Posted on
1/23/2008 9:21:08 PM
NBA Betting - New Jersey Nets vs. Golden State Warriors
By Mike Rose
The Golden State Warriors will look to get back on track this evening when they welcome in the New Jersey Nets to the Oracle Arena. The Warriors have been very charitable at home of late allowing 3 of its L/5 opponents to beat them on their own court, and they’ll be going up against a New Jersey club desperate for a victory. The Warriors have only managed an 11-8 SU and 8-11 ATS mark at home this season, while the Nets have split their 18 road games right down the middle by going 9-9 both SU and ATS.
Last we saw the Nets was on Tuesday night when they got mauled by the Sacramento Kings in Arco Arena. The Nets were out of it from the opening tip, and went on to lose both SU and ATS by a 128-94 final count. It was NJ’s 6th straight defeat, and they haven’t tasted the thrill of victory since January 9th when they knocked off the Seattle Supersonics by 11 at home. The Nets have also failed to cover the spread throughout this 6-game lapse, and they’ve only cashed their backers tickets in 7 of their L/10 overall. It’s pointless to say, but this Nets club looks to be on the brink of getting torn apart and that that’s certainly played a role in their poor play over the last 12 days.
As for the Warriors, they lost on this floor as 11.5-point home favorites to Minnesota their last time out, so it’s safe to say they’ll hit the hardwood tonight looking to bounce back from that debacle. Before that game, they put forth a 3-1 SU mark on a 4-game road trip and won their previous two games at home before that trip against Indiana and Memphis. It seems to me like they were running on fumes against the Timberwolves, and that was the lone reason why they allowed Minny to secure just their 6th victory of the season. They will have had two days of rest for this game, so expect them to bring their “A” game to the gym this evening.
These clubs met once earlier this season, and it was the Nets that pulled out the 5-point home win and cover, 100-95. It was the Nets 8th win in the series dating back 10 games, but the Warriors have been able to save face the L/2 times the Nets paid the bay a visit. That being said, the Nets have dominated this series ATS winning 9 of the L/10 match-ups. However, Golden State has covered the spread in each of their L/4 Thursday night TNT affairs. The history of this series foresees the Nets putting forth a much better effort than they did in Sacramento, but the club is falling apart at the seams and the Warriors want to turn the page on their embarrassing home loss to Minnesota. Look for the Warriors to set the tone and increase the Nets losing streak another game.
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