Speaker 1: What's up, y'all? Welcome into another episode of Prophet Picks.
If you are new, we do already start by being transparent.
Yesterday one plus one day equal to on the under.
But I added two other plays I like, and those
didn't hit. So I can't get it right this past week.
The days I put one play in and don't put
the others in. The others hit the one play doesn't.
Today I put the more plays in. The one play hits,
the others don't. We gotta get a little bit better,
you know how you doing?
Speaker 2: I am doing okay, ski trying to battle a little
bit of a cold here the last three days since
I got back from California. But we're doing good. Yeah.
I gave a little back, yes see. You and I
had a three and oh two days ago, and then
I give two of them back last night with the
Cleveland Cavaliers team total over one nineteen, they get to
one eighteen. Classic left me at the altar there with
that one, and then he had the Clippers. I can't
make heads or tails of this team. Thought i'd get
a bounce back from them offensively last night. I did
not get it. We only got ninety nine points. Side
of the Clips saying an tone did their part, but
that total fell short. And you know, I even got
the benefit last night of Wemby not playing, and I thought,
man Clippers can really score now no Wemby in the middle.
But Luke Cornett a little too tough for the Clippers
right now. So we didn't get there.
Speaker 1: All right, We'll get to today and these games stink.
I'm not gonna lie. It's not going to be a
normal show. I'm not willing to talk about all. What
is it, six games, fifteen points. I don't want to
talk about it. I'm not interested. I'm really not, honestly.
So there's three games that do not have ridiculous point spreads,
and I'll mention those. Minnesota and Philadelphia is one of them.
Open Philly minus two and it's US. It's up to
four and a half or five, totaling up two twenty nine,
as high as two thirty five as well for Philly
and be as probable. Broom is out and is questionable.
McDaniel's is out. Timberwolves on the back to back Sixers
first game home after a little bit of a road
trip only three games, and it is the first of
a back to back for them. They played the Pistons tomorrow.
The Sixers have looked good lately. They haven't been playing
the best of competition, but they did beat the Hornets.
I mean, one could say the Hornets form is as
great as it has been lately. But yeah, a lot
of these these wins they've been having reversed the bottom
tier teams. For the Timberwolves, they've been playing some competition
at least. But the thing is, like the two games
recently versus the Pistons, they didn't win one of them
that got blown out beating the Mavericks, team beating the Rockets.
Speaker 2: They did beat the Celtics.
Speaker 1: I guess I have to say the timberwolvesn't play tougher competition.
If you look at the standings. With the Sixers lose
this game, they're in the playing. I don't think the
Timberwolves are in danger of falling into playing. So I
can understand everybody from motivation point of view want in
the back to Sixers at home. I just I worry
that the Timberwolves are a little bit better than some
of the teams that the Sixers have been facing. So
what do you think here of you know, Sixers and Timberwolves.
Speaker 2: I gotta read you this before I even start ski.
This columnist who writes about betting gives us this opening line.
He should be on the show with us. Here's his
opening line. The Timberwolves continue to jerk people around last
night regarding Anthony Edwards, waiting until ninety minutes before tip
off last right to declare him out. And it's what
you're up against every single night in these games. Now
I see this total jump from two twenty nine all
the way to two thirty four and a half two
thirty five could be partially because of Embiid's presence. Embiid
didn't play the other night, but it makes me think
that Aunt might go here. I've been trying to play
these things the last seven to ten days according to
the standings and what's meaningful and what isn't. And I
think you laid it out the right way. It's very
meaningful to Philly. I mean, you don't want to fall
into the play and so motivationally, I would look their way.
I think when they're at full capacity they're pretty good team.
I mean, Paul George went nuts the other night in
that game where they scored one hundred and fifty three points.
But I don't know if they're better than Western Conference teams.
There's always that East versus West thing that creeps in here.
I don't know that I'm willing to lay it with Philadelphia.
I would love to get to the total if in
fact I knew Edwards was playing like I say. The
jump into total makes me believe that he will. I
think Minnesota last night, thank goodness you sent me that
text to tone that game down against Detroit a little bit.
They were going too too good for a while, then
we had to shut them down. I think they could
pick it back up against the Philly defense here. So
my initial lean ski is toward the over. I haven't
played it yet. I'd love to have Anthony Edwards in
to go ahead and get this thing up and over.
It's a back to back for Minnesota. Maybe the defense
after being pushed around by Detroit a little bit last night,
comes up, you know, a little lack of days ago.
We'll see how it goes during the day. But that's
my lean toward the total.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard for me to look at that one
or bet that one right now. The next one is
magic and maths and open up five and a half
for the Magic looks like six and a half total,
up from two thirty five to thirty eight and a half.
