Posted on
3/19/2008 5:45:38 PM
NBA Sports Betting Picks Phoenix Suns vs. Seattle Supersonics
By D. S. Williamson
Phoenix Suns (- 10.5) vs. Seattle Supersonics (+ 10.5)
The Suns are hot, baby! They’ve covered 5 games against the BetUS spread in a row. They’ve beaten the Sacramento Kings by 28 points and the Portland Trailblazers by 11 points in their last two games. Amare and Shaq are happy. Nash is happy. The Suns look awfully good going down the stretch this NBA season.
Seattle is just a bad team. In their last 10 games they have gone 4 and 6 against the BetUS spread. That’s pretty ugly. At home the Sonics are 16 and 16 against the spread so far this season. Here are more trends.
The Phoenix Suns are 4 and 0 against the spread in their last 4 games as a favorite.
The Phoenix Suns are 5 and 0 against the spread in their last 5 games as a favorite on the road.
The Seattle Supersonics are 7 and 1 against the spread in their last 8 games against a team from the NBA Pacific Division.
The Over is 4 and 0 in the Suns last 4 games playing on 0 days of rest.
The BetUS over/under in tonight’s game is 228. That equates to around 114 from each team. Even though the Suns can put up 130 on any given night, they usually only do it when they are forced to. The Suns have scored 132, 123, 127, and 111 in their last four games. The Sonics have scored 107, 82, 116, and 116 in their last four games. They also gave up 168 to the Denver Nuggets in their last game.
There is no way, in my mind, that this game does not go over. The Suns will likely run with the Sonics. The Sonics have no chance but to run with the Suns. I do believe that the Sonics will score roughly around 110 in this game. That should be enough because the Suns should score around 120 in this game.
That means, of course, that I also like the Suns to cover the spread. It’s high, but not too high.
The BetUS line is Phoenix Suns – 10.5 against the spread on the road versus the Seattle Supersonics.
I like the Suns to cover the spread. I also like the over in this game. It looks like a solid parlay to me!
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