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They get even better with Murray, but this team is already good even without him, so it's hard to beat them. However, we are talking about the Cavaliers, who have an impressive home record, so they were the right pick. It's just unfortunate that they lost the game.

Unfortunately, Murray did play in this game, ouch, I thought that he will be out, scored 16 points and that is enough for the Nuggets to win.

As for the Magic vs Pistons, it's very close game, Magic just won by 2 points.

So it's a bad day, 0 wins, hehehe.


Yes, he is very instrumental and when I saw that he is going to play, I said I arleady lost my bet already.

And I just hope that D'Lo will be back soon because he suffered a right ankle sprain on that game against the Warriors.

Both AD and Lebron had a "OK" night, but the good thing is that they have pieces who can step up anytime if needed and they've shown it tonight. Beasly with 25, Mo Bamba with 12 & 13, Hachimura with 14. These newly acquired Lakers are stepping up, and maybe lets give credits to Rob Pelinka for making some good trades after making some bad ones in the past. Still, the Lakers are in the 13th seed, but only 4 games away from the 5th seed. Lebron and AD must be healthy or in short, all of the players must be healthy to have a chance. A 3-game losing streak might be a huge to their playoff run.

On the other hand, the Warriors are now below .500 with that loss, and they are playing very well on their home (in fact one of the best records on home with 22-7), but the are playing very awful on the road (7-23 record). Their defense again is the main problem as to why they are losing. Can't wait for GPII and Curry to come back soon.

Made a couple bucks on the Celtics/Mavs/Lakers wins tonight. I think going forward the Lakers are going to be a good bet this season. Anthony Davis and LeBron have both said how important making the playoffs is to them. LeBron had an off night tonight though. 13 points on 25% shooting. Probably one of his worst games of the season.

It's 0/2 for you tonight, sorry mate, some days are just like that, Orlando Magic really didn't take complete charge of the game, even though they did at some point led by as many as 13 point during the 3rd quarter, that was literally the only time they had at least 7 or more points lead, it's pretty much a close game from the very start to finsih.

Jamal Murray actually suited up for the Denver Nuggets and we could say he's one of the reasons you lost the second bet, because he was very instrumental for Nuggets getting the win tonight, although Donovan Mitchel also wasn't at his usual best for the Cavaliers too, he played way worse and nothing compared to the Donovan Mitchel we saw at the All Star Games night.

Same for me...
I have no doubt that the Cavaliers have a great chance of winning this game, without Aaron Gordon and Murray, the Nuggets become a fragile team!

By the way, let's see if in this round I can make good picks!

Here's my pick:

Magic vs Pistons, - I'm taking the Magic -6.5 @1.86
Cavs vs Nuggets - I think Murray and Aaron Gordon is out in this game that's why the Cavs are the favorite -2.5 @ 1.90

I also took the parlay, @3.53.

Even though I might not be backing the San Antonio Spurs on ML, I also believe Kyrie and Doncic playing together is absurd reason to undermine the Spurs that much, they've also lost a number of key players before the trade deadline themselves, but currently -14.5 for the Spurs outright is just purely absurd imo too, so that's a bet I'm definitely not going to say no to as well.

My picks for tonight.

Indiana Pacers vs Boston Celtics (-7.5) = Boston Celtics Win 1,79 Odds.

Toronto Raptors (-5.5) vs New Orleans Pelicans = Toronto Raptors Win 1,85 Odds.

Good luck guys.

NOP ML is quite tempting mate and to be honest, I can't just reject that kind of odds considering that they are much tougher this time against the Raptors even if they will be flying in Toronto. But for the Lakers vs GSW, I might sit on that for now or maybe I will bet on it live if I can catch it up later. We can't just really disregard the power of the Warriors even if they doesn't have Curry and Wiggins.

Tailing you with the Pelicans but on ML @ 2.91 on the road vs Toronto Raptors and also Lakers -4.5 vs GS Warriors. Tough pick for the Lakers because even if the Warriors got a handicap, they can still find a way how to deal with their situation as they still got numerous offensive players left but somehow, I believe in the Lakers in this game. And also, I'll add the Orlando Magic -6.5 vs Detroit Pistons.

Hopefully the tail end of the betting year will be better than the first half let's kick it up with 4 games today:

Pelicans + 6 on the road in Toronto. 
Lakers -6 home against gs.  With Wiggins and steph out I like Lakers chance here
Jazz -1 at home against okc.  Basically a pick em and like the home squad here
Magic -7 at home against Detroit.  Orlando is have a sneaky decent year.  Thinks they feast on Detroit.

Good luck everyone!

