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AC TITTICOCK'S WEEKLY FREE NBA BASKETBALL PICKS AND WINNERS
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AC's Wagercom 2008-2009 NBA Picks Season Record
Wins: 85 Losses: 68 Ties: 0
NBA Picks Winning Percentage: 56%
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AC'S NBA 2008-2009 NBA FREE PICKS WEEK 20:
March Madness is about to start and as usual AC is as unimpressed as Albert Einstein at a 3rd grade science fair or Lexington Steele at a cock-off. Last year, AC devoted a column to the five reasons he prefers to watch the NBA game to the college game and nothing has changed, in fact it has probably intensified. The NCAA is in a down year talent-wise and AC’s alma mater is still being held captive by Bill Carmody and his gimmick offense which just doesn’t work unless the NCAA changes the shot clock to a sundial (feel free to read the comments section of a Fire Bill Carmody blog which AC discovered to understand his true angst. This may be a good one with which to start.
Those of you who are so excited about March Madness probably don’t realize that there are more exciting finishes and races going on in the NBA than maybe at an other time in history. So get your head out of your bracket as I list the excitement yet to come in professional basketball.
1. The Western Conference has seven teams within four games of each other for playoff seeding. We all know the two most important things in the NBA are having LeDong James on your team and having home court, so the last 15 games are going to be unbelievably competitive in the West as teams go all out to get an advantage.
2. While a bit less exciting, there are six Eastern Conference teams with in 1.5 games of each other for 8th playoff seed. Even though this is largely irrelevant because the 8th seed is going to get treated like Bernie Madoff at a Simon Wiesenthal book signing when they have to play Cleveland in round one, it does mean that teams won’t be tanking (though they also won’t be tanking because the talent in this year’s draft sucks). This means even on a Tuesday night in March in New Jersey you will see a competitive, high-level, basketball game.
3. The MVP race is somehow heating up even though LeDong James is having his best year yet. Guess what, there is this guy called Dwyane Wyane Wade who is absolutely killing it in Miami. On the season, LeDong is averaging 28.6 points, 7.4 boards, 7.2 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.2 blocks, while shooting 49% from the floor and 77% from the line. Unbelievable right? Well Wade is averaging 29.7 points, 5.1 boards, 7.7 assists, 2.3 steals, and 1.4 blocks, while shooting 50% from the floor and 77% from the line.
But get this, and please, sit down before you read it; Over the last month Dwyane Wyane Wade is averaging 35 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and is shooting 55% from the floor, and 87% from the line. UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE. Plus the Heat are 8-5 over that stretch and other than Wade, they are really a putrid team.
To be clear, Wade’s problem is that his teammates are nowhere near as good as LeDong’s and therefore the Heat are not dominating the NBA like Cleveland. But still, the race for MVP, which seemed like a slam dunk for LeDong, is nowhere near that clear cut. Wade’s last month is so good he should be able to give herpes to whomever he wants.
4. The rookie of the year race is even closer than the MVP race. While Derrick Rose has been the favorite all year, Russell Westbrook just put up a month where he averaged 20 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists per game. All of those numbers are better or in line with Rose. Plus Brook Lopez, Kevin Love, and Eric Gordon are absolutely filling it up. This is going to go down as one of the best rookie classes ever and instead of hitting the proverbial rookie wall, most of them are steaming right through it.
5. This isn’t necessarily a race, but for those of you who like the last second endings in the NCAA, if any of them beat either of these I will attempt to box out Reggie Evans after insulting his mom (and if you’re reading this Reggie, I have never met her but if I had, I am sure she is the greatest person this world has ever seen).
Devin Harris from half court
Dwyane Wyane Wade’s double overtime game winner
FRIDAY NIGHT FREE NBA PICKS
Houston at Charlotte Over 183.5:
We’ve been through this now for two weeks, but I’ll repeat it here once more as long as you all promise not to tell your bookie: Charlotte has been filling it up. Sure they are coming off of an 86 point game but that was in San Antonio where offense goes to die (as opposed to Texas in general where intelligence goes to die). The Bobcats are more than just a defensive team. As for Houston, they haven’t scored fewer than 90 points since January 7th. Which if I do the math and correctly carry the one, is over two months ago. To hit the over you basically just need each team to score 90, which they will.
Chicago at Philadelphia -3.5:
While giving 3.5 is probably ~2 points more than I would like to give here, the Bulls are still an abortion of a basketball team. Calling their big men inconsistent would be an insult to the word inconsistent. Joakim Noah and Tyrus Thomas are to the game of basketball what constipation is to shitting, they make it unenjoyable and way too hard. The Sixers tend to get a bit too cocky when things are going their way so they could come out and lay a stinker but odds are they come out constipated (thanks to Ty Thomas) and keep the stinker from happening. Take Philly and watch Thaddeus Young whose volume shooting has started to pay dividends recently.
New Jersey at Portland -7.5:
You know what the only thing Vince Carter likes doing less than spending his Friday night in Portland playing basketball??? No really, do you know? Because I have no idea. The Nets are seemingly fighting for the 8th seed but Portland is fighting for home court advantage and they have a little thing called talent. The Blazers are primed to blow someone out and the Nets just happen to be getting in their way. Take the Blazers and root for them to win this for Rudy.
Orlando -8 at Washington:
As usual, Wizard please.
SATURDAY NIGHT FREE NBA PICKS
Oklahoma City at Phoenix Under 235:
We’ve lost on this bet once before so it is time to prove that stubbornness can actually be beneficial (unless you’re George W. Bush or Rihanna). Little known fact: Oklahoma City is 5-2 since Kevin Durant injured his ankle. Littler known fact, in none of those games did they score more than 100 points. Littlest know fact, He Pingping. Add in that Phoenix is desperately struggling which means they might clamp down on defense and you should get the under here. Remember, you just need one bad quarter with a 235 point line.
LA Clippers +12.5 at Denver:
Don’t get me wrong, the Clippers are going to lose, and lose big, but you all know we only give 12.5 points in games that involve the Spurs, Celtics, or Cavs. If the Clippers are healthy, and all indications are that they are, they have a decent enough top seven to avoid getting blown out. While they play with less heart than Vince Carter, they should be able to squeak out an 8 point loss here.
Utah at Miami Over 201:
Eh. This game could be an all out defensive battle since both teams need a win, but that would mean that these teams would have to actually be good at playing defense. The Jazz could bother Wade by putting a bigger Ronnie Brewer on him, but as mentioned before, Wade is unstoppable right now. Teasing this with Utah in a pick ‘em is probably not a terrible idea, but then again neither was The Dollhouse or credit derivatives on mortgage backed securities and look how those turned out.
Charlotte at Minnesota +5:
As Flavor Flav once said, “two peas in a bucket, motha motha fuck it.” Take the TerribleWolves™ and the points and pretend this never happened.
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