Clippers vs Warriors NBA Handicapping
The air is out of the balloon and the Golden State Warriors won’t get a crack at breaking the Clippers’ long winning streak.
Author: Lawrence Paul
Lawrence Paul is back in the saddle as a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog. He's got an AMAZING knack for predicting when a team will have a letdown! Stick with our resident gambling experts sports betting tips all season long!
76ers vs Lakers NBA Handicapping
The way the Los Angeles Lakers look at it, 2013 is the second start of the season. So much for 2012 and the bizarre first 30 games, and especially good-bye to that four-game losing streak in early December when LAL fell to 9-14 and everyone was wondering if this might be the end of the line for Kobe Bryant and his backup singers.
Larry’s NBA Power Ratings
So is this the new normal for the Miami Heat? Run and preen at home for the locals, then go after it hard on the road only when the pressure builds? .
Nets vs Spurs NBA Handicapping
Rule No. 1 for firing coaches:
Make sure that when you bring down the guillotine, the new coach taking over has a crappy opponent to face in his first game. He can get his feet wet and the GM or owner will look good.
Bucs vs Falcons Betting / Handicapping
This one comes down to one question only:
Does Atlanta coach Mike Smith want to risk the health of one or more of his key players in order to keep them sharp for the playoffs?
Dolphins vs Patriots Betting / Handicapping
In New England there is talk that Bill Belichick called in a few IOUs and got the NFL and networks to move the starting time to 4:25 so the Pats could get a better look at the AFC playoff landscape (in other words, know the result of the 1 p.m.
Clippers vs Jazz NBA Handicapping
What you’ve seen of the Utah Jazz this season is pretty much what you’re going to get. They are basically a .500 team that can hang with good teams, especially at home, and steal a game they shouldn’t every now and then.
Jets vs Bills Betting / Handicapping
Hard to believe, looking back, that last spring Tim Tebow actually wanted to be part of this hornets nest in New York.
Ravens vs Bengals Betting / Handicapping
Oddsmakers pay close attention to two factors when considering numbers:
1. Every game is unique. What happened in the past has little meaning. 2. Which team is more motivated?
Packers vs Vikings Betting / Handicapping
Single-digit temperatures have arrived in Minneapolis, but winter is a little less dreary this year. The Timberwolves are actually decent, and on Sunday the Vikings will be playing what amounts to a playoff game when they take on the Packers.
Celtics vs Clippers NBA Handicapping
In March 2008 the Houston Rockets were the NBA’s Blue Plate Special. The had won 22 games, the second-longest streak in NBA history, and there was talk that Tracy McGrady and the guys would challenge the league record of 33 set decades earlier by the Chamberlain/West Los Angeles Lakers.
Mavs vs Thunder NBA Handicapping
Good news/bad news for the Mavericks, and to be honest there isn’t much good news.
Dirk Nowitzki is back from injury, a bit earlier than expected, and he seemed to be OK in playing 20 minutes against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday.
2013 Super Bowl Betting Futures
There will be no Super Bowl winner this year.
Because no teams appear capable of winning it.
The Broncos are at 3/1 in the latest odds offered by Bovada, but Denver has already lost (big) to the Patriots, who in their last two games were beaten at home and should have lost on the road to the worst team in the AFC (Jacksonville).
Raptors vs Spurs NBA Handicapping
Wonder what Andrea Bargnani has to say for himself now.
A few weeks back, you recall, the Raptors’ 7-footer and former overall No. 1 draft choice raised more than a few eyebrows by putting his own team dead last on his private NBA power ranking chart.
Knicks vs Lakers NBA Handicapping
Forget Kobe Bryant.
Forget, for now, Steve Nash’s return to the Lakers and what it means.
The Lakers don’t end the nonsense that has been the first two months of the NBA season and start to act like the dominant team we all thought they’d be until Dwight Howard plays like Dwight Howard.
Celtics vs Nets NBA Handicapping
It kind of sucks to be Doc Rivers these days.
His team has showed little sign of life as it meanders through the first third on the NBA schedule, the new players brought on board to give the team depth haven’t come close to performing the way anyone in Boston thought they would, and on Christmas Day the Celts start a 4-game road trip in Brooklyn and includes three games on the West Coast.
