Merry Christmas - Lang

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50 DIME - SAN DIEGO CHARGERS - (if 3 you buy the 1/2 and get 3 1/2. if 2 1/2 you buy off the 1/2 to 3) - The dream dies today for the Titans.



Listen, it made for a great story for awhile, but the cold harsh reality about this team from the very beginning was they just weren't a playoff caliber team.



Folks, you don't lose a game in the NFL 59-0 and rally to make the playoffs. Not happening. At least not in my lifetime.



In this 7-1 run to get back to 7-7, the Titans have only played 2 teams who currently have a winning record, Indy and Arizona.



The Dolphins, Jags and Texans are all 7-7 while the Niners, Bills and Rams all have losing records.



Their only loss in this run is against the Colts, who just happen to be the # 1 seed and now they are going to fall to the # 2 seed today.



All this talk about a short week, traveling on Christmas is just that, talk.



Fact of the matter is this is the hottest December team I can remember winning 17 in a row, and 12-0 under head coach Norv Turner.



Bottom line is you can see how attractive the 3 1/2 points are to me tonight.



The only teams the Titans have faced this season that have winning marks are New England, Arizona and Indianapolis twice. The Titans got a miracle win over Arizona while going 0-3 straight-up and against the spread against the Colts and Patriots losing by a combined margin of 117-26.



They can beat the also-rans of the NFL, but not the elite as they are going once again fail miserably against the big boys.



Lastly, against the Chargers, Jeff Fisher comes up short every time as he is 0-5 SU and ATS and tonight you can make that 0-6.



Folks, I have a team that has won 9 in a row getting points and that is good enough for me. Win tonight, wrap up the # 2 seed and rest all your banged up players next week at home against the Redskins.



Sounds good to me.



10 DIME - NEW YORK KNICKS - Like the way this team is playing.



They have won 7 of their last 9 SU, and 6 of 9 against the number, and now catch the Heat on Christmas in the good old Garden.



Heat off a solid win at home over the Jazz but folks, the Jazz have a history of imploding on the road.



This is a Heat team that just finished a 6 game home stand and now takes to the road for the first time since December 6th and on Christmas no less.



Sorry folks but just like the Cavs above, I will force these Christmas road teams to show up and play with 60 minutes of intensity when they wish they were at home like everyone else.



Knicks are the play.



10 DIME - LA LAKERS - Tough spot for the Cavs.



Playing on Christmas against this Lakers bunch is tough on anybody but for a team that lost at Dallas on this road trip who were playing without big Dirk, and struggled at Sacramento, I just don't see them staying inside single digits of LA today.



I mean, you can't handle the Kings? You let them take you to OT? Can I trust you in LA on Christmas? Nope.



The Lakers when motivated, and laying a manageable number are a dangerous animal.



In fact, the Lakers have laid 7 or less only twice this year and covered both destroying the Hornets 104-88 and the Suns 121-102.



That is good enough for me.



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