Washington Wizards

[CHOPTALK]

I got on the wizards wagon due to this thread.
Got a chalky series bet that's looking good .
And I'm 2-0 against the spread on singles games.

I suggest when Patsfan talks NBA you listen if you know what's best for you.

I get his advice for season wins bets through PM every preseason.

He has made me almost 10k so far.

And talked me out of losing money on other bets I liked.
And I've tried to pay him money for the great advice and he refuses my money .

Think of him as Justin Cruise but the opposite.


Hey PF you like the wizards in game 3 ATS?

 

[PatsFan1283]

Thanks for the praise even though it sounded like an infomercial lol.

And nah, said in another thread and I'll say it here, almost never really take a team up 2-0 playing the 3rd game on the road. Just tough to match the intensity and sense of urgency. If the Hawks win that game, I'll go back on Wiz for gm 4 probably. if the Wizards win, I'd have to see what the game 4 line was, after 3 straight wins the lines obviously adjust to what they were before the season. As the team down 3-0 is seen as clearly inferior.

I like the Bulls tomorrow, think they get 1/2 at home at worst. Did you see what I said about the Celts before that series? So stupid I didn't just hit Bulls for the +360.

Gonna be funny to see what they do for Bucks/Raps game 4. Clearly Bucks/Raps lines have been way off. They're gonna be a problem for Cleveland I think. Probably won't win but that isn't the type of team you wanna see in the 2nd rd. Bron 2.0.

 

[PatsFan1283]

*If the Bucks can go on to close it out

 

[HarryCaray]

I suggest when Patsfan talks NBA you listen if you know what's best for you.

Yep, figured this out long ago. Guy knows his shit. Thanks PF, this is what it's all about.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Like OKC -2.5 tonight some, if they're worth anything they get game 3 at home. We saw with Memph last night and Indy before LeBron went nuts that it is very tough to win game 3 unless you are far superior.

Bucks -2 for game 4 is good, the series line was wrong and this shouldn't be the game line IMO.

Don't like the Bulls much w/o Rondo anymore (but bet it so will just eat that), potentially a game changer but don't really have a strong feeling as to how that goes down. Legitimate pathway for Celts to get back in series but their odds just suck.

Bucks >>> OKC if you need 1 bet to keep the cable on

 

[5teamparlay]

Gooooo Wizards!!!

Hawks Series Prices vs Wizards Series Prices
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[PatsFan1283]

Ya Wiz ML tonight. They haven't really played a complete game all series, better hurry up.

Bucks split at home , blowout win and fairly competive loss. Don't got anything on game tonight.

Too bad Fizdale an idiot and played T Allen final night of season, w/ him I'd find Memphis/SA interesting.

 

[HarryCaray]

When did Markief Morris become so bad at basketball? Thought he used to be OK

 

[PatsFan1283]

Gotta give Millsap props, really sharp move to draw Kief into all that trash talk then the media keeps asking you about it, you start pressing, you start worrying about picking up fouls. As you know I'm not the biggest armchair psychologist guy but that is pretty obvious to me. He's clearly shook out there.

Guy in his 1st playoff series becoming a way bigger vocal point than it should've and it has impacted his game a ton.

Hawks coach a smart cookie too, has gotten the most out of these guys. Pushes the uptempo a ton when the Wiz terrible bench players are on the court. Knows he probably isn't gonna win 5 vs 5 but it's still a 48 minute game you can grind all the edges.

 

[Enfuego]

Gotta give Millsap props, really sharp move to draw Kief into all that trash talk then the media keeps asking you about it, you start pressing, you start worrying about picking up fouls. As you know I'm not the biggest armchair psychologist guy but that is pretty obvious to me. He's clearly shook out there.

Guy in his 1st playoff series becoming a way bigger vocal point than it should've and it has impacted his game a ton.

Hawks coach a smart cookie too, has gotten the most out of these guys. Pushes the uptempo a ton when the Wiz terrible bench players are on the court. Knows he probably isn't gonna win 5 vs 5 but it's still a 48 minute game you can grind all the edges.

