NBA
Los Angeles Clippers @ Atlanta Hawks:
Los Angeles Clippers (- 3) /// 1.85
Last bet won. Well, as I wrote in my prediction, the handicap of (- 17.5) points was already covered by Boston in the first 2 quarters. And that's despite the fact that Jaylen Brown didn't play in this game! However, this injury to Boston's leader was balanced by additional injuries (or is it already tanking?) to Derrick Rose and Santi Aldama. Memphis had no chance with 13 injured players. That's why Boston's 40-point win was logical. Total score of my bets: NBA 43-53 in favor of unsuccessful, MLB 30-27 in favor of successful, NFL+NCAAF 3-7 in favor of unsuccessful.
New bet: Clippers on the road will beat Atlanta by 3 points or more. Today's games are very difficult to predict. That's why I don't see any easy bets (as it was with Boston yesterday). But I still think that even an away back-to-back Clippers won't prevent them from taking the win. Yes, the Hawks have won four games in a row. And they won them deservedly! And their game against Phoenix earned us all good money for a juicy "2.25"
odds! But the Clippers are on a different level. And we all remember how the Clippers in the same situation (I mean back-to-back road games) recently destroyed Boston by 19 points! So what's stopping them from doing that against Atlanta? And Atlanta has a very serious injury problems: starting five center Clint Capela will not play, and De'Andre Hunter and Saddiq Bey (as well as deep reserves players Vit Krejci and Mouhamed Gueye) are questionable. The Clippers, on the other hand, have only deep reserve player Moussa Diabate (who is not a rotation player) injured. So we understand that Atlanta has no back-up center, as Onyeka Okongwu will play in the starting five. If the Clippers have won away games this season, it has always been by more than 3 points. So the handicap is playable. Shall we bet? Sure!
