Update April 8th NBA Picks

“Momma said there would be days like this.”

Went 3-4 last night.

2 of the 4 losses were painful. WASH/BOS misses by 1 point and DAL/LAC game misses by 3.

Below is a recap of how each game faired.

Atlanta vs. Indiana
Line - INDY -5.5
Favorite is 14-3 ATS last 17 meetings between the two teams.
100 Points on INDY to cover.
Recap: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011040811

Outcome: INDY wins 114-102 = WINNER 100 points

Toronto vs. Philadelphia
Line - 203.5
OVER is 12-4 last 16 meetings.
100 Points on the OVER
Recap: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011040820

Outcome: Thanks to a combined 29 turnovers in the game.

The total went to 191 = LOSER 100 points

Milwaukee vs. Detroit
Line - 191
UNDER is 25-9 when Milwaukee is the favorite.
100 Points on UNDER
Recap: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011040808

Outcome: Even though both teams struggled from behind the arc (combined 5-29), the total soared to 210 = LOSER 100 points

Boston vs. Washington
Line - 193
OVER is 7-3 last 10 meetings.
100 Points on OVER

Recap: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011040802

Outcome: Tale of two halfs. 1^st (59-56, 115 points) against the 2^nd (45-32, 75 points) = 192 total, LOSER 100 points

Sacramento vs. Memphis
Line - 204
88% of public on OVER. UNDER is 6-1 last 7 home Grizzly games.
200 Points on UNDER
Recap: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011040829

Outcome: A 40 point 2^nd quarter helped us to a 197 total = WINNER 200 points

Dallas vs. Clippers
Line - 200
94% of public on the OVER.
UNDER is 6-1-1 last 8 games Dallas was favored.
500 Points on UNDER
Recap: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011040806

Outcome: Unfortunately, a 102 point 2^nd half costs us the UNDER with a 203 total = LOSER 500 points

Lakers vs. Portland
Line - LA - 2
UNDERDOG is 21-8 last 29 meetings.
500 Points on PORTLAND

Recap: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011040822

Outcome: Lakers good from the 3 (11-25), but not from 2 (23-61) and a total of 7 made free throws gives us the W. WINNER 500 points

My Statistics:
NBA overall record is 62-53 for 54%.
NBA overall points is +3,000
NBA last 20 picks are 11-9 for 55%.
NBA ATS record is 36-24 for 60%.
NBA O/U record is 26-29 for 47%