Friday, December 02, 2005

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I received some unsolicited insider's information on today's NBA slate. It wasn't an NBA insider, just the information provider happened to be inside at the time he sent the email. Good enough for me.


Milwaukee +7 at Washington. Joe Smith is out. Bobby Simmons is questionable with a sprained ankle. Michael Redd is questionable with a thigh bruise. So why pick the Bucks? Ummm...it must be because this opens the door for Andrew Bogut to have his coming out party. (Not in a gay Keith Urban way. More of a manly, Paul Hogan "I'm such a stud, I'll even bang Linda Kozlowski" kind of way). It's either that or my insider didn't read the injury reports.

Miami +4 at Sacramento. It's the return of White Chocolate to the Arco Arena where he'll be facing Mike Bibby, aka Dulce de Leche. In his last 7 games, J-Dub is averaging 18.9 points and 5.1 assists. Also in Miami's favor, Jason Kapono is shooting 54.2% from 3 point land this season, which would have some relevance if he ever played; but in his last 4 games he's played a total of 12 minutes. Peja is 3 for 17 in his last two games. Hopefully that slump will continue. If not, there's always the chance that Alonzo Mourning and Brad Miller will get into a brawl, leading to the entire Kings' bench coming onto the floor and being ejected from the game.

Cleveland -3 at Seattle. I'm a little concerned that with Lebron James in the arena, Ray Allen will decide to actually play hard tonight. Assuming those two cancel each other out, Cleveland should have the edge inside the paint. Wednesday, Primoz Brezec was able to score 21 on Nick Collison, so Zydrunas Ilgauskas should be able to pass the 20 point mark as well. The Sonics are also lazy rebounders, which should give Drew Gooden a chance to actually contribute to his team by working the glass. Cleveland usually does a good job beating up on the inferior teams to give themselves the impression of being an elite team. I think the trend continues and they win this game by double digits.

So I'm rooting for Zydrunas Ilgauskas, White Chocolate, and Crocodile Dundee tonight. Yeah, that's a good reason to stay home on a Friday night. Damn you, NBA League Pass!

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