NBA Wednesday Night Preview: Cavs, Nets, and More in Action

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00:00And it is the Cavs, uh, who do have the best mark, of course, 12 and 4 against the number

00:08this year.

00:09But how about, uh, the Nets are 10, 4 and 1 against the spread, uh, or 15 games into

00:15the season.

00:16Warriors, the Raptors are 10 and 5 against the spread.

00:20The Grizzlies, who we just talked about, are 9, 5 and 1 against the spread, uh, so far

00:26this year.

00:27Scoring three and a half points at home tonight against Philly.

00:30Uh, the Timberwolves, Suns, Bucs, Pelicans, Sixers and Wizards are all on the bad side.

00:36You don't want to be on that side.

00:37How is that possible that the T-Wolves have gone from, you know, where they were last

00:43year to sleepwalking and look at them, 5 and 9 against the spread, they've been so average.

00:49They're like, you know, basically 500 fair to Midland and they act like they don't even

00:54care that it's all just going to happen and they'll, you know, flip a switch and they'll

00:59win every game.

01:00And they haven't been that team at all that they were last year.

01:02And I think it starts with, you know, getting rid of Towns.

01:06They thought Rudy Gobert could, you know, do the job without him and they were certainly

01:10better with him.

01:12There's no denying Randall can play, but I still don't think he's Towns at some level.

01:17So I'm surprised about them.

01:19And I really don't trust the Raptors, even though they have that 10 and 5.

01:23I think at some point they'll fizzle out and not matter when it comes to betting.

01:27They're not a good team.

01:30They are not a good team.

01:31And yes, the T-Wolves are now 8 and 6 straight up.

01:34So they're 8 and 6 straight up and 5 and 9 against the numbers.

01:37So they got a bunch of games in there and they won and didn't cover.

01:40And like you said, they're kind of just, you know, kind of just going through the motions

01:44here early on in the NBA season.

01:47Overs and unders, of course, we love P-O-I-N-T-S, points, points, points.

01:51Well, if you like that Hawks, 11 of their 15 games up Cavs also Pacers, Grizzlies, Warriors,

01:58Nuggets and T-Wolves all playing the most overs while the Pistons, Hornets, Bucks, Clippers

02:04and Magic, they are playing the lower scoring games.

02:08They have the unders right now.

02:09Well, all those teams that are over shoot tons of threes and you see their records,

02:15how they win, how they play.

02:17They run and gun.

02:18I don't know about the T-Wolves.

02:20I'm not interested in them yet.

02:21They haven't looked good, like I said.

02:23So under teams, I've been surprised at the Pistons, even in the cup, they've looked good

02:28so far.

02:29I think they're 2-0, you said to me.

02:30And then the Hornets, when Melo is playing well and doing his thing and scoring and dishing,

02:38they can win games and he's tough.

02:40Last night he didn't have it.

02:41You're not going to have it every night.

02:43The Bucks, I'm surprised because every game they play is like a one or two point game.

02:47They can barely win games at all.

02:49And the Clippers are starting to, you know, in terms of playing, at least they're getting

02:54better.

02:55They've been winning games.

02:56They've been able to beat the Warriors.

02:58They did it twice.

03:00And the Magic are winning because of Franz Wagner.

03:03That's all there is to it.

03:04No, you know, you have your star player out and nobody else can do it.

03:09Banqueiro is gone.

03:10And then this kid just took over and started dealing every single night.

03:14He's a good player.

03:16He's a real good player.

03:17That's why the Magic are where they are so far.

03:19And we're going to discuss them in a moment as they are out West tonight to continue their

03:24road trip.

03:25All right.

03:26I got a lot of NBA and then I have a lot of football in the second hour.

03:28So we might as well get cooking here with some of this action for tonight.

03:31And I will start with this Pelican Cleveland game for one reason.

03:35How about the laundry list?

03:36Listen to all the names that aren't playing in this game tonight.

03:40Zion, Brandon Ingram, DeJounte Murray, CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy, Jose Alvarado,

03:46Darius Garland, Max Struess, Karis LeVert, Dean Wade, Isaac Okoro, Sam Merrill.

03:51That's everyone on both teams who's not playing.

03:53Now, of course, some of those guys have been out a long term.

03:55Some of those guys are just out tonight.

03:57So skeleton crews all around and the Cavs try to bounce back and they are 13 and a half

04:03point favorites at home against the Pelicans to 16 and a half.

04:08The total.

04:09It sounds like a Geely game.

04:11I mean, nobody's going.

04:13So, you know, I still like the rocket.

04:17I do.

04:18Here's what I know.

04:19I just gave you a whole bunch like 15 names and I didn't hear Donovan Mitchell in any

04:24of those names.

04:26So if Donovan Mitchell's playing, I'll lay to 13 and I'll lay to 30 and they're lost

04:31last night.

04:32I know it's a back to back.

04:33They're playing back to back to and they got smashed.

04:36So I'm willing to lay it with Cleveland as dangerous as that might be with that heavy

04:40number.

04:41I'll give it a shot.

04:42All right, we'll come back and I've got the rest for you.

04:44The Bulls are in Milwaukee against the Bucs and the Suns and the Knicks Hawks Warriors

04:49Magic Clippers.

