brooklyn and Philadelphia. 49 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll just support your Brooklyn defense. Recent defensive surge lately. 50 00:02:43,759 --> 00:02:46,879 Ski last three opponents against the Nets only averaged eighty 51 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,080 nine point seven points per game. That's crazy good. And 52 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,159 Nick Claxton had a little bit to say about it. 53 00:02:53,199 --> 00:02:55,879 He just said, we're just doing what we do better. 54 00:02:56,479 --> 00:02:59,680 Our defense has been pretty solid this past month. It's 55 00:02:59,719 --> 00:03:02,199 been really good. So we've just got to keep taking 56 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,560 steps in the right direction. But really we've been doing 57 00:03:04,599 --> 00:03:08,159 a good job guarding. We've got a lot of switchable defenders. 58 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,360 We still got areas we can get better, but we 59 00:03:10,479 --> 00:03:13,599 got to keep going. So vote of confidence for the 60 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,560 Nets defense here Philadelphia for what it's worth. Team total 61 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,000 for the Sixers five and one to the over in 62 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,360 their last six Again, I mentioned a lot of times 63 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,759 they're really a pace team, especially if Embid is not 64 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,360 on the floor. MAXI Edgecomb, like you say, maybe a 65 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:31,520 question mark next to him. I think he's gonna go 66 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,800 just being here in the area. It seems like he's 67 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,159 he may go for this one. So a little bit 68 00:03:37,159 --> 00:03:40,400 of contradiction there between those two. I would probably lean under, though, 69 00:03:40,439 --> 00:03:44,560 because Brooklyn seems to be leaning into the slower pace 70 00:03:44,639 --> 00:03:47,840 and better defense as their new identity, which there was 71 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,479 nothing like that earlier this season, but they seem to 72 00:03:50,479 --> 00:03:53,319 have become a pretty cohesive defensive unit. 73 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: All right now. Washington and Charlotte. Washington has been I mean, 74 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,280 I'm sorry, Charlotte has been good on back to act, 75 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:05,759 but not necessarily favorites in these games. They open five 76 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,199 and a half, they're looking like seven. Now. I mean, 77 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:10,680 I can't push the button on the Charlotte minus seven 78 00:04:11,439 --> 00:04:15,960 as bad as Washington is, So maybe I'll just go 79 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:17,720 with the total. I don't really trust either team to 80 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,439 play defense. I guess I'll lean towards over anything for you, 81 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:21,639 Charlotte and Washington. 82 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, Charlotte got us home with the show best bet. 83 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,519 Yesterday Charlotte team total over against Cleveland, both teams in 84 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,920 the one thirties. For Charlotte, it was kind of a 85 00:04:31,959 --> 00:04:35,720 bounce back, a real good performance against Atlanta offensively, then 86 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:38,439 a bad one, then a real good one last night. 87 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,000 I don't know you should be able to follow it 88 00:04:41,079 --> 00:04:44,120 up against Washington. But I think Washington will score on 89 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,199 the Charlotte Hornets here. They just don't play very much defense. 90 00:04:49,079 --> 00:04:52,120 I could take a slight look towards the Wizards team 91 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,839 total over one sixteen, but I don't know that I 92 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:58,399 would want to exclude Charlotte in this case. Probably a 93 00:04:58,439 --> 00:05:01,720 pass for me, but some form of total. If you're 94 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:03,240 looking that way, I could endorse that. 95 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: All right. Next game, it looks like Milwaukee and Indiana. 96 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,360 I don't really have any opinion on that game, so 97 00:05:13,959 --> 00:05:15,680 I'm willing to skip if you're willing to skip. 98 00:05:16,879 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would just say that I can't get anywhere 99 00:05:19,079 --> 00:05:22,120 near Milwaukee right now. Ski. Not that I want to 100 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,160 be on Indiana, but it just can't get anywhere near 101 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:25,199 Milwaukee at this point. 102 00:05:26,199 --> 00:05:27,759 Speaker 1: They shout out to the chat as well. We have 103 00:05:27,879 --> 00:05:31,319 be men in here, Mark and Merry Christmas and happy holidays. 