As far as injuries are concerned, you have Anthony Black
and Jonathan Isaac out for the Magic. Franz Wagner looks
like he's back for Dallas. Bag of these doubtful Martins
dubtau PJ Washington doubtful. I mean, maybe they just need France, like,
because the Magic team has been so inconsistent. They've been
so bad since he's been out, it's been hard to
back them in any situation. Now you have them still
fourth and sixth nights versus Mavericks team with two days off. Now,
the Mavericks, I mean they've been getting smoked. I mean
if they did beat the Blazers three games ago, but
outside of that, I mean, they haven't been able to
do much good. It's hard for me to trust them,
even though they have the rest advantage I like, I mean,
Orlando definitely has more to play for. I'll pull up
the standings one more time, just to ninth spot. Half
a game behind the tenth half a game, I'm sorry,
half a game in front of the tenth half a
game behind the eighth in two games behind the seventh,
two games behind the sixth, they can still get out
of the playing It's still possible. I like to think that,
you know, the half is enough to get there to
win his game by a little bit of a margin.
What do you think? You know?
Speaker 2: I agree, And I'd also like to think that they
could get some stops. That's kind of my problem with
Orlando is is Franz going to make the difference defensively.
I don't worry about Orlando scoring enough to cover six
and a half point number here. I worry about them
defensively being so hideous on that end for so long
this year Dallas. If nothing else, they're losing games, but
they're capable of scoring. Two thirty eight and a half
is the total here. But again, if Orlando is better defensively,
this is Franz's second game back, so I'm going to
anticipate he has a better showing or he's more accustomed
to being in the lineup here tonight after getting one
under his belt. If they're better defensively, I don't think
there's any question they should win this game by seven points.
Considering the situation, considering their ability to score and the
personal gap between them and Dallas. I just again, one
more time, I do wonder about them defensively. So it's
kept me off both because I can argue I want
to bit Orlando. If I talk myself out of Orlando,
I want to be the total over. And then I
talked myself out of the total over. So kind of
at a stand still.
Speaker 1: Here, fair enough, we'll go to the last one we'll
talk about. That's the Pelicans and the Kings, and not
open four and a half for the Pails see five
and a half or six depending where you're looking total
right around the opener. As far as the injuries, you
do have my COVID questionable, McGowan stoutful, Murray dubtful or
Sacramento Monk questionable Murray and Westbrook out. This is a
Pelicans team playing on the back to back. They I mean,
they were winning that game yesterday and I don't know
what happened, ended up losing by twelve. For the Kings,
it is their first game home after a five game
road trip. They did win the last game on that
road trip, and they have the rest to vanish tonight.
You know, I like to think that the Pelicans are
favorite for a reason here. I'm scared to death to
bet them early and the injury report come screw me later.
But I feel like I feel like the Kings would
be satisfied after that win. And we all know the
first game back home as a flash spot Repelicans, they
don't have anything to play for, but I still think
they're a better team. So I do the Pelicans. What's
say you?
Speaker 2: You know I like their offense in this one Ski
You know he made the point about Sacramento first, came
back off after the long road trip. Just not a
good defensive team. And when Trey Murphy's involved like he
was last night, came back into the lineup, New Orleans
has a lot of ways to score, especially against a
defense like this. They're total this morning was one nineteen
and a half. I think I like it at that
Spoted think they can get into the one twenties against Sacramento.
The ro Offer game last night where second half, especially
third quarter, kind of shut it down, but forty one
second half points after a big first half, I don't
know that they'll have that kind of lull here in
this game against this defense. So for me, I think
I would probably look toward New Orleans team total over
one nineteen and a half. I just don't know this Sacramento.
You know again, first game back off a long road trip,
and the fact that they don't play a heck of
a lot of defense, certainly not much to turn at
the rim. Zion should have a big game here. So
I like New Orleans and there are multiple ways to score.
Speaker 1: That will wrap it up, you know, so shortest show,
not a usual show, but I mean this slate is disgusting,
Like what are we doing with all these double digit spreads?
Like someone's about that time too, you know, let's just
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Speaker 2: Promos are good. I'm just gonna go to one of
the disgusting games that we didn't talk about, only because
I played this game over. The total Toronto Memphis number
here is two thirty three and a half. Toronto's defense
has sprung a leak as of late, giving up points
all over the place. One nineteen plus and four of
their last five. Memphis certainly still capable of scoring points
even without Ty Jerome in this lineup, and certainly Toronto
has scored better lately, and it gets this Memphis defense,
which doesn't care. I thought the number was just a
little bit light, Ski, That's why I played it. So
I'm gonna leave you with that as the best bet.
Toronto Memphis over to thirty three and a half.
Speaker 1: All right, good stuff for Vino. I will not leave
the best bet for today, but yeah, we'll get back
to it next week. Vino. I always appreciate you taking
the time, you know to cap these games with me Chat.
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