Predicting the All Star Game: Western Conference Favored to Win
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00:03 >> What is the best bet, Donny, for the All-Star game in Indy?
00:06 >> Yeah, I'm gonna keep it with the West,
00:08 who I do think is the better team at minus three.
00:10 Now granted, it's an All-Star game,
00:12 how serious are some of these players going to take it?
00:14 We'll find out.
00:15 But if I do look up and down the roster, I think this is a decided advantage with
00:19 the Western Conference here.
00:21 So I'm willing to lay the minus three at an All-Star game.
00:23 Again, competitiveness, we'll see, hey, is it more the younger guys wanna play?
00:27 The older guys are like, hey, you know what, now it's your time to shine.
00:30 I'm gonna buck that trend there, and I'm gonna say that the West is better,
00:33 top to bottom, and they'll win this basketball game.
00:35 >> Yeah, so here's the thing, right?
00:38 I don't know how the game is going to play out.
00:40 I don't think the West having a better roster absolutely means they are going to
00:45 win or even cover that three-point margin in the All-Star game.
00:49 But I completely agree with the Western Conference being favored.
00:52 The roster, the starters, with the injury of Joel Embiid, the star for
00:56 the Eastern Conference, it's just better top to bottom, the reserves and
01:00 the starters for the Western Conference.
01:03 I also look at 362.5 for that over under.
01:07 Now, I was a fan of the Elam ending.
01:10 I didn't find it all that complicated.
01:12 I also loved it because I actually thought you could handicap it, and
01:15 you had a little bit of an edge to bet the totals.
01:18 All five, I believe it was, or four of the Elam ending All-Star games would have
01:22 stayed under this number of 362.5, but with no Elam ending.
01:28 And I think that competition level ramping up a little bit.
01:32 Last year, there was a lot of players begroaning how it didn't look like
01:35 basketball.
01:36 This year, I think it will, but that doesn't mean defense.
01:38 That just means scoring and not throwing the ball off the backboard and
01:42 actually looking more so like a basketball game.
01:45 I'm going over 362.5.
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