104 00:05:31,319 --> 00:05:35,680 Appreciate it. Happy holidays to you as well. Daniel, appreciate 105 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,079 you said. Shout out to Ski and Rob Legends and 106 00:05:39,199 --> 00:05:42,079 Brian sharing on that last game. We just talked about 107 00:05:42,199 --> 00:05:44,800 the Charlotte and Washington. He likes the first quarter over sixty, 108 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,399 so appreciate you guys in the chat. You know I'm 109 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:52,519 gonna go to the next game that is Raptors and Heat, 110 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,160 And I do have a slight opinion here. I mean, 111 00:05:55,759 --> 00:05:58,480 for one, I don't want anything to do with the 112 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,040 Raptors until our Beard is back. And not only is 113 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:07,800 r J bard out yaka perdos out. So that makes 114 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,839 me automatically want to fade the Raptors. Makes me look 115 00:06:10,879 --> 00:06:15,480 towards the Miami Heat. And when I think about the Heat, 116 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,319 I mean Bam said it. Yeah, you know, they should 117 00:06:19,319 --> 00:06:21,759 be able to lean on their defense even if they're 118 00:06:21,759 --> 00:06:24,079 not making shots. I think that the Raptors are going 119 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,079 to struggle to score here. I do think this is 120 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:30,079 a lower scoring game. Looking at the pace last five 121 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:32,639 games for both of these teams, Raptors are dead last 122 00:06:33,199 --> 00:06:36,439 Heat kind of middle of the pack. Both defenses better 123 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,639 in the offense. Yeah, Raptors are the slowest pace and 124 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,279 the worst offensive rated team last five games. I mean, 125 00:06:43,959 --> 00:06:45,639 that's not the recipe for hundreds. I don't know what 126 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:48,279 it is. They've gone under those five straight team total hunders, 127 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,160 and all five straight they're averaging ninety nine points per game. 128 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,560 They're allowing one on five point two, but they just 129 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,480 can't score, so I know the defense does get a 130 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,560 little bit worse with out Yako perdo for the Raptors. 131 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,240 That makes me think that we just Raptors team total 132 00:07:06,319 --> 00:07:08,879 under here, just trust the Heat to play defense? Do 133 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,399 we just back the Heat on the spread? What do 134 00:07:11,439 --> 00:07:12,800 you think about this game, Rabo? 135 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:20,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, a little contradictory inside my thinking here, Ski, but 136 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,160 my initial thought was to play Miami. I like them 137 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,360 off the back to back losses, and they got me home. 138 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:28,600 The other night by the hook, I took seven and 139 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,439 a half against the Knicks and Miami lost by seven. 140 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,600 They hung in that game the entire way. So now 141 00:07:35,839 --> 00:07:37,399 the only problem I have with it is it was 142 00:07:37,399 --> 00:07:40,639 three straight road games and now they're home. But the 143 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,800 back to back losses to Boston and New York, I 144 00:07:43,839 --> 00:07:46,480 think is reason enough to look to the Miami side. 145 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,279 There's been a little bit of improvement in their play 146 00:07:51,879 --> 00:07:55,600 since I think we talked about them, maybe, or at 147 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,720 least I had read the quote about them maybe running 148 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,600 out of gas a little bit because they played so fast. 149 00:07:59,639 --> 00:08:02,360 You just mention that their tempo has kind of slid 150 00:08:02,399 --> 00:08:05,160 down recently to the middle of the pack. They're no 151 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,240 longer you know, flying up and down. So maybe a 152 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:11,079 little different approach here for Miami. Get a couple of 153 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,040 days off after this, but I think they're the right 154 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,240 side at home short price against the Toronto team that, 155 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,439 like you say, all we have to say really about 156 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:21,639 Toronto is eighty one points against the Nets. I mean, 157 00:08:22,199 --> 00:08:23,879 you got to be better than that, and it's the 158 00:08:23,959 --> 00:08:25,959 third time in their last five that they haven't reached 159 00:08:25,959 --> 00:08:28,959 one hundred. So I'd probably be on Miami here. 160 00:08:30,439 --> 00:08:33,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, it has to be has to be Miami or nothing. 