Friday, March 30, 2007

Pod/30th

WAS -2.0 over TOR [In-running] (NBA)
WAS -2.0 over TOR [In-running] (NBA)
WAS -2.0 over TOR [In-running] (NBA)
WAS -2.0 over TOR [In-running] (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 71-78]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 3-1]

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Pod/28th

MIA +3.5 over TOR (NBA)
MIA +3.5 over TOR (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 71-76]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 3-1]

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Pod/27th

MIN -6.5 over SEA (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 71-75]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 3-1]

Monday, March 26, 2007

Pod/26th

BOS +3.0 over TOR (NBA)
POR +9.5 over CHI (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 70-74]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 3-1]

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Pod/25th

CHI -1.0 over IND (NBA)
DEN +6.0 over CLE (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 68-74]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 3-1]

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Pod/24th (ii)

LAC -2.5 over WAS (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 67-74]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 3-1]

Pod/24th

OSU -2.0 over MEM (NCAA-MBB)

[NBA rec'd: 67-74]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 2-1]

Friday, March 23, 2007

Pod/23rd

MIA -3.0 over IND (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 67-73]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 2-1]

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Pod/22nd

LAL -5.0 over MEM (NBA)
TEN +5.0 over OSU (NCAA-MBB)

[NBA rec'd: 67-72]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 1-1]

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Pod/21st (ii)

ORL +5.0 over TOR (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 66-71]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 1-1]

Pod/21st

MIA -5.0 over ATL (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 66-71]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 1-1]

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Pod/20th (ii) ... When a line is moving in the wrong direction

The Mavericks opened up last night at -7.5 over the Knicks. At this number, I liked New York enough to make them one of my Plays Of The Day, in hopes of continuing a nice run of recent prognostications in the NBA (18-11, 62%, Feb 28-Mar 19/07).

Then today, after Dirk Nowitzki is profiled on the main Sports page at Yahoo.com (see German engineering: The European dream), Dallas begins to get pounded by the average fan driving up the number even higher, first to -8.0 and then to -8.5, a full point inflation fuelled exclusively on gameday action/interest.

This now becomes a most interesting situation.

Time to double-up ... on the Knicks ... who tonight (at +8.5) will be one of the rare teams in the league with a favourable match-up situation if/when the Mavericks (inevitably) decide to go with their small line-up.

NYK +8.5 over DAL (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 66-68]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 1-1]

Pod/20th

NYK +7.5 over DAL (NBA)
NJN -1.0 over DEN (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 66-68]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 1-1]

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Pod/18th

NYK -1.0 over TOR (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 65-68]
[NCAA-MBB rec'd: 0-1]

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Pod/17th

TEN -2.5 over VIR (NCAA-MBB)
MSU +10.0 over UNC (NCAA-MBB)
ORL -6.0 over SAC (NBA)
BOS +13.5 over SAS (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 64-66]

Friday, March 16, 2007

Pod/16th

UTA -4.0 over PHI (NBA)
HOU -3.0 over TOR (NBA)
NYK -1.5 over NOK (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 63-64]

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Pod/15th

NJN -1.5 over MIA (NBA)
LAL +3.5 over DEN (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 63-62]

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Pod/14th

NYK +7.0 over TOR (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 63-61]

Friday, March 09, 2007

Pod/9th

MIA -5.5 over MIN (NBA)
NOK +10.0 over PHO (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 61-61]

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Pod/8th

CHI +2.0 over ORL (NBA)
SAS -6.5 over SAC (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 59-61]

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Pod/7th

MEM +8.0 over TOR (NBA)
CLE +5.0 over DET (NBA)
BOS +6.0 over HOU (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 57-60]

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Pod/6th

WAS -4.0 over TOR (NBA)
NYK -2.0 over SEA (NBA)
NJN +11.5 over DAL (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 56-58]

Monday, March 05, 2007

Pod/5th

SAS -3.5 over LAC [1st half] (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 55-58]

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Scoreboard watching in Toronto, literally

Raptors fall victim to Redd, Bucks

Notes (3/2/2007 9:44:02 PM)

"... Toronto general manager Bryan Colangelo has put up a scoreboard in the locker room listing the Atlantic and Eastern Conference standings ..."

This is the worst possible move for a GM to make.

It says in this corner, Bryan Colangelo will rue the day he exercised such poor judgement and made this decision at this point in the season.

Prior to the game against the Bucks, the Raptors were sitting atop the Atlantic Division with a 32-26 record, 4th overall in the Eastern Conference.

Results thus far ... ATSWU (after the scoreboard went up):

L vs Milwaukee (32-27)
L at Cleveland (32-28)

Pull a stunt like this and the 'karma gods of sport' are gonna get you, almost every time.

Pod/4th (ii)

LAL +5.5 over PHO [In-running] (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 53-57]

Pod/4th

BOS -1.0 over MIN (NBA)
CHI +1.5 over MLW (NBA)
NJN +2.5 over PHI (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 52-57]

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Pod/3rd

BOS +6.5 over NJN (NBA)
SAS -2.5 over HOU (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 50-57]

Friday, March 02, 2007

Pod/2nd

MLW +6.0 over TOR (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 49-57]

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Pod/1st

CLE +9.5 over DAL (NBA)

[NBA rec'd: 48-57]