11-14-19 NBA Blog Train Thursday: 6 Games
Heat -4.5 at Cavs UNDER 215
Heat -4.5 would have been the Lock of the night, but we took the night off. Yep, sometimes we need one.
Heat 108, Cavs 97.
Kendrick Nunn has been such a gold mine. Fucking Riles. We love it.
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Clippers at Pelicans +4 OVER 233
Paul George season debut!!! :)))))))) No Kawhi on the second night of a back-to-back ://///////
PG dropped 33 points (on 17 shots!) with 9 rebounds and 4 assists in 24 minutes — PG13 was back in the office, however, he did commit 5 fouls and…
Pelicans 132, Clippers 127.
The Clips lost to the Pels in the Pelicans 3rd win of the season.
How, you ask? Three-pointers. Pels: 18 of 34. Clips: 11 of 24.
Jrue scored 36 points, hit 5 of 6 threes and was CLUTCH with 12 points in the 4th quarter.
Derrick Favors had a 20-20 game with exactly 20 points and 20 rebounds.
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Bulls +11.5 at Bucks OVER 228.5
Khris Middleton is expected out 3 to 4 weeks with a left quad injury, opening the door for Milwaukee’s youngin’s to get some run. DiVincenzo got the start, the Big Ragu!
This was a close one with the spread. Again, it was because of the 3-ball: Bulls 18 of 43, Bucks 6 of 33.
Bucks 124, Bulls 115.
The Freak’s seventh 30-point game of the season. (There have been 11 games.) Giannis also had 16 boards to go along with this 38 points.
After making 7 threes in the 4th quarter on Tuesday, Coby White followed up that record setting performance by sniping 6 of 13 threes tonight. The 13 total 3-pointers made in consecutive games is another NBA rookie record. It’s gotta be the hair.
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Mavericks at Knicks +8 UNDER 214.5
The boos were SO LOUD. Were they the loudest we’ve ever heard? Hard to say, but KP could not help but smile. At halftime, Porzingis was heading towards the Knicks locker room!! Seriously:
KP had a not so great night shooting, 7 of 17, and did not score in the 4th quarter. But you know who did?
Marcus Morris was The Man for the Knicks again, drilling the go-ahead three with 13 seconds left.
MSG. Was. ROCKIN’.
Knicks 106, Mavs 103.
Another Reverse Revenge Game for the Knicks. This should have been our big MoneyLine! Gah.
Porzingis said after the game, “I’m happy that there is emotion. It would suck to play when nobody is cheering or booing. It’s kinda cool. I like it. If it’s emotion, it’s good.”
Luka’s 5th triple-double of the young season: 33 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Only 2 points in the 4th, however.
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Hawks at Suns -8 OVER 229.5
Book’s high efficiency continues: 8 of 16 shooting, good for 27 points and 7 assists. (Would rather not mention the 7 turnovers, but here we are.)
Kelly Oubre showed out for a 30-burger after scoring just 1 point against the Lakers on Tuesday night.
Suns 128, Hawks 112.
Per Chris Kirschner of The Athletic, Kevin Huerter has been diagnosed with a left rotator cuff strain with an associated shoulder capsule strain and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
Ice Trae had 21 points and 13 dimes, some of which were filthy. The Nutmeg Criminal was back at it!
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Nets at Nuggets -7.5 UNDER 222.5
The Over here was a Pseudo Lock — a trap! — that we saw coming. National TV games just have a higher tendency to go Under it seems (working on the research). There is more pressure and longer TV timeouts messing with the game flow. We put out a warning, sometimes that’s all you can do.
Per usual, the Nuggets got off to a slow start, but they had the Nets right where they wanted them. Denver dug deep on defense and lulled Brooklyn to sleep.
Nuggets 101, Nets 93.
The Nets led by 16 in the first half but scored just 32 points in the second half compared to the Nuggets 52.
The Nuggs had seven players with double-digit points.
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Eight games on the Friday night slate and big shoutout to MELO who is officially a BLAZER. We love this game!