161 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:39,679 In that game, Oh, alvs and Pelicans, I mean, do 162 00:08:39,759 --> 00:08:41,519 we still have to break this game down? Raven know 163 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,840 Cavaliers still laying nine points out there. I mean, I 164 00:08:45,879 --> 00:08:48,200 know the Pelicans have to travel on the back to back. 165 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,519 I don't think any situation the Cavaliers should be laying 166 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,120 and expecting to win by double digits. So I means 167 00:08:56,159 --> 00:08:59,600 Pelicans are past. What do you see there from that game? 168 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,759 Speaker 2: Well, certainly, I mean current ats form, it's it's all Pelicans, right, 169 00:09:05,799 --> 00:09:10,240 It's now six straight covers for New Orleans. They just 170 00:09:10,919 --> 00:09:14,799 they lose games, but they cover spreads. They beat Dallas 171 00:09:14,879 --> 00:09:17,559 last night out right, they're playing I mean you said 172 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:21,600 it all. Yes, say they're playing better obviously, doesn't really 173 00:09:21,639 --> 00:09:24,399 matter who's on the floor. They found a way to 174 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,279 play well. And Cleveland again, like you say, we shouldn't 175 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:29,879 have to talk about it over and over again, but 176 00:09:29,919 --> 00:09:32,440 they keep doing the same thing and they just I 177 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,679 bet against it last night. I bet against their defense, 178 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,879 just straight fade of their defense. This total's going from 179 00:09:36,879 --> 00:09:38,480 two thirty seven and a half all the way to 180 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,519 forty four and a half. For good reason. Cleveland won't 181 00:09:41,519 --> 00:09:44,720 play any defense. They'll try and score. New Orleans will score. 182 00:09:45,399 --> 00:09:48,240 So maybe if you want to look over you could 183 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,240 look that way too. But I'll tell you what point 184 00:09:51,279 --> 00:09:54,679 spread form recently, and for Cleveland, you could bring it 185 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,720 back even more than recently. One team's really good at 186 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,240 making your money with points, and the other team he's 187 00:10:00,279 --> 00:10:03,039 really good at burning your money laying points. So I 188 00:10:03,039 --> 00:10:04,960 think New Orleans decide you want to be hunt. 189 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: All right. Chicago and Atlanta. Speaking of another team that's 190 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,360 been burning money, Chicago one nothing to do with them, 191 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,039 I mean know, absolutely nothing to do with them. It 192 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,200 will be Hawks or a pass here. Chicago doesn't have 193 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,679 anybody on the injury report. That's a good thing for him. 194 00:10:22,759 --> 00:10:26,960 Atlanta will be without Dyson Daniels and Porzingis. But I 195 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,600 still just want nothing to do with the Bulls until 196 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,799 they show me they can consistently play good basketball again. 197 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,720 So just the slightest of leans towards Atlanta for me, 198 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,399 any thoughts for you from you? 199 00:10:40,039 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 2: They just played two days ago and scored three hundred 200 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,440 and two points. I mean, come to one fifty. Nobody 201 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:52,720 cares on either team, and Dyson Daniels, who you just mentioned, 202 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,480 is the only defender that Atlanta has that cares. So 203 00:10:57,399 --> 00:10:59,240 I could see another over. I mean, this thing is 204 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,120 up to fifty three and a half, but when you 205 00:11:02,159 --> 00:11:04,639 can get to three hundred and two to fifty three 206 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,279 and a half, isn't that bad? So maybe you look over. 207 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,279 I won't play ski. I mean it's two teams that 208 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,399 really we don't want anything to do with at this point. 209 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,279 Speaker 1: Uh, Denver and Dallas. I don't This is a game 210 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,080 I don't really want anything to do with, honestly, So 211 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,200 I'm willing to skip this one unless you have an opinion. 