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00:02 - The Pacers are in Miami,
00:07 down to see you tonight with the Heat.
00:09 Minus two and a half for the Heat,
00:11 two thirty eight and a half is the total.
00:14 Now this has gone down a couple of points, Joe,
00:17 in the last couple of hours, really.
00:19 And I gotta tell you, I don't think we've seen
00:21 a Pacer game get under 240 in a while.
00:25 14 of course, of their games so far,
00:28 14 of their 16 games have gone to the over,
00:31 but they were at under last time,
00:33 as you mentioned, against Portland.
00:34 - Yeah, because Portland controlled the pace.
00:39 And that's exactly what Miami can do.
00:42 That's how they thrive here.
00:43 Now the big question was whether Jimmy Butler is gonna go,
00:47 but this is one of these home home, sit, take,
00:49 it's a back to back, it's like a double header here.
00:51 They're gonna play him again in a couple of nights.
00:53 So if Jimmy Butler doesn't go tonight,
00:55 I'm sure he's gonna go in the next game,
00:57 but everybody else is available, it appears,
01:00 to Miami, who can certainly run if they wanted to,
01:04 but I have a feeling they're not going
01:06 to let Indiana control the tempo.
01:08 So I would look towards Miami,
01:11 who's a much more disciplined team in this spot.
01:15 - As of three o'clock East, Butler was questionable.
01:19 That's as of three o'clock East.
01:20 Of course, we'll get another report
01:23 about an hour before the game.
01:24 We'll see if we're gonna actually get him out there tonight.
01:26 The Pistons, who got destroyed at home last night,
01:30 another completely gutless effort by them.
01:32 They are two and 16 now,
01:34 back to back in the garden against the Knicks,
01:36 who are 10 and seven, 14 and a half here,
01:40 two 18 and a half is the total.
01:42 Man, 14 and a half is a lot, Joe.
01:45 That's a lot for the Knicks.
01:47 I even know the Pistons suck, that's a lot.
01:49 - It's, I'm not catching that falling knife with them.
01:54 I thought maybe the Pistons, you know,
01:56 an arrested situation spot might've been able to show up
02:00 against the Lakers last night and they did not.
02:03 I would only look to the Knicks maybe in the first half,
02:05 'cause you have no idea in a blowout
02:07 what you're gonna get in the second half.
02:09 So maybe, you know, if it's less than double digits
02:12 in the first half, expect them to go at the Pistons quickly.
02:16 - Worst team against the spread,
02:18 as we mentioned earlier this hour in the NBA,
02:20 is the Chicago Bulls.
02:22 They have the Bucs in town at the United Center tonight.
02:24 Bucs minus eight and a half road favorites,
02:26 228 and a half is the total.
02:29 The Bucs are tricky in these games, Joe.
02:33 They really are.
02:34 You know, they're pretty good to back
02:36 against the other good teams,
02:38 but when they play some of these teams like the Pistons
02:40 and the Bulls, they'll win the game,
02:43 but sometimes kind of mess around in them.
02:46 So that makes me a little leery here tonight,
02:48 even though the Bulls are bad.
02:49 - So, and the big problem for us is,
02:53 'cause I would normally just look at the Oliver,
02:55 but DeRozan, Caruso, and Levine are still questionable.
02:59 Connington and Crowder are still out for Milwaukee.
03:02 So Giannis is not on there.
03:04 So if those two out of three are not available for this game,
03:08 then there's, the only thing I would look at
03:10 would be the Bucs' team total over.
03:12 - Yeah, that's probably the best way to go,
03:15 because if they don't have all those scoring options
03:17 in there, it's very tough to get involved
03:19 with a very, very tough,
03:21 to try to grab them even with the eight and a half.
03:23 The Jazz are in Minnesota against the Timberwolves tonight.
03:26 Tee Wolves are minus 11 and a half,
03:29 220 and a half is the total.
03:31 Edwards is doubtful for this game for Minnesota.
03:35 - And Marketon is out again now
03:39 for the fourth consecutive game tonight.
03:42 And it's quite obvious that the Jazz,
03:45 they miss him on the offensive side of the ball,
03:49 not to mention they're a different team on the road.
03:51 They were last year as well than they are at home there.
03:55 They played well without him against New Orleans
03:59 at their spot over the weekend,
04:01 but obviously last night against one of the poorer defenses
04:05 in the NBA, Memphis, and look what Memphis did to them.
04:08 What do you think is gonna happen in Minnesota tonight
04:11 with Gobert and Carl Anthony Towns?
04:13 Where are the points coming from?
04:15 - This total has been crashing since this morning,
04:19 and that's the only way I would look here,
04:22 is at the under here,
04:23 'cause I don't know where the offense is coming from Utah.
04:27 - I don't know where it's coming from Utah either.
04:29 And the Timberwolves, pretty good defensive team as well.
04:31 The Lakers are in OKC against the Thunder tonight.
04:35 Now the Lakers played last night,
04:36 they destroyed the Pistons as we know.
04:38 So this was six and a half earlier,
04:40 now it's five and a half for OKC,
04:42 232 and a half's the total.
04:45 - You know, LeBron's questionable,
04:46 it says that AD is probable.
04:49 LeBron hasn't missed these games, Joe, like he hasn't.
04:52 And that's why the number's a little strange to me.
04:54 I know that the Thunder have been pretty good here
04:57 at the start, they did lose in many the other night.
05:00 If LeBron's out there and AD's out there,
05:03 it's probably a little too much for me,
05:05 and I'm sure when it becomes official it might,
05:07 what do you think, Joe?
05:08 It'll tick to three and a half, four and a half,
05:10 it'll probably go down a couple more points.
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