Bet on Basketball

Atlanta and Cleveland are going to challenge tonight in order to finish NBA Opening Week with a good win. Two teams both will try to defend their opponent second time in this season. Rising performance of Joe Johnson, former Phoenix Suns player, seems to be effective. On the other hand, LeBron James and his teammates will struggle to create a team with the least defeats at home this season, so a close game can be foreseen. A handicap of +9.5 for Atlanta could be a good choice.

In today’s match between the Rockets and the Grizzlies, the latter being the best defensive team of the last season, we will not have much chance to see total points higher than 179. Tracy McGrady started the season by struggling in points, but team’s defensive work is mostly handled by the Chinese pivot Yao Ming. On Memphis side, Gasol’s injury lowers the field goals made per match, and the Grizzlies have such a slow tempo in a game so they can hardly reach 95+ points in a game against a team implementing physically hard defense.

After yesterday’s exhaustive win against the Mavericks, Golden State will try for their second in a row against New Orleans Hornets, who defeated Houston Rockets two days ago. Best choice for this game should be ML for the home team mainly due to the physical factors. Golden State, while challenging Dallas last night, performed their best to reach 100+ points, and the there were no players on the court to deliver 30+ points to the opponent’s basket. Still, Chris Paul’s great play on assists will help the Hornets to finish the night with a close win.