02-05-20 NBA Blog Train Wednesday
Nine games on Wednesday night a.k.a. Trade Deadline Eve!
Woj dropped a bomb on us last night: Clint Capela is headed to ATL and RoCo is a Rocket! We have three notes on the four-team blockbuster between the Rockets, Hawks, T-Wolves and Nuggets.
1 - Is Harden going to continue to be the one jumping tip offs for Houston?
2 - Robert Covington = Big Snake Guy. We saw a segment on NBATV last night and RoCo had like a dozen snakes! They were actually pretty cool.
3 -
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Now back to your regularly scheduled programming:
Suns at Pistons +3 Over 217.5
The Luke Kennard Bowl!
Sounds like the lefty sniper is staying in Detroit!
Kennard might be onto our Pistons injured bench gang segment, giving us the cold shoulder tonight.
We are also not sure where Blake was, but his absence caused us to stumble upon:
True that lol.
No Aron Baynes tonight. Our Suns sure could have used him. What is our Suns record with/without Baynes?
Pistons 116, Suns 108.
Drummond definitely got his 15 points and 15 boards. Big Penguin finished with 31 points, 19 rebounds and a +14 net rating! In a post post-game interview with NBATV, Drummond was asked about facing Ayton. Dre said: “I want to let him know what he workin’ with. Ain’t nothing sweet over here.”
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Warriors at Nets -6.5 Under 222.5
Alec Burks and Glen Robinson III did not play with a trade “imminent.”
Also imminent was the Warriors getting the roof blown off their doors in Brooklyn.
Brighter days are ahead, Steve!
We LOVE to see this!
Nets 129, Warriors 88.
This was NOT a D-Lo revenge game.
Alec Burks and GRIII were indeed traded later Wednesday night to… the 76ers!
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Magic at Celtics -5.5 Over 209.5
Kemba did not play but was all smiles.
On the contrary, look what Jayson Tatum did to these Magic boys.
Celtics 116, Magic 100.
Tatum was everywhere with 33 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. JT’s sixth 30-point game of the season.
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Pacers +5.5 at Raptors OVER 216
Ibaka arrived to the game scarfed up.
Ibaka hit the game-winning three!
Raptors 119, Pacers 118.
Toronto overcame a 19-point deficient and ended the game on an 11-0 run, capping their 12th consecutive win, the longest winning streak in franchise history. The Raptors are currently on pace to win more games than they did last season with Kawhi!
This was an incredible game. The rematch is Friday night.
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Hawks +4.5 at Timberwolves Over 239.5
The look of a coach whose team is about to lose their 13th straight game.
Hawks 127, T-Wolves 120.
Jeff Teague Revenge Game!
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Cavaliers +13.5 at Thunder Over 239.5
Billy Donovan, not as tall as Steven Adams. #analysis
Talk about threading the needle.
Lu Dort lite power dunk! Just a Level 1, but we include it because… DORT!
Thunder 109, Cavs 103.
Dennis Schroder’s fourth 30-point game off the bench this season and seven straight games with 20+ points.
Thunder/thumbs up!
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Grizzlies +4.5 at Mavericks Over 225.5
The biggest story here was Woj bombing that Iggy is no longer a Grizzly at long last. The biggest bummer, however, is that the Grizz and Heat have already played twice. :/
Grizz 121, Mavs 107.
Per Woj, the Grizzlies have also signed Dillon Brooks to a three-year, $35-million extension. Brooks deserves it. He’s been a big part of the Grizz success this season. Brooks plays so physical and in your face. He will attack people.. even on offense! He’s scrappy and tough. And now, #paid.
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Nuggets +9.5 at Jazz Under 215
Three goggles are always a must.
Don Mitch power oop!
The Joker did it again! Big Honey finished with 30 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists — the ninth player in NBA history with a 30-20-10 game, per Bleacher Report. And he did that on Gobert, the two-time reigning Defensive Player of the Year!
Nuggs 98, Jazz 95.
Oh, and the Nuggets beat the Jazz in Utah on the second night of a back-to-back with seven players. SEVEN!
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Heat at Clippers -6.5 Over 224.5
Airplane Mode power dunk! Do we have a Level 4 here??
Another one from Airplane Mode! Level 3.5?
The Heat might have had the power dunks, but the Clippers had the three-balls. A franchise record 24 made threes! The biggest culprits were Shamet 6 of 13, PG 5 of 7, JaMychal Green 4 of 7, Mo Harkless 3 of 5 and Kawhi 4 of 10.
Clippers 128, Heat 111.
If you watched this game on ESPN, you more than likely lived through an episode of WHO HE!? with the Heat’s Gabe Vincent! The #2 Heat jersey caused us to double take, thinking: “Since when did Wayne Ellington get traded back to Miami?” Vincent is a 6-3 rookie from UC Santa Barbara. Tonight was just his second NBA game ever. We got to see his first ever career points!
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It looks like the Blog Train might not be leaving the station for a little while, but you know that we will be back.
We love this game!