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AC TITTICOCK'S WEEKLY FREE NBA BASKETBALL PICKS AND WINNERS
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AC's Wagercom 2007-2008 NBA Picks Season Record
Wins: 95 Losses: 89 Ties: 4
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 52%
Record updated Saturdays and Mondays
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AC'S NBA 2007-2008 PLAYOFFS ROUND 1 FREE NBA PICKS & COLUMN:
The playoffs are finally here and I am as excited as a crackhead on payday or Bar Refaeli’s bikini waxer. This year should be one of the best playoffs ever as there are eight teams who could legitimately win the Championship (for those counting at home, Boston, Detroit, LA, Phoenix, San Antonio, New Orleans, Utah, and Dallas). We haven’t seen competition this fierce anywhere since young ladies fought over Nipsey Russell at Studio 54 back in the 1970’s.
It all begins in round one so today AC will break down the opening round.
Eastern Conference
Atlanta vs Boston:
I really like Al Horford. He plays hard, puts up decent numbers, and seems like an all-around good guy. It is this amicable attitude towards Horford that makes me hope the cities of Boston and Atlanta bring their sexual assault investigative units of their police forces to the Celtics-Hawks games because Kevin Garnett is going to do such bad things to Horford on the court that Garnett may need to be arrested. Garnett is the candy and the Hawks are the strangers. This series is going to be as competitive as the Battle of Cajamarca or a prize fight between Floyd Mayweather and an Olsen twin (though I hear Ashley has a wicked upper cut, and by wicked I mean annoying and by upper cut I mean personality).
If the Celtics don’t sweep this series and average a double digit margin of victory, I will be more shocked than Silda Spitzer when she found out about Eliot’s predilection for high-priced punany.
Prediction: Celtics in 4 and Garnett rips Al Horford’s heart out and eats it at center court.
As an aside, Mark Jackson and Jalen Rose think this series will go to five games, so either they think the NBA first round is best of nine, or they failed counting in school and don’t know that four and not five comes directly after three.
Philadelphia vs. Detroit:
The Sixers had a shot against any of the teams in the East other than the Celtics and Pistons. The Sixers win because of their effort, but unfortunately for them, Detroit puts up more effort in the playoffs and Detroit actually has a front court. RaWeed, McDyess, Hamilton, Maxiell, and even Theo Ratliff’s rotting carcass are too much for the undermanned Sixers big man contingent of Samuel Dalembert, Andre Igoudala, and um, Samuel Dalembert?
Prediction: Pistons in 5 as the Sixers sneak in a game 2 victory.
Toronto vs Orlando:
If I were keeping track of playoff series I could care less about, this may be in the all-time top five. As I can’t think of one relevant or interesting thing about this series, I will leave you with this.
Prediction: Is it over yet? Orlando in seven awful games.
Washington vs Cleveland:
This should be an interesting series as the Wizards welcome Gilbert Arenas back and the Cavs worry about LeDong’s back. Cleveland has been one of the more disappointing teams this year as LeDong’s first supporting cast wasn’t very good and now his second supporting cast (Wallace, Szczerbiak, and Delonte West) is old and not good. The troika of Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison, and Gilbert Arenas should be enough to end LeDong’s season and with any luck for Cleveland fans, end Danny Ferry’s run as GM. The Cavs should have finished stronger than 4-4 in April and losing twice in April to a Bulls team who gave up in February is not a good sign.
Prediction: Wizards in 6, even though they will have to play LeDong and the referees. It’s still LeDong’s world, but Danny Ferry is pulling the strings (which is kind of like letting Stevie Wonder drive your Ferrari).
Western Conference
Denver vs LA Lakers:
If Andrew Bynum is healthy, the Lakers will be just about unbeatable. Bynum gives them a low post defensive presence and a big time rebounder to supplement Kobe’s all-around game, Gasol’s underrated defense and unstoppable offense when he tries, and Lamar Odom’s pot smoking, I mean Lamar Odom’s passing and rebounding. The Lakers not only have a terrific starting five with pieces that fit well together if Bynum is healthy, but they have a deep bench and one of the best coaches ever.
