INDIAN COWBOY
Raptors -4 (POD)
2-1 Yesterday: POD winner on the Pistons/Sixers Over.
*Winning 14 of 19 NBA PODs (73%)
*Winning 19 of 28 POD Overall (68%) (Doing 1 POD per day)
*Winning 11 of 16 Days.
The Raptors have to show up at some point in this series and did you notice what this team was able to do at the middle of the second quarter? They started to come back, play with some heart and this was despite being down 35-17 to this Magic team who was shooting lights out. It just goes to show that this Raptors team was playing with plenty of heart and now they will have to show up with that same heart and dedication at home today. Look, this team nearly won outright on the road at Orlando, they are the same team that beat this Magic team by 17 points at home which just goes to show that when they are healthy, and given the plenty of revenge that they have, they should do well tonight. The Magic are just 1-7 ATS in their last 8 meetings in Toronto and this will be an up hill battle for them tonight. I do think that the Magic have a great shot at winning game 4, but watch the Raps give it all they have tonight in game 3, if they lose this game, then look for a sweep to occur in Game 4 in Toronto.
Jazz -9
I mentioned earlier in a post today that today was a day of favorites. If the Rockets were actually going to step up in this series, it would have bee in Game 2 at home, and frankly, they should have won that game as AK clearly flopped on the Luis Scola touch. Obviously it was a flop, but the Jazz find themselves up 2-0 as they now have a clear command of this series and are at home, which is the toughest place to play in the league as they have just dominated teams at home. Do you know why the total is so high at -9 in a playoff game and a must win game for the Rockets? Do not fall for this trap. The Rockets could barely compete at home, granted they do get Alston back today, but regardless, they could barely compete at home, how are they going to compete on the road with a Jazz bench that is clearly better with Millsap, Harpring, Korver and Price. Far too much offense for the Jazz tonight, the Rockets are also 0-7 ATS in their last 7 Quarterfinal games, while the Jazz are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 quarterfinal games. Need I say more? Jazz roll by double-digits tonight and literally take the spirit out of the Rockets tonight as Game 4 of this series will be nothing more than the motions running through as the Rockets deeply miss Yao.
Wizards -5
To be frank, this was nearly my POD today. The Wizards have an immense deal of revenge against this Cavs team that now has a 2-0 nothing lead, spanked this team at home by 30 points, have hurt the pride of quality players such as Arenas, Butler and Jamison and now the Wizards return home where they play extremely well and this team has a legitimate shot at breaking this series even as they go back to Cleveland. After all, why else would this series price still remain at -450? There is a specific reason why and that is because the Wizards have a legit shot at winning the next 2 games of this series - after all, what interest is it in the nba to see Cleveland sweep and move on here? The Wizards lose 4-0 to this Cleveland team last year without Butler and Arenas and trust me when I tell you that their coaching staff will ring their behinds a new one as this team is the whipping stick for the Cavs. Look for the Wiz to show plenty of heart today, look for Arenas to likely be in the starting lineup as the Cavs are just 1-6 ATS after winning by a game by a straight up 10 points and the favorite is 6-2 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
