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00:00Let's flip it over to the association tonight at 10 o'clock start for the
00:03Houston Rockets and the Denver Nuggets in elevation.
00:06We go overnight line minus five.
00:08Now we're seeing most outlets show sitting at a minus five and a half price
00:11point for the Denver Nuggets as the home favorite in a total that's listed at
00:15two 29 and a half up from two 28 and a half last night.
00:19Rockets nuggets tonight.
00:21What's that spread line for you?
00:23Well, Rockets handled business there.
00:25Thanks to Kevin Durant.
00:26He didn't get to the free throw line 43 times last night,
00:29but he did drop 29 points in a winning effort over the Raptors.
00:33Now they got to go to Denver, which is never an easy place to play.
00:38But my goodness, are you going to play any defense Denver?
00:43Are you going to be able to get a stop at any particular point here?
00:47Because you haven't been doing that.
00:49And that's been the issue for the Denver Nuggets.
00:52Listen, Houston will be more than happy to go toe to toe with them.
00:56Houston's going to bring some defense.
00:57That total seems to be creeping down a little bit, Donnie.
01:02I can't back and under with the Denver Nuggets here at this point.
01:06I think it would only be over for me in this spot.
01:09Six games tonight in the association.
01:11The nightcap, Joe, is the Minnesota Timberwolves taking on the Los Angeles Clippers in L.A.
01:16Overnight line, minus one and a half.
01:17Now we're seeing most markets here shifting to minus two and a half as a favorite for the Los Angeles
01:22Clippers.
01:23And a total that's listed at 225 and a half here.
01:27Ticket count on the Clippers side and the line movement as well, Joe.
01:30What's your spread line here?
01:31Well, I do not understand Minnesota.
01:34I mean, quietly, Donnie, they won eight of their last ten heading into last night against the Lakers.
01:40They were rested, ready to go, and they absolutely laid an egg here.
01:46Now they've got to travel a little further south, take on the Clippers, who you now I feel about this
01:51Clippers team, Donnie.
01:52They are rolling.
01:53And as long as you've got a healthy and motivated Kawhi Leonard in that lineup with Darius Garland and Mathurin,
01:58this is a serious team.
02:00This, I think, is a game I'd also be looking at an over.
02:05I think points are coming in this one here tonight.
02:08Into it, Dome, is where they're going to play that game.
02:10And as we said, six games on the card tonight, Joe.
02:13Yesterday, I went with an NBA under.
02:15I was like, you know, Sixers, not much there.
02:17Maxie now out three more weeks at this point.
02:19They shot the lights out in that game and absolutely destroyed my under of 228.5.
02:25So a bounce back is needed tonight.
02:27Don't worry.
02:27We'll come up with a solid play.
02:29That's how we get down on the early line.
02:31Hump day, Wednesday.
02:32You know how we get down to business.
02:33On the early line, Donnie Wright's side, along with Joe Ranieri.
02:36We welcome in Kevin Walsh, the host of Game Time Decisions, right here on the Sports Grid Network, 6 to
02:417 p.m. Eastern, with Gabriel Morenci.
02:43And this guy's been known in the Sports Grid League here.
02:46You go around and say, did you ever have 83 points for a Sports Grid team here?
02:49Kevin, while playing basketball, we saw 83 last night.
02:53And there's like the balance of scales going, ooh, some liked it.
02:56Some did, Kevin.
02:58Let's start right there.
02:59Did we like that?
03:01I loved the first three quarters.
03:05I enjoyed the first five to six minutes of the fourth.
03:12And then we were watching 2K.
03:16But not like 2K streamers like you and your brother who decided they were going to chase a record in
03:25a 2K game together to unlock an achievement.
03:28I cannot believe that Miami Heat fans are under the impression that everyone who is angry is just a Kobe
03:39Bryant fan.
03:40I would not be accused of that label.
03:43That is not how anyone would necessarily describe me.
03:46This isn't about me being upset about the Kobe number.
03:52The Miami Heat leaving Bam at a bio in up 25 against a team who's desperate to lose, where he
04:01played the entire second half, is pushing it a little bit.
04:07I could listen to it.
04:09The Miami Heat letting Bam take every shot.
04:13I'm fine with that.
04:15In fact, there were far too many Keyshaud Johnson shots for my liking.
04:21There were a couple of moments where Peli Larson was calling his own number, and I couldn't figure out why.
04:26But when the Miami Heat start fouling the Wizards four seconds into the shot clock to extend the game, we
04:36have now completely lost the plot.
04:39And, oh, it just doesn't sit right with me.
04:43It doesn't.
04:43And, again, Heat fans are like, everybody's a hater.
04:46This isn't true.
04:47We've watched countless people score 70, and it's no problem.
04:52We've seen people score 60-plus in three quarters and not play the fourth.
04:57The Heat cannot act as if Bam at a bio got this in the flow of the basketball game.
05:03I know you're a South Beach guy here, Raniere.
