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Old School Meets New School
As if last season wasn’t good enough, the Golden State Warriors appear even more focused and better than the club that won 67 games and a championship last season. Even when MVP Steph Curry has an off-night, the Dubs still win by 14 points, like they did Monday against Detroit. The results of their games have been so ridiculous, that two weeks into the season we’re left to ask: Is this the greatest team ever? You can bet on NBA odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
The Suns haven’t played since Sunday night and they’re probably wishing they didn’t have that extra time to stew over a 21-point loss to the Thunder. Phoenix has lost three of its past four games with the slide started by the Clippers last week in a 102-96 LA victory. To show improvement the Suns better start winning games against teams that aren’t from Portland or Sacramento. You can bet on NBA odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
When LaMarcus Aldridge headed for the greener pastures of San Antonio, he took any hope the Portland Trail Blazers had of contending for another division title. Aldridge returns to the city where he spent the first nine years of his NBA career with a Spurs team many feel can contend for the Western Conference title. You can bet on NBA odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
The Mavericks look to avenge an earlier thrashing at the hands of the Clippers when they play host to Los Angeles on Wednesday. Dallas will welcome DeAndre Jordan back to the city he snubbed during free agency in the offseason, giving them added incentive to knock off the team that handed them a 104-88 loss two weeks ago. You can bet on NBA odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
Spurs power forward LaMarcus Aldridge heads home for the first time after departing Portland for San Antonio in the offseason. After a nine year career with the Blazers, Aldridge handed over the reins of the team to guard Damian Lillard and, at 30, actually brings down the average age of a team still featuring the trio of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili for their 13th year together....
To say that there's no love lost between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Clippers is an understatement. Steve Ballmer and Mark Cuban might've been shown blowing kisses at each other on the Kiss Cam in LA a week and a half ago, but there won't be a warm Lone Star State welcome waiting the Clips in their first visit of the year to the AAC for sure....
The Houston Rockets got off to a woeful start to the year, losing each of their first three games by exactly 20 points. They got back in the saddle by upsetting Oklahoma City on Monday, and can keep their mojo going if they can beat the Sacramento Kings on the road Friday night....
You can’t keep the sharp-shooters down for long and James Harden got the Rockets in the win column by snapping out of his early-season shooting slump against the Thunder. He aims to continue filling it up when Houston visits Sacramento on Friday. The Kings are having a tough time picking up wins at the start of the season and it could be even more difficult if DeMarcus Cousins isn’t back in the lineup....
The Indiana Pacers are leaner and faster than in years past, but are they better? Frank Vogel’s new run-and-gun style of play slipped out of the gate, but there is reason for optimism. The Pacers end a brief two-game homestand against the Miami Heat and the battle-tested duo of Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh on Friday....
The Oklahoma City Thunder wraps up a stretch of four games in five nights with a trip to Chicago to face the Bulls. Expect Thunder forward Kevin Durant to play as coach Billy Donovan has no plans to sit the former MVP after foot problems forced him to miss most of last season. Durant and Russell Westbrook will give the Bulls all they can handle in this inter-conference matchup featuring title wannabes....
The Portland Trail Blazers are different looking team than the one that won 51 games and the Northwest Division title last season. Four-fifths of the starting lineup from a season ago is gone and so are the expectations of another playoff run in the Rose City. Memphis won eight of nine meetings with the Blazers last season, including the postseason, and that was when Portland was good. In all likelihood the run of success will continue....
A 3-0 start for both the Warriors and Clippers sets the stage for this division duel on ESPN Wednesday night. Golden State is 40-2 at home during the regular season since the start of last season, but the Clippers have the personnel to match-up. A big defensive effort is a must with Golden State scoring at least 100 points in each of its last 35 home games....
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a bettors' dream to kick off the season, going 3-0 ATS to go with a 2-1 SU mark.After three tremendously tough games to kick off the season, things should settle down on this four-game home stand starting with the New York Knicks....
The Knicks won just seven times on the road all last season. They are a perfect 2-0 there to start this year and will test the defending Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers on Wednesday. It appears as if Carmelo Anthony has recovered from his knee surgery and the Knickerbockers look to continue their early season in a game against the Cavs, who are still without starting point guard Kyrie Irving....
An early season marquee matchup between Western Conference powers takes place when the Warriors host the Clippers. Stephen Curry and the Dubs didn’t take too kindly to Clips’ coach Doc Rivers’ claiming they got lucky to win the title last season. It’s not like Golden State needs more motivation against their Pacific Division rivals....
Cleveland dropped its season opener to the Bulls on Tuesday, but will look for a better result in Friday’s home opener when LeBron James and the Cavs host James’ former team, the Miami Heat....
To say that the Houston Rockets got off to a terrible start to their season is quite the understatement. Of all the teams to get crushed by, the Nuggets? A couple nights after failing to cover by a whopping 30.5 points, Houston will be back at it against the team which beat them in the Western Conference Finals last year, the Golden State Warriors....
The Clippers have a new logo and uniforms, but they have the old core of players that brought the team 56 wins and within a game of reaching the Western Conference Final last season. Along with the unis went the memories of that painful seven-game playoff loss to the Rockets after the Clips built a 3-1 series lead. With a deeper bench and an offseason of reflection, it’s time for Los Angeles to get back to work to put that disappointment behind them....
No one manages the regular season quite as well as Gregg Popovich does. He knows that his San Antonio Spurs are going to make the playoffs in the Western Conference, and he knows that they're going to be outmanned when he gets into the second season by star power.That said, would you bet against this team at this point, even at the twilight of the careers for Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker?...
The Oklahoma City Thunder didn't get into the playoffs last year, and perhaps that wasn't a bad thing. Russell Westbrook was already certainly burned out, and the team wasn't winning a series, let alone a championship.Now though, Kevin Durant is back from his season-ending foot injury from last year, and the Thunder should once again be amongst the favorites to win it all....
Legitimately, there is only one team which anyone is giving any chance to win the Eastern Conference. The Chicago Bulls though, have to feel like they can give the Cleveland Cavaliers a run for their money, and they'll want to prove that Tuesday on the opening night of the 2015-16 NBA season....
The city of New York has had a lot to cheer about of late. The Rangers have been great. The Mets are in the World Series. The Jets are off to a great start to their season. The Giants are at least in contention in the NFC East. The bugaboo in the room though, is the play of the New York Knicks. After a couple dismal seasons, there are higher expectations in the Big Apple this year for the Knickerbockers. If this team doesn't play better against the Atlanta Hawks, you can expect the boo birds to ...
The Timberwolves and Lakers tipoff in their regular season opener on Wednesday. Both are looking to improve as they finished in the bottom two spots in the Western Conference a season ago. There is hope for the future in Minnesota, but mourning in the present as their head coach, Flip Saunders passed away, losing his battle with cancer on Sunday....
Many will remember the 2014-15 Houston Rockets as the ones who came all the way back from 3-1 to the Clippers and won the series. However, what should be remembered is that they ended up losing in five games in the Western Conference Finals to the Warriors in spite of the fact that their bench was thinned out a ton. Houston is a trendy pick in 2015-16 to win the NBA title for sure, especially if it can stay healthy....
The window of opportunity has probably already closed on the Dallas Mavericks. Dirk Nowitzki's retirement is imminent, and Mark Cuban has really never put together the team around him to become a legitimate dynasty. That said, the Mavs did win 50 games last season, and anything less than that would be considered an abject failure, even in the toughest division in the NBA....