212 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,799 Speaker 2: The only thing I'll say is Denver did it again. 213 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:29,840 I mean we sat here on this show and said 214 00:11:29,879 --> 00:11:33,320 how high can they make these Denver numbers total wise 215 00:11:33,919 --> 00:11:36,360 one thirty five last night they got over that one 216 00:11:36,399 --> 00:11:38,879 thirty one and a half. They just keep finding ways 217 00:11:38,919 --> 00:11:42,720 to climb over team totals. If you want to look, 218 00:11:42,759 --> 00:11:46,039 maybe you look there. Underdog's been good too as of late. 219 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,080 It's actually a game where two teams have been playing 220 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,159 pretty well. But yeah, look, somebody just said, let's look 221 00:11:51,159 --> 00:11:52,600 at the Denver team total over. 222 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:53,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's go back to that. 223 00:11:54,039 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 2: So much sense we can latch onto that. 224 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:03,559 Speaker 1: I guess New York and Minnesota when I see this 225 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:09,360 line it opened too, and it's all the way up 226 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,480 to seven and a half has to be some injury stuff. 227 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,200 I mean, a lot of these games are gonna have 228 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:19,159 injury stuff. But yeah, Brunson and Anobi McBride shammit yabu 229 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:24,639 Setti all out for Minnesota. McDaniel's and Ingles are both out. 230 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,759 That's why the spread looks like the seven and a 231 00:12:26,799 --> 00:12:31,759 half that we're looking at there. Clearly the Knicks are 232 00:12:31,879 --> 00:12:37,240 looking ahead, getting ready for their Christmas Day game. So 233 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,399 just for that reason, it makes me want to look 234 00:12:39,399 --> 00:12:43,360 towards the Wolves. But the Wolves have not shown any 235 00:12:43,399 --> 00:12:45,559 reason the latest kind of a number. They have not 236 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,279 been playing good basketball. So for that reason, I don't 237 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,639 want to push the button. It's tough, but I do 238 00:12:52,799 --> 00:12:55,240 think the Wolves are the right side. What do you think? 239 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:55,519 You know? 240 00:12:56,399 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 2: I agree, And the reason you used to start off is, 241 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,200 I mean, it's you can't handicap a game. Sometimes you 242 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:04,799 can't with just one reason. But the fact that the 243 00:13:04,879 --> 00:13:09,240 Knicks played the noontime game Eastern on Christmas Day, they 244 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,120 just had to leave home to travel to Minnesota, only 245 00:13:12,159 --> 00:13:14,039 to travel back home to get ready for that game. 246 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,320 I just don't know that they care. We talk about 247 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,600 scheduled losses all the time, and it just has the 248 00:13:18,759 --> 00:13:21,840 feel of a scheduled loss for the New York Knicks. 249 00:13:21,919 --> 00:13:25,360 If I was gonna play, it would be Minnesota or nothing. 250 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,480 I think the last game I'm forgetting who Minnesota played 251 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:33,039 the other night, but they played a pretty solid game. Yeah, 252 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,480 and then Milwaukee came back late, right. They beat Milwaukee 253 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,720 only by three late eleven and a half. So it 254 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,799 was good early, it wasn't good late. Four straight unders 255 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:46,200 for the Timberwolves, four straight team total unders. They haven't 256 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:47,960 been really dependable. But I don't want to play the 257 00:13:48,039 --> 00:13:49,840 Knicks here. I just don't think they care too much 258 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:50,399 about this one. 259 00:13:51,919 --> 00:13:54,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, I like the callouts in the chat for Colic. 260 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,279 I do like Colic in general. You know, I've liked 261 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,039 them since he was at Marquette. He will have a 262 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,039 much bigger opportunity without Jason Brunson on the court, so 263 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,559 he should be starting tonight. We've not seen him any 264 00:14:09,879 --> 00:14:12,919 you know, seen him yet without Brunson. But that's just 265 00:14:13,159 --> 00:14:19,159 what's he been doing lately. In general. He's had he averages, 266 00:14:21,519 --> 00:14:26,240 let's see. I don't think that's yeah, twenty five games. 