Here are my picks for today's game

Cleveland Cavaliers VS Denver Nuggets

The Stake odds for this game are 1.75 for the Cavaliers and 2.13 for the Nuggets, Right now Ricky Rubio can not play for the Cavaliers, while Aaron Gordon, Collin Gillespie, and Zeke Nnaji can not play and Jamal Murray is questionable if they can play for the Nuggets, Despite many injures than the Cavaliers, I still think that the Denver Nuggets can win this, that is why my pick is the Denver Nuggets,

Toronto Raptors VS New Orleans Pelicans

The Stake odds for this game are 1.45 for the Raptors and 2.85 for the Pelicans, Right now Thaddeus Young and OG Anunoby are both questionable if they can play for the Raptors, while E.J. Liddell, and Zion Williamson, can not play, and Dyson Daniels and Larry Nance Jr. are doubtful if they can play for the Pelicans because Williamson still can not play I guess there is a chance for the Raptors to win, and the  Raptors are no push over the team, because of Fred VanVleet so my pick is the Toronto Raptors,
 
Philadelphia 76ers VS Memphis Grizzlies

The Stake odds for this game are 1.64 for the 76ers and 2.32 for the Grizzlies, right now Dewayne Dedmon is doubtful if he can play for the 76ers, while Steven Adams and Luke Kennard a not playing for the Grizzlies, so for me because of the solid run the 76ers are having against the Grizzlies, I will be going with the Philadelphia 76ers,

Los Angeles Lakers VS Golden State Warriors

The Stake odds for this game are 1.46 for the Lakers and 2.85 for the Warriors, Right now LeBron James and Anthony Davis are doubtful if they can play while Andre Iguodala, Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins, and Gary Payton II, can not play for this game, I know this is a very hard decision and we all know the evolution of the Lakers acquiring those players, while the Warriors are depleting their pain, but for me, I will still go with the Warriors I think they can still manage to pull this off,

Yes, no doubt about that. The late legendary, Kobe Bryant, will literally roast the NBA league and Commissioner Adam Silver for making a circus-like All-Star game. The man has been known to be real and will always say something as long as it will benefit the league, and not just because he loved to roast.

In the recent stats, it showed that the NBA All-Star game views has declined and if not, it's the lowest declination since the All-Star way back 2002. For sure that headline will bump the NBA commissioner's head and will make some adjustments so that it won't happen again as NBA is always business first. For that, there's a suggestion from the fans that it will be much more interesting to see an All-Star game where it will be Team World vs Team USA.

Irving's agent signed him up with Dallas just to get him out of all issues he had within the Brooklyn organization and among the fans.
Every sports show post trade, all broadcasters were questioning what if any reasonable explanation could be seen with this trade.
But to many including myself are interested in the betting opportunity this presents itself if this experiment fails.
I will be making a ML bet on the Spurs because I think the bookies expect way too much of a Kyrie and Luka cohesion so late into the season.

I haven't seen Dallas win a game yet with Kyrie and Luka playing together, so I might as well still bet against them. I'm taking the other side and placing a bigger bet compared to my bet on the moneyline.


I'll go with the underdogs, as both Portland and the Warriors are decent teams. Just because they will be playing on the road, it doesn't mean they'll lose. These teams know how to win, so I think they are undervalued in this matchup.

After that All-Star game, I hope that Commissioner Adam Silver will change something with regards to it.

I mean I also watched some old school All-star games on Facebook (since there are some who re-uploaded it), and I just love how All-Star players are competing at that time. What I watched was an All-star game where Kobe (RIP) was there, and we know how competitive Kobe is right? If he's still alive right now and got a chance to watch that All-star game, expect some negative comments coming from him. No defense whatsoever. They are just letting their opponents shoot instead of defending them. They only defended in the final quarter,  but you can't tell it as a defense as well.

That All-star game is one of the worse I've ever watched, and I believe some will agree with me especially those who watched the old All-star games. Hope there will be a chance in the next All-star game in Indianapolis.

Well, enough for the all star discussion because tomorrow the NBA will resume.

Here are the early betting spread of tomorrow's games.

Denver vs Clevealnd -2.5
Boston vs Indiana +8.5
Detroit vs Orlando -6.5
Memphis vs Philadelphia -4
New Orleans vs Toronto -5.5
San Antonio vs Dallas -13.5
OKC vs Utah -2
GSW vs LA Lakers -5.5
Portland vs Sacramento -5

Congratulations on your bet @morvillz7z. The only bet I won was with Team Giannis and over total score, thankfully. 
@Natalim Naturally, there should be a reaction for the NBA about those ratings. Perhaps its time to change the system and make it more competitive. I have known a lot of friends who are looking forward about the All Star before but now I cannot even see a little expectation from them.
There should be something else that can boost the ratings again. Charities seems to not work too although it is for a cause.

And I thought that I'm just the one who doesn't like what the All Star has turned out to be with new format in the last couple of years, we see some old school posters here who has the same mentality as mine hehehehe.

To be honest, maybe since they change format, I haven't want the All star weekend, although this year it was the Dunk contest that might bring some fans to watch again. But the whole Team Giannis vs Team Lebron? and how they score it per quarter and such? doesn't sit well for him and for the majority of old basketball fans. They should bring back the East vs West that's how we grew watching the All star.