03-04-20 NBA Blog Train Wednesday
Nine games on the Wednesday night slate, including the first ever Luka vs. Zion matchup.
All aboard!
Thunder at Pistons +8.5 OVER 209.5
A couple of Christian Wood power dunks! Level 3.5 and Level 2.5?
Halftime was lit tonight at Little Caesar’s Arena.
The return of the Pistons injured bench gang!
Thunder 114, Pistons 107.
The Pistons roared back in the 4th quarter to make this a game. They fell short, but they covered!
SGA led the way for the Thunder with 27 points on 12 of 15 shooting.
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Celtics -4 at Cavaliers Over 215.5
A litany of injuries here: No Kemba. No Jaylen. No Hayward. No Drummond. No Garland. No Thompson.
Big Penguin and his big shades applauded a valiant effort from Colin Sexton the Cavs. After a career-high 32 points on Monday, Sexton scored a new career-high 41 points.
Celtics 112, Cavs 106.
Bench points: Celtics 43, Cavs 7.
J.B. Bickerstaff only deployed eight Cavs and KPJ left in the first half with a head injury to not return.
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Pacers at Bucks -11 Under 220.5
Sabonis leads the league in screen assists.
Not enough Pacers to stop The Freak.
Bucks 119, Pacers 100.
The Bucks led wire-to-wire and are now 13-1 vs. Central Division opponents.
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Magic +6.5 at Heat Over 218.5
The three goggles were out in full force tonight in South Beach.
Heat 116, Magic 113.
Seriously, the Heat shot 22 of 44 from three. Duncan Robinson was 9 of 12, including 7 straight in the first half! Ole Dunc Rob can stroke it.
Shoutout T-Ross who torched 35 points off the bench on 12 of 18 shooting, including 8 of 10 from three! We must also note that T-Ross had 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals and 0 blocks. One turnover, though.
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Jazz at Knicks +8.5 Under 219.5
Quin Snyder had the crazy eyes going.
Jazz 112, Knicks 104.
BAD BEAT ALERT!!! R.J. Parrot made a supreme garbage time jumper with 0.2 seconds left to give Jazz -8.5 backers one of the worst beats. You could hear all of the people in MSG who had Knicks +8.5 cheering like crazy.
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Grizzlies +1.5 at Nets UNDER 223
Look at this young surprise team dance the Nets bench mob dance in Barclays.
Some serious CHEESE at least gave the Nets something to do a little jig about.
Josh Jackson scored a game-high 19 points, and Ja crashed his immediate on-court post-game interview.
Grizzlies 118, Nets 79.
With the Nets on the second night of an OT back-to-back, UNDER 223 was a Pure Lock, never in doubt.
It’s time once again for your favorite segment. #19 for the Grizzlies, Jarrod Uthoff… WHO HE!? Uthoff is a 6-9 26-year-old G Leaguer who played three seasons of college ball at Iowa and first made his NBA debut back in 2017 for the Mavs. Tonight was his second game of the season for the Grizz after signing a 10-day contract on February 27th. His first game was on Monday night.. Somehow we missed that. Sorry, Jarrod!
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Bulls at Timberwolves -2 Under 231.5
Icy.
James Johnson was talking some shit to Coby White at the very end of the 3rd quarter. We are sure that Coby was glad to see that Johnson, whose nickname is Bloodsport, at least had a smile on his face.
Jordan McLaughlin power dunk! Level 2.7?
T-Wolves 115, Bulls 108.
Jordan McLaughlin belongs on the Get Shit Done Team. That dude is a menace.
The T-Wolves have a 2-game winning streak for the first time in two months.
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Pelicans +6.5 at Mavericks Over 240
And so it begins.
Almost every Zion dunk is a power dunk in some form or fashion.
Luka has already broken the Mavs franchise-record for most triple-doubles. His second season in the league still has 19 games left, and he just turned 21 years old.
Mavs 127, Pels 123. OT
Zion was bottled up in the paint on more than one occasion tonight, but he still scored 21 points to keep his streak alive.
The Mavs have swept the season series against the Pellies 4-0.
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Wizards at Blazers -7.5 Under 243.5
We love Dame, but this ain’t it, fam.
Blazers 125, Wizards 105.
Dame actually played tonight and it was a sound Blazers team win. All five Blazers starters scored 15+ points and four Blazers scored more than 22.
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Four games ahead on Thursday night. We will have a keen eye on Clippers-Rockets and the return of one Wardell Stephen Curry!!!
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