04:50We were just talking about.

04:51So we'll run through the rest of the NBA on a Wednesday night here on C2C when we come

04:56back.

04:57I think they're good.

04:58So why not?

04:59Let's do it.

05:00The Bulls are in Milwaukee against the Bucs tonight.

05:04Bulls beat them a couple of weeks ago in Milwaukee.

05:07They'll try to do the same thing tonight.

05:10Right now.

05:11Minus eight and a half for the Bucs to thirty nine and a half healthy total cheese almost

05:16in the two forties for this one.

05:18You would think that it's too big of a number like Gabe said because the Bulls basically

05:24have played better than the Bucs.

05:27I think you grab the eight and a half and give it a whirl with the Bulls.

05:30They score a lot.

05:31They shoot a lot of threes.

05:33I think they say in the game every game that Milwaukee plays is a struggle.

05:38Every single game they play comes down to the wire.

05:40They're not blowing anybody out.

05:41They've had a couple of games where they've gotten away from people, but they're not really

05:46in my opinion having success, you know, rubbing anybody out of games.

05:51They're just constantly having to go down to the wire.

05:53You saw Dame hit a game winner the other night to win by one.

05:57That was at the wire too.

05:58Yeah.

05:59Bucs got to show a little bit more before you can start laying eight and a half with

06:03them really against anybody.

06:05They need to open it up some more.

06:07The Pacers are in Houston against the Rockets tonight.

06:10Rockets minus six and a half out to a nice ten and five start, by the way, is Houston.

06:15Two thirty one and a half is the total.

06:18They got guys that can absolutely ball out.

06:21I like the Rockets tonight at home when they're at the Toyota Center in H-Town only laying

06:26six and a half.

06:27The Pacers haven't been that good.

06:29Every game is a nightmare.

06:30They're six and eight.

06:31Meanwhile, the Rockets are winning.

06:33I like them tonight.

06:34I'll lay the six and a half.

06:37We already kind of mentioned this one.

06:39The Sixers are in Memphis against the Grizzlies where they are three and a half point road

06:43favorites at two and eleven this year.

06:46Two twenty four and a half is the total tonight.

06:48Yeah.

06:49I just can't bet on Philly and I question the over as well because they stink.

06:55They're two and eleven and Memphis is flat out better.

06:58Now I know there's guys that aren't playing and this and that, but I'll take the four

07:03and I'll try to keep it under the two twenty four.

07:06Yeah.

07:07A rare night where the Sixers are going to have Embiid and Paul George out there.

07:12But still, I'll roll with you with the Grizz tonight at home.

07:15We just saw they're one of the better teams this year covering, so I'll take my shots

07:19with them.

07:20Portland into OKC tonight.

07:22So similar situation really as the Cavs, you know, got to go out, lose a lose a game on

07:27the road.

07:28Now they come home tonight.

07:29You're a big favorite.

07:30Eleven and a half for the Thunder here.

07:32Two twenty four and a half the total.

07:34I think they can actually win this game by a dozen or more and cover that number.

07:40I think Portland, you know, wins games at the Moda.

07:44Basically that's when they play well and Oak City's not losing to them at home.

07:48So I think they poured on Portland and cover the number.

07:54Start of a long trip for the Knicks that will take them through Phoenix, Utah, Denver, Dallas

07:59and Charlotte begins tonight in the desert.

08:04Portland still do not have, of course, Durant and Beal as they get ready to play this evening.

08:10Knicks four and a half point favorites on the road in Phoenix with the two twenty three

08:15and a half total.

08:16Yeah, I think they'll screw it up.

08:18I think they'll actually lose this game in Phoenix.

08:21Suns will get it done.

08:22They played without Durant before.

08:24They already know, you know, that he's missing months at a time every season.

08:29I think the Knicks on the road, they look good here and there.

08:32Not every night.

08:33I think they'll struggle tonight with the Suns.

08:35I'll take the five and go with Phoenix.

08:39Atlanta still out west as well.

08:41Remember, they won in Sacramento the other night.

08:43Tonight they're at Golden State at the chase against the Warriors.

08:46Warriors minus seven and a half.

08:48Another two thirty nine and a half.

08:51Big total here tonight.

08:52They don't lose at home.

08:53I think they're going to kill Atlanta.

08:55This is a tough game for the Hawks.

08:57You got Curry, everybody scoring.

09:00They are invincible in that building.

09:02They win at the chase and they blow teams out.

09:05I'm going to go Golden State.

09:06I'm going to lay the seven and a half.

09:09Yeah, and you got the Warriors also, let's not forget,

09:12coming off losing to the Clippers the other night.

09:15So they're not going to be happy about that.

09:17I'll roll with you, lay it with the Warriors.

09:19And finally, the Magic, who we were talking about before,

09:23their road favorites at the Intuit Dome against the Clippers tonight.

09:27Minus three and a half, two oh four and a half, the total.

09:31Like, you know, I want to know if they can actually win this game

09:35with Franz Wagner.

09:36I think Harden and the Clippers get it done.

09:39I'll take the three and a half in their building at the Intuit

09:42and that they cover at the very least against the Magic.

09:45If the Magic win, it's going to be by a bucket.

09:47I like the Clips to cover the number.

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