Thursday

[Stifler's Mom]

Bull****s +8

2 units

Bull****s are a solid home team normally (12-7 SU as opposed to 5-15 SU on the road), and are a far better team with Hinrich back too, imo.

Cavs took both meetings so far this year with a 9 point win in CHI and a 25 pt beatdown @ CLE.

Despite this line being less than what the Bulls lost by the first time @ home to CLE, I still think this line is inflated #1 because the Bulls are playing better basketball now than when they lost by 9 early in the year, #2 the Bull****s have double revenge tonight, #3 because it's the Cavs on national TV, which is second only to the Lakers on national TV in terms of lines having absolutely no line value, imho

Of course, I have been cold the last 2 nights, so it will probably be Cavs by 20

[COACH DITKA]

Originally Posted by Stifler's Mom

Bull****s +8

2 units

Bull****s are a solid home team normally (12-7 SU as opposed to 5-15 SU on the road), and are a far better team with Hinrich back too, imo.

Cavs took both meetings so far this year with a 9 point win in CHI and a 25 pt beatdown @ CLE.

Despite this line being less than what the Bulls lost by the first time @ home to CLE, I still think this line is inflated #1 because the Bulls are playing better basketball now than when they lost by 9 early in the year, #2 the Bull****s have double revenge tonight, #3 because it's the Cavs on national TV, which is second only to the Lakers on national TV in terms of lines having absolutely no line value, imho

Of course, I have been cold the last 2 nights, so it will probably be Cavs by 20

GL w/this one tonight, Stif! However, for the Bulls right now, it's either the opponent or no play IMO. You could be right about being better w/Hinrich but either way they are a mess right now. The last team they beat w/a winning record, Utah, was nearly a month ago. Hughes is basically all but done w/us so you know he's gotta be pouting on the bench and in the locker room. Gooden is out and they don't really have anyone to match up w/Big Ben (even though he's not really a scorer) and Varejao. The Bulls are a selfish bunch and they are just painful to watch right now. Besides Rose, I hope the whole team is traded away. Could very well be one of those games they win straight up or lose by 25.


Moose

[Stifler's Mom]

Yea, you're probably right about the Bulls. I've said more than once when watching their games that they're pretty much a gutless bunch of turds doing nothing more than collecting a paycheck.

With that being said though, I faded them last night @ TOR, a play i would nomally never make because the line looked too low and there was too many on TOR, and I paid for it when they actually sucked it up and pulled out the win after blowing their early lead and trailing in the 4th qtr. I guess I was thinking that maybe with a little leadership form Hinrich (i always liked how he played), that maybe they would put some of their talent to use for a change as a TEAM.

Guess it remains to be seen.

But in addition to that, this play lined up very very nice situationally as well, with the Bulls having double revenge, being a pretty large home dog, and the Cavs having the Hornets on deck tomorrow night with revenge of their own in that one.

Added the night game:

Suns +3

2 units

[COACH DITKA]

You hit it exactly on the head w/the TEAM reference - they don't play as one. A few games back, they blew 3 2-on-1 breaks b/c Hughes twice and BG once failed to make the extra pass to Rose and went on to miss the shot. They are a maddeningly inconsistent team full of inconsistent players. Guys like Joke-kim and Tyrus will look phenomenal 1 game and then disappear for the next half dozen. Although they still have a decent shot at the playoffs, it's getting to the point where I hope they lose to get another high pick. I don't wanna see them sneak in as the 8 seed to be Boston's bitch and have to settle for a mid-round pick. They need a high pick as ammo to trade for a legit big man. No 4 or 5 on the roster is worth a damn other than Gooden. They also have too many guards and Larry Hughes is a worthless piece of crap.
As I type, shocked they are only down 2. (Sigh) ... at least the Bears are great and the Cubbies never once have disappointed me err ...

GL w/that Suns play!


Moose