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00:00NBA handicaps around the association after a full night off for everybody in the NBA following an
00:10NBA cup championship for the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night in Las Vegas back to regularly
00:17scheduled regular season action here around the NBA DRS so much conversation in the association
00:24right now not about the actual games or the sport but television ratings how do you fix the NBA
00:32where is LeBron what do we make of this season so far for the association where if you're not
00:38the biggest NBA fan from the jump you really start to tune in just a little bit more with
00:43Christmas less than a week away yeah exactly used to be like hey Christmas is the start of the NBA
00:48season now the NFL goes like no you got to push that back to well after the new year because
00:52Christmas now is our day in the NFL it's just a tough look and it's no surprise that ratings are
00:57down because the NBA did it to himself but I say it all sometimes you could you see a sport that's
01:01careening off the past like there's no stopping it it's just going to be a bad product the NBA
01:05has so many simple ways that they can fix their game which just would include the owner saying hey
01:10guys you're multi-billionaires already don't rent out your arena every single night of the year let's
01:15not have back-to-backs let's shorten the season a little bit more let's start it a little bit later
01:19in the year problem solved superstars play people love superstars people like the vet superstars we
01:24don't want to know up until game time whether or not a star is going to play in a game and be
01:29surprised when he doesn't play because that turns people off like hey big game next week between the
01:33Golden State Warriors and the Chicago Bulls or whatever like oh well Steph's gonna sit this one
01:38out Draymond's out and uh no Zach Levine on the other side like nobody wants to watch that we want
01:42to watch great players same thing Ben when you come up on week 18 in professional football right
01:46week 18 half the teams aren't playing for anything half the teams want to get a better
01:50draft pick it's horrible football outside of two games it never should be like that it feels like
01:55every night in the NBA is every game is horrible outside of one or two games so for you it's not
02:01the volume of threes being shot on a nightly basis it's the players that might be out there yeah I
02:07agree I think it's actually a really good take well done right side well done 13 games tonight
02:12maybe to bring that interest back into the NBA then we can always find some winning wagers with
02:17your two premier NBA handicappers here on the Spiz Grizz Network let's go to a great marquee
02:23matchup tonight in the Twin Cities in the return of a cat of course Julius Randall against his
02:31former team as well but Carl Anthony Towns heads back to Minneapolis to take on his former club
02:37for the first time in the T-Wolves I believe it's the first time Friso please confirm Minnesota two
02:42and a half point home favorite against the New York Knicks it is in fact Kat's first matchup
02:47against the Knicks total stands at 215 short spread DRS in favor of the Timberwolves what do you make
02:54of it yeah take a look at the line two two twelve and a half was the opening number here in New
02:58Jersey fanboys the total that now bumps up to 215 at most outlets out here the number opened up at
03:03minus one and a half as a favorite from the Timberwolves now up to two and a half and I agree
03:07with that as well a couple nights off in the NBA because what are we usually worried about in the
03:10association as we say star players sitting out nobody's going to stay out in this game yet a
03:14couple days off which included maybe some of these guys got away from basketball rested their legs
03:18so I'm going to lean on the over now which is elevated as we told you from 212 and a half to
03:22215 I think it goes over and I'll take the home team here in the Minnesota Timberwolves now lay
03:26the two and a half but a stronger play for me probably between the side and the total it's
03:30probably the over in the game you should be rested everybody's on deck and away you go
03:35DRS when you look at the New York Knicks and the Minnesota Timberwolves you would
03:39automatically think well defense that's Tibbs basketball and Minnesota most efficient defense
03:44around the NBA a year ago I'm not entirely sure and I would agree with you just the third game
03:52for the Knickerbockers as an underdog this year New York has the third best record in the eastern
03:57conference 16 and 10 straight up Minnesota was slow to start they've been playing better as of
04:03late 14 and 11 for a team that played in the western conference finals a season ago but as a
04:10favorite Donnie in those 25 games 23 times pretty much the entirety of the year the Timberwolves
04:16have not been a great cover team just 10 and 13 against the spread there was a couple of years
04:23within the western conference where the young upstart Memphis Grizzlies and a team that
04:28perennially won the west the Golden State Warriors had a little bit of a budding rivalry going maybe
04:34not so much anymore but they do play tonight in Memphis with the Grizz as a two and a half
04:39point home favorite total 236 and a half and on its way up what's the play in the grind city
04:46yeah usually I lean towards the home team in these spots we do have a high total which means
04:50we're expected points look at the starting lineup here maybe some changes for the Golden State
04:54Warriors Steph Curry Dennis Schroeder how about that coming over now as another point guard
04:58shooting guard here for the Warriors take a look at Wiggins Kaminga and Looney in the starting
05:02lineup off the bench buddy he'll you know you like him but how about Draymond Green expected
05:06to come off the bench tonight how about this B double S give me the plus two and a half with
05:09the Golden State Warriors and a deeper Golden State Warriors even though John Morant Desmond
05:13Bain both healthy and back for Memphis down in the grindhouse tonight I'll take the Warriors
05:19yeah love the look DRS Golden State this year not an underdog all that often actually double
05:24digit times eight and three against the spread for the dubs as a dog this year they have been
05:30great love buddy healed tonight minus 125 to bury three triples he has done that in three
05:36consecutive games and the total 236 and a half we expect some offense the Dallas Mavericks last
05:43year's Western Conference champs also off to a slow start but playing a lot better basketball
05:48as of late four and a half point favorite against the Crippers at home tonight in Big D total 223
05:56and a hug Crippers Mazz what do we like yeah taking a look there James Harden Chris Dunn
06:02Norm Powell Derrick Jones Jr. Zubat you know where I'm going in this game forget about the
06:06side forget about the total you know my guy it's Norm Powell do you know the last time he played
06:10December 16th Ben seven triples he attempted splashed five of those down Norm Powell three
06:15point shots to the over always one of my favorite plays that's my guy I feel like I
06:19backed Norm Powell more than any other player in the NBA in three-point props this season love my
06:24guy the Mavericks got off to a five and seven start they have won 12 of their last 14 and they
06:30have covered in all 12 or excuse me 11 of those 12 victories but I like where you're looking at
06:36your guy Norm Powell truly Donnie's guy T.E.L. always needs a guy if I can hop on the Norman
06:42Powell bandwagon with your DRS I would love to be there let's go to Orlando the Magic playing
06:48host quickly to the Oklahoma City Thunder six and a half points spread in favor of OKC can they
06:54bounce back from a bad performance in Las Vegas in the NBA Cup yeah you go from Vegas to Orlando
07:01here and I think they're also going to be coming up on some back-to-backs here but that line opened
07:04up at minus four towards Oklahoma City now up to six and a half I'm going to go against that here
07:08I'll take the new number at six and a half with the hometown Magic squad here and off of that
07:13Thunder like ah we didn't play all that well scored 81 points they'll have a better effort
07:16I don't know if they get the cover though give me the Magic. Two twelve and a half is that full.