WILL SYKES FREE PLAYS ARE 46-24-1
25-15-1 NBA,
2-1 NCAAB
12-6 NFL,
6-2 NCAAF
UFC 1-0
NEW ORLEANS vs SACRAMENTO
SYKE-O-ANALYSIS:I'm going to stay on the Kings bandwagon till the wheels fall off, because I found yet another 'DIAMOND' play. Those lines makers think they're slick here? Well, I again call a DUEL upon them, because there's no way I'm losing this game. And here's why...I'll be honest, I do like the Chris Paul and the Hornets, but I'm not sold on their road game, 11 of their 21 road games were against teams over .500 and they lost 5 of those 11 games. So in actuality the Hornets only have 6 quality road wins out of 21 road games. Yes that is a little more than 50% against above .500 teams but not impressive IMO, because their win against Houston came without McGrady, and their early win in the beginning of the season against the Lakers came without Odom, and again that really puts their quality road wins at 4. On top of that you've got to see it in another perspective where the Kings are awesome at home. These Kings are 'VERY' good at home especially when healthy. Before they got their players back and started playing as a team, the Kings were playing at a very high level at home. That includingagame against Detroit on 11/18/07 they were without Bibby and still won the game by 10 as 4 point dogs. Then doing the same thing against the Spurs (11/26/07) without Bibby and everyone on the Spurs were healthy, beating the Spurs by 13 points as 6.5 point dogs. Must I go on? Ok well...they also beat Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming and company (12/01/07), BibbyLESS again, and winning by 8 as 6 point dogs. Want more? Ok...they take out the Jazz (12/4/07) by 10 as 2.5 point dogs...impressive you say? Well there's more, they beat the Magic (1/8/08), and they did it without Artest, Martin, and Bibby winning by 4 as 7 point dogs. And wait it gets better, one of their recent home wins against Dallas (1/14/08) winning by 2 as 5.5 point dogs. And what not in a better spot where the public jumps on the Hornets because they loss as a favorite at home by double digits. Here's a nice little trend to back up those Kings. The home team has in this DUEL has won SU/ATS 10 of the last 11 games. The Kings are also 12-2 ATS when playing as a 3.5 - 6 point favorites as a home dog in a non-divisional game, in which they allowed 95 points or less AGAINST in their last game. Once again those odds makers are trying to psych you out into taking those road favorites just because they lost to the Warriors at home which snapped their winning streak, thing is here those road favorites can be dangerous and bite back at you, but we also have hard evidence that the Kings have more than a better shot at winning this game. So don't get psyched by Vegas tonight. Treat this as a 4* graded play and stick with Sykes, because tonight we call yet another DUEL upon those lines makers and once again.....Sykes becomes victorious.
DUEL DIAMOND: Kings +3.5