Even without Bynum they should beat the Nuggets who feature two and a half players (Iverson, Melo, and Camby on defense) and a whole lot of offense. These should be entertaining games to watch as Denver plays defense like Donald Trump expresses humility, but the Lakers are just too much. Plus Melo may be distracted with his DUI but at least nobody snitched on him.
Prediction: Lakers in 5
Dallas vs New Orleans:
Wow, I am really surprised at the number of people jumping on the Mavericks bandwagon and picking a Dallas series win. As always, people are idiots so we’re going against the trendy pick here and staying with the Whorenets. People have been sleeping on New Orleans all year (myself included) and it’s time New Orleans got their proper due.
Chris Paul has had an MVP type year, Tyson Chandler is a monster on the boards, David West is a deadly shooter from 15 feet and in, and their bench/role players of Peja, Bonzi, Pargo, and Mo Pete are just plain solid. This team has been winning all year and there is no reason to think that will stop now especially against a team that choked in last year’s playoffs like they were part of a snuff film and played like garbage for all but the last month or so of this season. The current Maeverick’s squad had its run and now their time is up. The only thing Jason Kidd will be able to do about Chris Paul is pat him on the back as Paul goes by him.
The Mavericks are not deep enough, talented enough, or cohesive enough to beat the Whorenets, it’s that simple.
Prediction: Whorenets in 6. And if anyone makes a Josh Howard sighting, let me know, he’s Scottie Pippen waiting for Michael Jordan, only MJ is not walking through that door. Enjoy Brendan Bass though, he has come on strong over the last month.
Phoenix vs San Antonio:
This is the one match-up I did not want to see in the first round. These are the second and third best teams in the West (after a healthy LA) so it’s a shame one of them will have to be eliminated so early.
The Spurs are either playing possum or their offense died about 2 months ago. In their last three games that mattered, they put up 85 (vs. LA), 79 (vs. Phoenix), and 64 (vs. Utah). Against good teams they are on a bigger scoring drought than AC Green was back in the day. Ginobili is still a stud, Duncan is still Duncan, and Tony Parker is still quicker than a teenage boy at a free pussy giveaway. However, the rest of the team blows like Melo taking a breathalyzer. Michael Finley is about 50% of what he used to be, Bruce Bowen has lost at least two steps, and I am pretty sure Robert Horry died two years ago. This is an aging team, with a weak bench, that is playing on fumes. That said, counting out the Spurs is like betting against a Will Ferrell movie being a success, no matter how bad it is, it still manages to sell tickets.
As for the Suns, they are the worst match-up for the Spurs. Duncan can guard Shaq, or maybe Amare, but he can’t guard them both. Amare is now one of the league’s best scorers and if he ever played defense, he could be the league’s best big man. Add in Nash, Grant Hill, Raja Bell, and Leandro Barbosa, and the Suns should be able to pull this series out.
The key match-up for Phoenix is Bell being able to shut Ginobili down. If he does that, this series will be over quickly.
Prediction: Suns in 6.
Houston vs Utah:
Other than LA, Utah is the most well-rounded team in the West which is why it is so perplexing that they are 17-24 on the road. Seriously, how can a team with Deron “Darrin” Williams, Mehmet Okur, Andre “I must break you” Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer, and a deep bench suck so badly away from home? Do they get giddy when they see caffeine being sold in visiting arenas? Are they tired from boning groupies all night on the road since they have no night life in Salt Lake City? Or do they simply get home sick? I’ll never understand their huge home road split, which is why they won’t win it all. A team with a killer instinct would not be under .500 at home.
