Mike Rose
New York Dragons @ Los Angeles Avengers over 111.5
Sat May 10 '08 10:30p Coming into Week 11?s AFL action, the NY Dragons sit four games in back of the National Conference?s Eastern Division leading Philadelphia Soul with a 5-4 SU mark, and they come into tonight?s contest winners of four in a row both SU and ATS. As for the Avengers, they sit one-game in back the San Jose Sabercats for the top spot in the Western Division of the American Conference. This will be just the sixth match-up between these two franchises as the Avengers have a stranglehold on the series winning four of the five match-ups both straight-up and against the spread. However, NY notched its first win of the series back in 2006 when they went into the Staples Center and upended the Avengers 70-61 as three-point road favorites. The 131 combined points soared over the closing ?total? of 112 to make the over 3-1 ATS in the L/4 overall meetings.
The Dragons have played some phenomenal defense to start the season that?s seen the under cash in six of their nine lined games this season. The under is a perfect 3-0 ATS when they?ve lined up against non-conference opposition, and it?s cashed all three times they played in a game with the total equal to or greater than 110. That said, LA is fighting for its playoff lives and the over has cashed in 4 of their 5 home games this season. It?s also 4-1 ATS when the total is equal to or greater than 110. Historically, this has been a high scoring series, so look for that to continue tonight regardless of how well NY?s defense has played throughout its L/5 games.