NOV 28 - NBA

Went 2-1 last night, putting me just a game under .500 for the year. Hopefully we get 2 winners (at least) here and bring the record into the positive. Here the picks:

Game1: Charlotte Bobcats vs Washington Wizards (-3.5)

Pick: Wiz by 4

Game2: Los Angeles Lakers (-9.5) vs Golden State Warriors

Pick: Lakers by 10

Game3: Dallas Mavericks vs Cleveland Cavaliers (-6.5)

Pick: Mavericks plus the points

Reasons:

In the Bobcats/Wizards game, I like the Wizards to win this game at home. Although Charlotte plays very good defense at all positions on the floor, they are 0-8 on the road. Contrast that with the good overall scoring from the Wizards and I like them to cover 4 points, but just barely.

In the Lakers/Warriors game, I like the Lakers to win comfortably in this game. The Warriors just wont have the answers inside for Laker bigmen like Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. The depth will be a problem for the Warriors to deal with as well since they like to play with a shortened bench while the Lakers can easily go 8-9 deep into their roster.

In the Mavericks/Cavaliers game, I like Dallas to win on the road. They have been playing good basketball of late (8-2 in their last 10 games) and are a good road team (7-3 thus far this season). Cleveland lost last night to the Bobcats on the road and may have been looking forward to this game so they may just play some great basketball tonight and blow out the Mavs. But, I still like Dallas to keep this game close considering the level of competition and how well they have played all year thus far.

November record: 14-15