As for Houston, they had a nice win streak but Rafer Alston is hurt and they just don’t have enough weapons. Plus Tracy McGrady will now continue his streak of having the biggest vagina in the NBA, I mean of never having won a playoff series.
Predicton: Jazz in 6 (two road losses and they somehow sneak one out in Houston).
As for my championship prediction, Celtics and Lakers if Bynum is healthy (winner TBD, depends on how well the Lakers adapt to Bynum). If Bynum is not healthy, Celtics over the Suns. The Celtics have an answer for every question, even ones that haven’t been asked. I’ll break down the match-ups at Finals time though.
SATURDAY FREE NBA PICKS:
AC finished the regular season above .500 (barely) so on average you should all be getting paid again. In the playoffs we should make some real cash so take out a second mortgage and let it ride (if of course you could get a second mortgage, or a first mortgage for that matter, anymore). Also, I’ll be picking Sunday as well so tune in for more picks then.
Washington at Cleveland Under 187.5:
Opening game jitters strike as the Wizards and Cavs come out with turnovers blazing. The Wiz are still going to have to figure out how to work Gilbert Arenas in to the line-up and the Cavs are still going to have to figure out how to find NBA players to support LeDong in their line-up. The Wiz could surprise people with a blow out here but I’d rather gamble on the sloppiness of the opening round.
Phoenix +4 at San Antonio:
If this isn’t Amare’s breakout series than my name isn’t AC Titticock (um, ok, scratch that). The Suns have all of the offensive weapons to get this done plus they want revenge from last year’s screw job by the referees which would have led to a Championship for them. The Suns come out smoking in this game and then spend the second half trying to hold off the Spurs. This will be a close game so we’ll take the points and enjoy the show.
Dallas at New Orleans -4.5:
Don’t sleep on the Whorenets, let this be your warning.
Utah +1 at Houston:
I just got done saying how bad of a road team Utah is and now I am taking them in the first game on the road. As always, what do I know? The Jazz are just too good, I refuse to believe otherwise.
SUNDAY FREE NBA PICKS:
Day one of the playoffs is over and hopefully you’re all enjoying the final remnants of your ninety pound lobster, case of Dom, and gaggle of strippers, as AC went 4-0 on Saturday thus winning you almost infinite free cash. Remember to speak well of me as you go shopping for your new Benz on Monday.
Toronto +7 at Orlando:
I refuse to believe either team is seven points better or worse than the other. TJ Ford and Jose Calderon should be able to keep the Raptors in the game as Jameer Nelson isn’t exactly Chris Paul or even RuPaul (and I am not entirely sure what that means or how that is relevant, but don’t shoot the messenger). The Raptors just need to keep it to under ten at the half and then practice the hack-a-Shaq on Dwight Howard.
Denver at LA Lakers -8:
Melo is still going to be distracted due to his DUI and Kobe is going to want to try to prove a point here. Plus the Nuggets expended so much energy getting into the playoffs that they may simply be out of gas and at $3.30 a gallon they might not be able to afford to fill up again. There is a small chance the Nuggets actually surprise the Lakers here and win by fifteen but there is also a small chance that Jessica Simpson is tickling my ass with a feather right now, just thought you should know.
Philadelphia at Detroit -10:
Ten points is three more than I want to give here but I just can’t take the Sixers on the road in Game 1. The Pistons have been waiting for this day for months now and should come out and completely shut Philly down like the Sixers were an automobile plant in Flint, Michigan. The Pistons haven’t played a full rotation in quite awhile and today they will let RaWeed, Rip Hamilton, and Chauncey Billups go off.
Atlanta at Boston -15:
I know this line also seems three points too high but I am not picking against these Celtics, especially when Garnett is going to do such bad things to Al Horford that even my anus hurts in anticipation. The Celtics will be up ten after the first quarter and then just need to keep the pressure on the Hawks. The over 189 is a pretty interesting bet as well but there is a chance the Celtics hold Atlanta under 70, no joke.
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