05:06That was not normal, what we watched out of Miami last night.
05:12Well, but here's the thing.
05:14And, again, if you're playing a team that's going to allow you to do that and get away with it,
05:21then you know what?
05:22Have fun and do it.
05:24Because I can tell you this, if a team is up 14-0 in the fifth inning and you're still
05:31taking pitches in the sixth inning and the next guy up doesn't get a 100-mile-an-hour fastball right
05:37in his face, you know, the game is supposed to take care of itself.
05:41At least it used to anyway, but now the Wizards were more than happy to be complicit in watching the
05:48Heat do it.
05:49And if you're not going to do anything to stop it, why am I going to go out of my
05:53way to stop doing it?
05:56It's so crazy because I think this may be the only time I would agree with that entire notion.
06:02I watched the entire fourth quarter.
06:05I watched a little bit more than that, but at some point I did think Washington was going to close
06:10-line Bam.
06:11Like, there was a moment where I'm like, oh, my God, Spolstra is going to get Bam injured because he's
06:16chasing.
06:17I don't even know what he – the best is, Joe, I didn't even know what he was chasing for
06:22half of it, right?
06:23Is he chasing 70?
06:24Is it 75?
06:26Like, Spolstra just kept moving the goalposts.
06:28I almost think Washington, to your point, was like, you know what?
06:31We're totally fine with him scoring 70.
06:33You know what?
06:33That's fun.
06:34We got 70 scored on us, right?
06:36It wasn't until Bam had 76 points they were like, this is a little embarrassing, and that is the state
06:43of the Wizards.
06:43I'm just saying, maybe they can get him beat healthy for one game, and he can chase 85 against this
06:49Washington basketball team.
06:52Just to knock him off.
06:53And by the way, Kevin, I was joking to start the show.
06:55It's like one of those things where it's like, yeah, he got 83 points, but in like 10 years, you're
06:58going to have a trivia game.
06:59It's like, name the three guys that scored 80-plus points.
07:01Like, Kobe did it, Will did it.
07:03Now, who was the third guy that actually did it?
07:05Because it doesn't feel like a historic marker was hit last night.
07:08It just doesn't.
07:09No, this is the thing.
07:10Again, listen, I know their games.
07:12We'll get to the games, I promise.
07:13And even if we don't get to the games now, they've gotten to the games, and we will get to
07:16the games on Game Time Decisions.
07:17I promise you.
07:18I promise you.
07:18I promise you.
07:19This matters.
07:21That is a part of it as well.
07:22It was Wilt and Kobe.
07:24Wilt and Kobe.
07:25Wilt and Kobe.
07:26And now it's Wilt, Bam, and Kobe.
07:28And Bam keeps saying that, and I get that that's cool for Bam.
07:32But that's not like, oh, man, I'm going to break Bam's 83.
07:36Who?
07:37Who's Bam?
07:37Was that an old nickname for Dominique?
07:40I didn't know Michael Jordan went by Bam for a stretch of his career.
07:44It just, so that part of it, it doesn't help, right?
07:47It doesn't help that he shot under 50% from the floor.
07:52It doesn't help that he took 40 free throws.
07:55Like, it doesn't help.
07:57It doesn't make the whole thing feel better.
08:00It just, there came a moment in that game where it went from this is cool to this is gross.
08:07That's how I feel.
08:08And that shouldn't be the case when someone accomplishes something like this.
08:13Yeah, it's like in the future.
08:14But like, well, who is Bam?
08:15You're right about that.
08:15Was George Mikan's middle name Bam?
08:17Like, how do we get to this point?
08:18Who's Bam out of Ohio at this point?
08:2080 plus points scored.
08:21It's an amazing feat.
08:23But Kevin, we are going to get to some of these basketball games today, which includes the Houston Rockets.
08:27It's going to elevation to take on the Denver Nuggets.
08:29How about the Nuggets favored by five and a half points in a total of 230 and a half.
08:33Maybe Jokic gets inspired because apparently Jokic is already saying he wants to retire because Wemby's that good.
08:38Guy hates basketball, but he's going to play tonight, Kevin.
08:41What do we think?
08:42Now, let me get right back to defending the good name of the NBA.
08:44You two jokers talking about how awful the regular season is.
08:47When Nuggets Thunder the other night is one of the best regular season games we've had in the last half
08:54decade.
08:55Two MVPs throwing daggers at one another.
08:58Both flirted with 30-point triple-doubles.
08:59Jokic got his.
09:00Shea had to settle for 35-9-15.
09:04Denver's in a very bizarre spot.
09:07We know how good they are, but they are always injured.
09:10You always have to comb through this injury report here.
09:14And I know the Rockets are on the second leg of the back-to-back.
09:17But I have some temptation with Houston here, whether that be on the five-and-a-half or even flirting
09:24with the money line here.
09:25It's a Rockets team that was punked by the Spurs just two games ago.