267 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,480 I mean, he's not been getting closed. But he's gonna 268 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,440 have the opportunity clearly one thousand percent, and I think 269 00:14:32,519 --> 00:14:34,559 he's good enough. So I like the looks in the 270 00:14:34,639 --> 00:14:38,200 chat from from Colic. Whether it's siss has double doubled 271 00:14:38,279 --> 00:14:41,559 or same plus seven hundred, a lot of different ways 272 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,000 to look at it. I think that he can. I 273 00:14:44,039 --> 00:14:46,600 think the sists is a safe bet, but I think 274 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:51,879 he can hit this too. Good stuff from the chat 275 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:55,120 spurs and okay, see, I guess that's the big game 276 00:14:55,159 --> 00:14:58,679 of the night. Robino opened up six and a half 277 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,559 for okay, see down to five and have mm hmm. 278 00:15:03,399 --> 00:15:07,639 You know, I can't help but think. I mean There 279 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,080 is a lot, a big list of questionables for Okay 280 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,480 seeing this game, but I do think majority of them 281 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:19,440 are gonna play, especially Chad Hardenstein also missed yesterday, but 282 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:24,000 I definitely think they were. They're looking forward and ahead 283 00:15:24,039 --> 00:15:26,399 to this game team that knock them out the Cup 284 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,240 chat always, you know, has that matchup versus Wey Wemby's 285 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,840 questionable here too, But I don't know. I can't help 286 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,320 but think this is the get back game for the Thunder. 287 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,559 How are you viewing it? Well? 288 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 2: I agree, and I do think that the two bigs 289 00:15:43,399 --> 00:15:47,240 were rested last night intentionally for this game, you know, 290 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:52,000 Oklahoma City. I talked about it a little bit before 291 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,720 that Cup game against seeing Antonio that all the quotes 292 00:15:55,759 --> 00:15:58,279 coming out of there, as much as they're winning, they 293 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,840 wanted to win that as well, and they didn't get it. 294 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:02,960 Again for the second straight year they've been to the 295 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,200 Final four, they haven't gotten it either time. Definitely disappointment 296 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:11,600 in the quotes afterwards. I just think very seldom can 297 00:16:11,679 --> 00:16:15,960 we attach revenge to games in the NBA. It doesn't 298 00:16:16,039 --> 00:16:18,600 work as an angle for the most part. There's isolated 299 00:16:18,639 --> 00:16:21,200 incidents where it does. I think this is one of 300 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,240 those isolated incidents where it will. I think Oklahoma City's 301 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,240 got a little bit to prove. San Anton kind of 302 00:16:27,279 --> 00:16:29,840 acted like they had won the whole thing after they 303 00:16:29,919 --> 00:16:32,399 beat Okay See that night, so I could see Oklahoma 304 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,840 City winning this game by more than five and a half. 305 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:42,879 Speaker 1: All Right, we're an agreement on that. Memphis and Utah. 306 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,759 Only way I'm looking is over in these Utah games. 307 00:16:45,759 --> 00:16:49,320 I know it didn't get there last night, but yeah, 308 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,200 the only way to look is over anything from you here. 309 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 2: I'm just checking to see real quick if Jah is 310 00:16:56,799 --> 00:17:00,279 going to be involved tonight. It looks like you. 311 00:17:02,159 --> 00:17:02,639 Speaker 1: Questionable? 312 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 2: Is Utah is pretty good at Memphis list hits questionable? 313 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:08,920 I don't think it matters though, Ski. We talk about 314 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,920 Jazz home games all the time, and they have been 315 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,440 absolutely if you start going through their ledger, their score 316 00:17:15,519 --> 00:17:19,440 totals have been absolutely on fire lately. So over and nothing. 