NBA 12/31
- Kyle Kirms
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
WARRIORS @ HORNETS - 1:10 PM
Charlotte's playing some basketball right now. Miles Bridges questionable and Kon Kneoppel might not be 100% yet.
Bust Golden State seems to be coming around defensively. Specifically they've been great against the 3 ball... which is what Charlotte loves to do.
Bit of a unique scheduling spot though for Golden State.
Hornets have struggled against the 3 themselves. It's a bad matchup for Charlotte but a weird lookahead spot for Golden State. Pass.
MAGIC @ PACERS - 3:10 PM
Injuries on both sides. I think 3.5 is about right. If Suggs and Bane both play, I'd consider Orlando. They've looked more competitive in their last 2.
Magic gave up 21 offensive rebounds to the Raptors the other night... that's not gonna happen in this one. Pacers can't rebound the ball.
MAGIC -3.5 if Suggs and Bane play but that's a big if.
TIMBERWOLVES @ HAWKS - 3:10 PM
Does Porzingis stabilize the defense at all? The Hawks were playing better defense before Porzingis got sick. Trae Young questionable but the Hawks are 0-7 since he's come back. Minnesota went into Chicago and dominated the Bulls the other night. Held em to 101 points. Bulls shot just 40.9% from the floor.
Quin Snyder said their plan going into the OKC game was to shoot 50 3's because they're too good defensively down low. I would imagine we'll see a similar strategy from the Hawks here. Porzingis can definitely help draw Gobert out of the paint and open things up for the Hawks offense.
I really dk. I don't think you can make this total high enough so it would be over.
SUNS @ CAVALIERS - 3:40 PM
Cleveland just getting home from a road trip. Cavs just picked up a huge win in San Antonio after that embarrassing Houston loss. Elite defensive game against San Antonio. Suns have been kinda hot... but against who?
They used Wade, Mobley and Allen a lot in the Spurs game and it worked... maybe they do some more in that here against Phoenix to get these rebounding numbers up.
I think this number's perfect at 5.5.
PELICANS @ BULLS - 7:10 PM
Pelicans beat the Bulls twice already this year.
The Bulls offense got red hot there... for 5 minutes. I'm wondering if the Bulls pace is the same without those guys? Might not matter in this one. Pelicans are just 1-11 without Herb Jones on the floor and 7-15 with him. 122.3 DRTG without him in the lineup.
NO CLUE.
KNICKS @ SPURS - 7:10 PM
How are we not blindly fading the Knicks right now?
SOS goes to the Spurs.
