A Pair of Best Bets for Monday's NBA Slate of Action
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00:00 I mentioned the Clippers, the hottest team in the Western Conference.
00:06 They have won five straight games.
00:08 They bring that win streak into Cleveland tonight, laying two points against the Cavaliers,
00:13 the over-under 225.
00:15 We had James Young on in the opening hour, or actually in our second hour, less than
00:20 an hour ago.
00:21 It was a three-point spread in favor of the Clips.
00:24 The market working back to Cleveland.
00:27 Yeah, by the way, I think I like Cleveland in this game because we are talking about
00:30 the Clippers, who I love the brand of basketball, Ben, that they're playing, and absolutely
00:34 red hot.
00:35 But let's not forget about the only loss in basically, what, a month for the Cleveland
00:38 Cavaliers has been to the Milwaukee Bucks, who they avenged that loss in their last game
00:43 to pick up that victory here.
00:44 I'll take the short dog price at home for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
00:48 Two equally hot teams coming in.
00:50 I'll lean towards the home team here.
00:53 They lost to Milwaukee on Wednesday, first game without Adrian Griffin, and then they
00:57 upset Milwaukee as a five-and-a-half point dog inside the Pfizer Forum on Friday night.
01:04 To Donnie's point, Cleveland has won nine of 11 games in January, nine of their last
01:10 10, and they have covered in seven of those nine victories, including outright as a dog
01:16 a few times.
01:17 I think I agree with the market where it stands working back to the Cavs.
01:23 Celtics and the Pels tonight in Boston.
01:26 The Celtics booked as an eight-and-a-half point favorite, the over-under 234-and-a-half.
01:32 It was the Clippers going to Beantown over the weekend to hand the Celtics just their
01:36 second home loss of the season.
01:38 I don't think it's too straight tonight.
01:41 No, I don't think it is either.
01:43 And you're also talking about one of the best teams in the NBA and maybe the best team at
01:47 home in the NBA.
01:48 Didn't play in the last game.
01:49 There was Chris Stapps, Porzingis.
01:50 He is listed in the anticipated starting lineup tonight, so that's certainly something to
01:54 watch.
01:55 If Porzingis is playing, I do think the Celtics will win and go away, but also, you talk about
02:00 that poor performance against the Clippers.
02:01 You always want to get back out there.
02:03 You also get a team that plays with a little bit of tempo here in the Pelicans.
02:06 I think we get an over in this game, but I need to see if Porzingis is playing or not
02:10 if I'm going to take the Celtics a little bit later today.
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