317 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,079 Speaker 1: Lakers in Phoenix has to be some injury stuff here 318 00:17:24,319 --> 00:17:32,640 as well. Reeves is questionable, Luca's out, Rui's out, Gabe 319 00:17:32,759 --> 00:17:36,559 is out, and then Grayson Allen is doubtful, Jenlely Green 320 00:17:36,599 --> 00:17:41,720 out for Phoenix. Yeah, I mean they get Reeves in there, 321 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:48,440 Lakers can still win. But yeah, I'm not really wanting 322 00:17:48,519 --> 00:17:51,000 to lay the points with the Signs. I guess that's 323 00:17:51,319 --> 00:17:53,720 just what I'm thinking. As long as they have Reeves, 324 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,599 they'll have enough scoring and playmaking. We've seen them win 325 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:04,920 games without Luca already this season, so lean Lakers. I'm 326 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,680 probably not gonna bet anything here from you, Robbie now, So. 327 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,319 Speaker 2: I'm gonna make a quick overall point ski because every 328 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,799 year when we come to the All Star Break and 329 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,440 I handicapped this way, I've been doing it for years, 330 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,160 but I always feel like the games leading up to 331 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,599 All Star Break, defense goes out the window. And this 332 00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:25,920 Christmas Break, I think defense probably goes out the window tonight. 333 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,680 If you're looking at any of these games, you just 334 00:18:27,759 --> 00:18:30,319 have the urge I gotta play. I gotta play. My 335 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,119 first inclination always in these types of games is play over. 336 00:18:33,559 --> 00:18:35,440 I happen to like the over in this one, it's 337 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,599 already been pushed up four points, three and a half points. 338 00:18:38,599 --> 00:18:40,519 I guess you could still get two twenty seven, but 339 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,960 I could see a full out offensive onslaught here by 340 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,680 both teams gets the two forty or something. So for me, 341 00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:49,720 it's one of the ones I like quite a bit. 342 00:18:49,799 --> 00:18:51,640 Today's Lakers Phoenix over the total. 343 00:18:53,960 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 1: All right, we'll go to Orlando and Portland. And I 344 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,880 don't think Orlando's on the back to back. Oh wait, wait, 345 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,319 you know so many teams it's just hard to keep 346 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,160 up with it. I know Portland is on the back 347 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,279 to back. Yeah, Orlando did play. 348 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 2: Yesterday, got smacked by Golden State. 349 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: Yep, so another one of those back to back games. 350 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,680 You never know. It's gonna be interro out right now. 351 00:19:20,799 --> 00:19:25,400 The Silva and Subs are questionable for Portland, Grant is 352 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:31,000 questionable once again. I mean, I think I would trust 353 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,799 Orlando more than I trust Portland right now, especially if 354 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:40,079 Grant's not going to play again. Portland has been solid 355 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,440 as a home dog. I think they're seven and one 356 00:19:43,519 --> 00:19:47,359 after yesterday, but and they didn't have to travel. I mean, 357 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,680 I guess you can go with that, but you gotta 358 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,079 expect them to win with this two point spread, and 359 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,680 I just don't want to do that. So lean Orlando 360 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,039 anything from you here. 361 00:19:58,279 --> 00:20:01,839 Speaker 2: You know that's the ski. I mean, the Portland home 362 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,319 dog angle is great, but when it's only one and 363 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,720 a half points, it's hard to consider that a true dog. 364 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,920 So again, if you think they can win out right, 365 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,000 you probably just going to the money line anyway, you're 366 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,799 not taking one and a half. But I won't play 367 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,039 that game too much to consider there. And Orlando just 368 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:20,319 hasn't been good as of late. 369 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 1: Detroit and Sacramento I want absolutely nothing to do with here, Rovino, 370 00:20:26,839 --> 00:20:29,079 So I'll leave that up to you. If you want 371 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,799 to tackle that game, you. 372 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 2: Could definitely cut it in half and throw Sacramento out 373 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:39,200 the window. First, Detroit won and covered again last night 374 00:20:39,279 --> 00:20:41,480 on the road. I think it was against Portland, right, 375 00:20:41,559 --> 00:20:43,920 that was the game where Portland home dog, Detroit good 376 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,960 on the road got it done. They just come to 377 00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:49,160 play every single night. For me, it would be even 378 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,759 though it's nine points, it's got to be Detroit or nothing. 