Marqueef Morris sucks man. He doesn't have anything to do with this series. Gortat has hit the shits though. Non existant.

 

[Jstack34]

Gotta give Millsap props, really sharp move to draw Kief into all that trash talk then the media keeps asking you about it, you start pressing, you start worrying about picking up fouls. As you know I'm not the biggest armchair psychologist guy but that is pretty obvious to me. He's clearly shook out there.

Guy in his 1st playoff series becoming a way bigger vocal point than it should've and it has impacted his game a ton.

Hawks coach a smart cookie too, has gotten the most out of these guys. Pushes the uptempo a ton when the Wiz terrible bench players are on the court. Knows he probably isn't gonna win 5 vs 5 but it's still a 48 minute game you can grind all the edges.

Wizards bench has been pathetic. Team isn't hitting shots in key moments. Lazy defense. Poor officiating as well

 

[Jstack34]

Marqueef Morris sucks man. He doesn't have anything to do with this series. Gortat has hit the shits though. Non existant.

Dude has like 15 rebounds. He isn't always going to score but he rebounds and knows his role.

Morris doesn't suck either but having a few bad games. He has been a big part of the Wiz success all season long if you watch them at all. As you aren't a wizards fan, I would guess you have only seen a few games

 

[PatsFan1283]

Morris is their only guy that can guard Millsap, obviously he is a huge part of this series. Anytime your the primary defender on the other teams best player, you're a big part of the game/series.

If he is going to struggle, it is going to be pretty rough for them. Not sure how anyone could think he isn't an important part of the series.

Would still be surprised if they took an L for the series but 3 games is obviously nothing now.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Wizards bench has been pathetic. Team isn't hitting shots in key moments. Lazy defense. Poor officiating as well

Yeah, some of it is just shotmaking.

Hawks do a good job of pushing the tempo and making the Wiz starters have to work hard, thought it wore them down by time 4th Q rolled around.

And obviously some of it is just the Hawks did play really well. Played over their heads. Bud is a really good coach, doesn't get the credit he deserves because they were good before he got there. But those teams had way more talent than this team IMO.

 

[PatsFan1283]

About time the Wizards put together a complete game. No surprise it came when Kief could stay on the court.
Atleast their most complete of the series.

Wall's a monster when his jumper is going. Even Julio was impressed.

 

[CarolinaKid]

does atl in any sport ever come up big in a big game

 

[PatsFan1283]

I thought they played pretty well for the series. Not the most talented team. Talent disparity between the two teams is pretty sizable but ATL matched up well, better than I expected.

Similar to the Grizzlies with two bigs, they make you matchup with their size. Didn't think Gortat/Kief would have as much trouble with Millsap/Howard as they did. Didn't really see the rookie Prince playing as well either.

And Schroder I've always thought had potential but between the inconsistency and going against Wall I figured he would struggle a lot more than he did. Wall really didn't dominate him until tonight.

And Jason Smith just has no chance against Millsap so those Markieff foul problems were brutal.

 

[CarolinaKid]

going forward let see how they will come up in the next round, it very hard to judge going against the hawks

 

[PatsFan1283]

I think Wizards matchup better vs Celts than they do vs Hawks in a lot of areas. Howard can keep Gortat off the glass a lot better than the Celts bigs and the Celts have nobody like Millsap in the post who can just draw fouls and attack their awful big depth.

Gonna be tough to hide IT on Wall/Beal, maybe they try to hide him on Porter but he is 6'7. Not going to be easy.

I think Celts will be about -115 if I had to guess, but not sure. I'll be on Wiz obviously.

Also think SA will be about -225 vs Hou. No real opinion on that. Interesting series stylistically though. Spurs should win but not really betting value. Neither of those two played that well in rd 1.

Cavs might be -500ish vs Raps. Raps are probably a little more live here than people think but not much value.
And GS vs Utah/LAC (think Jazz win tonight) should be a joke.

We'll see how accurate those series line projections are.

 

[NBAcapper08]

feel like wizards have to be favored in all of these games. wall and beal are on a different level right now