NBA Notes from 11/19

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NJ Nets - stay away from without Carter.

Boston - finally coming down to earth.

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New Orleans - downgrade without Paul.

Orlando - Good, probably not this good, due for a pretty big loss. San Antonio Wednesday?

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Philadelphia - Huge downgrade. Team has no heart and no talent.

Indiana - Huge downgrade. Amazing how bad this team is even with Jermaine O'Neal.

Washington - Expended a lot of energy to get back to .500. In reality they are a .500 team. Played all slop teams during this 5 game win streak. Due to get picked off soon.

LA Lakers - 7-3 is interesting.

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Washington - Arenas gone. Actually hurt my play some tonight, as the team always rallies in the first game they lose their star to injury. It will catch up with them quickly. Downgrade Washington due to injury.

Charlotte - Still a young team. Definitely deflated some after getting word that Arenas was out.

Everything else played out pretty much as planned the rest of the night except for Sactown getting smacked around. No change in rating for either though. Sacramento still stinks. Phoenix will still not cover big numbers against bad teams. Just have to find a better situation than a back to back where Phoenix almost lost the night before to the same team. It really woke them up what was somewhat impressive.

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Cleveland - LeBron James is a one man wrecking crew. Haven't seen one player so important to his team like this in a long time.

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Seattle - Durant has been a non issue so far. Really no excitement in the building due to the pending move. Downgrading home rating due to this factor a la Charlotte Hornets last year in Charlotte where people even stopped showing up during the playoffs.

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LA Lakers - Upgrade. I was intrigued by the early record but wasn't sure what to make of it. After beating the Sonics in a tricky game they could have easily lost and then pounding Denver, this is a pretty good team.

GSW - Just keep pounding them when they are listed as HD, especially vs opp off back to back road with no rest. We may not get them as HD against mediocre teams much longer.

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Indiana - Strange team. They are playing better without Jermaine O'Neal. Don't know what to make of them now.

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Orlando - I have never seen a run like this in the NBA. I have never seen an East Coast team go on the road and play this well on a West Coast trip. I will have to check the logs, but I believe the 72-10 Bulls didn't even pull a 4-1 SU, 5-0 ATS west coast swing that year. It is unbelievable. This is a very special team and will win the East and should win it all against every Western Team except the Spurs. To play at the end of a road trip on a 3 in 4, and win that game in overtime after fading somewhat down the stretch. Orlando is by far better than Boston right now. Dwight Howard is way better than Kevin Garnett. Rashard Lewis is better than Paul Pierce. Orlando will win the East and will win it all against everyone but the Spurs. (Of course barring major injuries)

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Checked the logs

72-10 Bulls had a 7 game road trip that year that started in Texas for 2 and went out the coast for 5.

They went 6-1 SU on that trip 4-1 SU on the coast, they went 3-4 ATS on that trip and 1-4 ATS on the coast.

They also has a 6 game road trip that year that started in Texas for 1 and went out to the Coast for 5. They went 4-2 SU on that trip, 3-2 SU on the coast, and went 3-3 ATS on the trip, 2-3 ATS on the coast.

It is all but impossible to pull a 5-0 ATS coast road swing on top of a 4-1 SU record.

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San Antonio - I have absolute man love for the Spurs. It's a shame, I had them down as pick em tonight, the line was pick em, and the game played pick em, and they still won. Spurs are my top rated team in the NBA by far, with or without Duncan.

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"man love...." WTF(What the F&$@)?? That is crazy, but funny as ****. I've got this slow motion visual of you running down the isle toward Duncan with both of you having your hands extended for a hug....LMAO.

Keep this up, and I will elect you as GM of the "All Squeezably Soft Team." Funny thing is I hate the Spurs almost as much as I hate the Yankees, and I'm not even sure why. I don't hate Detroit, Chicago, LA or anyone else that has had good runs. I think it dates back to when I lived in San Antonio, and went to their games. I could be loud and Obnoxious routing for the opposing team, and no one cared...they were still nice...it was so anti-New York, Philadelphia or Boston I just started hating them.

Rick

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LOL......that is funny, did you say anything obnoxious to Eva.

I have a secret crush on the Spurs, if they win it this year, pencil them in past Jordan Bulls as second greatest team ever, behind Russell Celtics. The best about this is the media thinks they are boring, there are no "good stories" about players getting in trouble, so there is NO HYPE surrounding this team at all which gives us plenty of value in the number.

Watching them play is like living in a Utopian Basketball Society. It is a beauty to watch with non of the nonsense. I wish every other team in the NBA can play the team game as half as well as they do, then we'd have a great NBA again. I think I am going to send Coach Popp a Christmas Card.

It really doesn't even have anything to with hoppin on a bandwagon, etc. It's just beautiful man. It gets me emotional. It makes me want to cry on Eva's shoulders.