379 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:54,799 Total bit down to two twenty seven and a half. 380 00:20:54,920 --> 00:21:00,519 Not absolutely sure why that would be a thing team 381 00:21:00,599 --> 00:21:03,160 total with Detroit. I just want to look real quick here, 382 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,519 because that went eighteen and a half. I mean, the 383 00:21:05,559 --> 00:21:08,079 way Sacramento gives him up, I wouldn't be surprised. I 384 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,799 guess the best way I would look there is to 385 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,599 the Detroit team total over one eighteen and a half. 386 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:16,519 Speaker 1: All right, Then last game on the slate today Rockets 387 00:21:16,519 --> 00:21:21,519 and Clippers open five and a half. It says up 388 00:21:21,599 --> 00:21:25,119 to eight and total down from two twenty two to 389 00:21:25,279 --> 00:21:32,000 two nineteen. I mean, I think we can all agree 390 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,720 the Clippers are one of the less ends in the league. 391 00:21:34,799 --> 00:21:40,759 Right Seven and twenty one is their record. He may 392 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,079 just got done saying that he needs to do a 393 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,119 better job getting his team ready for the lesser opponents. 394 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:49,279 I mean, you got to you got a chance to 395 00:21:49,319 --> 00:21:53,720 do it right here tonight, right after just losing in 396 00:21:53,839 --> 00:21:58,359 the last game. So I like that chance for the Rockets. 397 00:21:59,079 --> 00:22:02,880 I might being to, you know, first half hand, a 398 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:07,240 full game in this one, but no Clippers won a game, hooray. 399 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,279 But they're gonna have to show me a little more 400 00:22:09,319 --> 00:22:12,240 than just that one game. So I think the Rockets 401 00:22:12,279 --> 00:22:13,039 are the right side here. 402 00:22:13,079 --> 00:22:15,079 Speaker 2: What do you think? You know? And I think it 403 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,359 was a little wake up call in that game they 404 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:21,519 played a couple of weeks ago or maybe a week ago, 405 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,799 and Clippers only lost by two in Houston, which is 406 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:29,160 kind of surprising because again there's so much of an 407 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,880 athleticism edge for Houston. I think maybe they take that 408 00:22:35,039 --> 00:22:39,039 game that result find a way to kind of step 409 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,839 on LA here and just again. LA is the type 410 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,119 of team that would absolutely show no interest in a 411 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:49,319 game two days before Christmas. So even at home, I 412 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,720 don't think there's much home advantage. I really would look 413 00:22:51,759 --> 00:22:55,039 Houston in that game for the main reason that I 414 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,400 think they were kind of surprised and they might have 415 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,240 let up on LA in that game. One fifteen team. 416 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,279 I don't think they let up here. 417 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: All right, that's the NBA slate for today, So Veno, 418 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,599 I know we got a lot of stuff going on. 419 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,039 I did not. I did not get the last you know, 420 00:23:13,079 --> 00:23:15,200 I can go check it out, but I know we 421 00:23:15,319 --> 00:23:21,880 do have five dollars Tuesday. We have that every single Tuesday. 422 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,039 You can go get a best bet from Robino or 423 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:28,559 myself overall wagers talk for just five dollars. I'm pretty 424 00:23:28,599 --> 00:23:32,319 sure it's full court our life sex Pass. It's still 425 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,720 up and available three days of NBA and college basketball 426 00:23:34,759 --> 00:23:39,240 from like forty nine dollars. Pretty sure this one is 427 00:23:39,319 --> 00:23:40,599 by three days, get one free. 428 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:41,599 Speaker 2: Yeah. 429 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, so we got that one going and yeah, I 430 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,000 don't want to get too far into it. I look 431 00:23:49,079 --> 00:23:50,880 up the next one while I passed it to Robino, 432 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 But you know, you can tell me if there's maybe 433 00:23:53,039 --> 00:23:56,759 anything I missed and or anything else you would like 434 00:23:56,799 --> 00:23:58,720 to promote, and if you have a best bet for 435 00:23:58,799 --> 00:24:00,680 the show, we'd love to hear. If you don't, it's 436 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:01,119 all good. 437 00:24:02,839 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not sure if the ten day one still 438 00:24:05,839 --> 00:24:09,519 is going on, SKI, so I'm not gonna go ahead. 