09:30I'd like to think the Rockets can step up and meet the moment and challenge this Denver team the way
09:36a lot of teams have been challenging Denver lately, guys.
09:40By the way, you'll like this, Kevin.
09:41I've been seeing a tweet go around.
09:42It has like 800 responses on a guy that gave out Bam Adebayo 35-and-a-half points of rebounds.
09:47It's getting roasted, people.
09:49Get roasted tonight on Game Time Decisions here.
09:51It's game, and it's heaven.
09:53And away they go at 6 o'clock.
09:55Make sure you tune in.
10:02No surprises here right now at SportsGrid.
10:04Which NBA scoring performance was more impressive?
10:06Bam's 83 points versus Washington.
10:09Kobe's 81 versus Toronto.
10:10Or other.
10:11Leading the charge is Kobe with over 58% right now, which is down from the 66.7 earlier today.
10:17A lot of Bam Adebayo fans woke up.
10:2025% for Bam.
10:21Stop it.
10:24Kobe, what?
10:2628 of 46.
10:2818 of 20 from the free throw line.
10:3181.
10:31Nobody was giving him, you know, extra possessions and fouling, trying to get him going there.
10:37Yeah, I think, unfortunately, there is absolutely zero video footage of anything to do with Will Chamberlain.
10:44So, we'll just have to take people's words for it.
10:46But, yeah, I would have to go with Kobe as well.
10:50And I'm a heat guy.
10:51But, yeah, Kobe for me.
10:53But let's flip it over to the association now.
10:55Houston going to take on Denver.
10:57The Rockets in elevation to take on the Nuggets tonight.
11:00If we look at the winner of this game, anticipated on the Calci marketplace, a 66% chance going to
11:06Denver.
11:07Houston, if you feel they can pull the upset here, currently trading at 34 cents.
11:10That's a $100 investment that will pay you back $295.
11:15If you look at the spread here, Denver by 6.5 points, currently trading at 50 cents.
11:20And then the total, listed at 230.5, Joe, trading at 51 cents right now on Calci.
11:27Yeah, second of a back-to-back here for Houston, right?
11:32Actually, it's going to be their, yeah, they didn't play, the last game was the eighth prior to that.
11:37So, they're okay.
11:38They're in good shape here.
11:40And Denver coming off of losses, a bad loss to New York at home.
11:45Then they go to OKC and lose again to them.
11:49Now they've got to take on a very tough and physical Rockets team here.
11:53I'm seeing some over money start to hit the board.
11:57And I agree with it.
11:58Less defense in this one for both these teams situationally.
12:02I think more points are coming here than the 229.5 in the market.
12:08And if you like more points, how about Nicole Jokic?
12:10Once again, we'll talk about 30-plus points tonight trading at Calci at 44 cents,
12:14which means a $100 wager would pay back $228.
12:18If we do the same thing for Kevin Durant, bump him up to 30 points tonight, that's trading at 33
12:23cents.
12:24So, a $100 investment, Joe, would pay back $304.
12:28In the association out on the West Coast tonight, a 10-30 start.
12:31It's the Timberwolves taking on the Clippers.
12:34The Clippers currently the favorites here, trading at a 53% chance to win this game.
12:38Minnesota at 47%.
12:40And then if we include the spread, a 2.5 point favorite for the Clippers, trading currently, Joe, at 48
12:45cents.
12:47Yeah.
12:48What version of Minnesota shows up here?
12:51Because the one that showed up last night against the L.A. Lakers was embarrassing, to say the least.
12:57Luka took over that game in the second half, and that was it.
13:00I mean, Edwards, I think, only had 14 points.
13:03If I was looking anywhere in this game, I love this Clippers team.
13:07They score more.
13:08They're not as slow paced as they were with Harden and company.
13:12Why?
13:12Well, they got younger and more athletic with Mithoran and Darius Garland now.
13:16So, I still like the Clippers in this spot, but I do think Anthony Edwards is poised to have a
13:22big bounce-back game here.
13:24So, maybe a points prop with him might be the way to look in the markets.
13:28Yeah, a couple of those points props tonight that you can take a look at Calci.
13:3130-plus points for Kawhi Leonard currently trading at 45 cents, Joe.
13:35A $100 investment pays back $2.23.
13:37And then if we flip it down to Ant-Man, why don't we bump it up there?
13:4135-plus tonight for the Ant-Man.
13:43A $100 investment, Joe, pays back $358.
13:47Good stuff in the association.
13:49Good stuff in college basketball, Joe.
13:50And we always like to tell the people, there are different ways to invest in these markets.
13:54And Calci and Poly market can deliver that to you, Joe.
13:58Yeah, absolutely.
13:59And, again, great opportunities here to be able to jump in.
14:03Certainly, when it comes to who you might think even wins the NBA championship,
14:08there are a lot of different markets you can get in and profit.
14:11Thank you, Joe.
14:11Thank you, Joe.
14:11Thank you, Joe.