439 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: And oh yeah, I'm sorry. There's a there's a Christmas 440 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,880 you can get twenty five percent off anything using code 441 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,119 x miss twenty five. Use code x miss twenty five 442 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,359 you'll get twenty five percent off. So that's a good 443 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:26,200 one we have right now. 444 00:24:26,319 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 2: Anything that you like, Yeah, that one I think became 445 00:24:30,799 --> 00:24:33,640 active after midnight, so that's a good one. If you 446 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,119 guys are interested in all sports, go ahead, take your 447 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,160 twenty five percent off with that Christmas code. You know, 448 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,359 best bet SKI. I hate a fourteen game card, and 449 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,240 I'm gonna sit here and have no best bet. But 450 00:24:45,319 --> 00:24:47,119 that's the way I see it here tonight. There's just 451 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,000 nothing that really thrills me to the point of wanting 452 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:55,119 to make a strong play on anything. I may have 453 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,720 a couple of smaller plays later. I'll just say this 454 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,799 on the way out. Things that I like. Two things 455 00:25:00,839 --> 00:25:02,599 that I like especially more than the rest of the 456 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,599 card is La Phoenix over. I think if you have 457 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,680 to pin me down now, that's probably going to be 458 00:25:07,759 --> 00:25:11,680 the play I lean on tonight and okay, see in 459 00:25:11,759 --> 00:25:15,359 a revenge spot against San Antonio. Those two I have 460 00:25:16,559 --> 00:25:18,319 I have an interest in. We'll see if I get 461 00:25:18,319 --> 00:25:21,039 to the window later, but probably neither one is the 462 00:25:21,079 --> 00:25:22,359 best bet at this point in time. 463 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,799 Speaker 1: All Right, I will have a best bet for today, 464 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,920 And let me just flash this because it is the 465 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,200 last day for this discountant right for NBA through the 466 00:25:32,279 --> 00:25:37,240 finals for myself bourn ninety nine. And yeah, like I said, 467 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,000 it's the last day today. I'm still number one in 468 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:44,119 the NBA since December of twenty twenty one. So what 469 00:25:44,279 --> 00:25:47,480 am I going to do for best bets here? I 470 00:25:47,559 --> 00:25:50,799 am gonna go with the first game that we talked 471 00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:56,960 about Nets and Sixers. I like that game under you 472 00:25:57,039 --> 00:26:00,519 can still get to nineteen and a half. Like I said, 473 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:05,359 neither team has been playing with pace. Both defenses have 474 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,359 been surprising good, especially for the Nets side. They're the 475 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,839 number two defensive rated team and they just the Nets 476 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,200 keep going under this number. Every time they play under 477 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,079 this number. I think we'll see another slow pace, more 478 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:24,039 defensive under in that game. So you know, appreciate you 479 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,359 taking the time to do the show with me. I 480 00:26:26,519 --> 00:26:29,240 hope you. I don't think we'll talk again, so you know, 481 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,920 hopefully you have happy holidays and enjoy your time with 482 00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:37,279 your family. Everybody in the chat, we appreciate you all 483 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,759 tapping into the show and supporting the show. Hopefully you 484 00:26:40,839 --> 00:26:45,799 guys all have happy holidays as well. Yeah, so we'll 485 00:26:45,839 --> 00:26:48,599 be back again afterwards to talk about it. That's the 486 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,079 luck on all your action and we'll get you guys later.