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00:00All right enough of the football here on the early line on sports grid time to get you set for a night of hardwood action
00:08Both around the association and a quick look at college basketball with john rothstein joining the show up
00:16We're using this too liberally, but i'll let it slide finals preview
00:20Nuggets and the celtics not everything can be a finals preview. Although
00:26Actually both of these teams in their pedigree i'll take it back joe friso tonight at
00:31Altitude in the mile high city the nuggets a six-point home dog currently
00:36Against the boston celtics total on the rise joe from what that graphic is showing earlier on this tuesday morning
00:43235 and a hook is now
00:46237 what do you expect for I guess a finals preview potentially tonight in denver
00:52Yeah, so here's what I would uh, I would do if it ain't broke don't fix it take the celtics in the first half
00:59Not because the celtics are so great in the first half or though they have been
01:03But because denver is the worst first half team in the nba
01:08For whatever reason and it drives mike malone their head coach
01:13Absolutely bonkers
01:15They play from behind they have to it's almost as if this team is like, all right now we got to kick it out
01:22Let's go. So when they come out the second half, they're tremendous
01:26But they always start slow. Now. You've got a celtics team that blew
01:31A uh lead in that game against okc there in that fourth quarter ben
01:37Now boston comes in here to denver. I expect them to come out hot. I expect them to come out swinging
01:44Uh, and once again, I expect denver at some point in the second half is going to flip a switch
01:49And it's going to be a different team
01:51But if it ain't broke, I ain't fixing it boston early in the first half for me in this one
01:56Yeah, I think it's a really good look joe
01:58It is really indicative to see this spread at six in my estimation boston's last game
02:04In oklahoma city on sunday was really a true
02:08Finals preview boston the reigning nba champs the nba championship favorites at this moment against the best team
02:15And by a pretty good margin right now in the western conference in okc
02:20Those the two best prices to win an nba championship
02:23In fact knows the only two in triple digits boston at two to one the thunder plus 750
02:30You got to go all the way to ten to one price on the knicks to even see that third best number denver
02:3616 to 1 as we know who won an nba championship a larry o'brien trophy
02:42Now two seasons ago the nuggets as an underdog six and three ats this year five outright victories
02:49Boston booked as a favorite in 34 of 36 games this year
02:54This is not all that great covering numbers
02:581419 and one against the spread now
03:02We continue to go around the nba slate on this tuesday a ton of games to pique your interest including this one
03:10In dallas the mavs very shorthanded. No luka donchic. They've lost five straight. They are one in five without luka
03:16We got word yesterday that kairi irving is going to miss at least a week if not multiple weeks as well
03:23So the lakers now a full seven point favorite on the road in dallas against the mavs total stands at 219 joe. What's your play?
03:32Yeah, I mean losers of five straight. This is uh, if they lose again tonight
03:36This will be their longest losing streak in uh in just about five years here ben
03:42Not good, uh at all. I mean one in five
03:46Since donchik went down and that was what christmas day with the calf strain now now they've lost kairi
03:52uh, and that's a lot to overcome man now they got the second night of a back-to-back waking in a
03:58Bringing in a arrested lakers team that has uh had one what seven of nine before uh sunday's loss against houston
04:07so
04:08Yeah to me this is until
04:11Until reinforcements get back and that being at least kairi and or donchik
04:16I I don't know how we're backing. Uh dallas in this spot here
04:20It feels like a good spot to take the lakers and maybe look at the under
04:25And for those mavs as well in these five consecutive losses the last four as a dog
04:31Not even a cover in that stretch. You mentioned the lakers
04:35They didn't lose to houston, but did cover over the weekend as a four and a half point dog
04:40119 115 the final so the lakers have still won seven of their last 10 and in this 10 game stretch
04:48The lakers have covered the number
04:50Nine times including twice as a favorite often in underdog here as of late now laying seven points
04:58Against this shorthanded
04:59Dallas team again a lot to pay attention to the mavs on the second leg of a back-to-back speaking of those rockets
05:07Houston's second best mark right now in the nba's western conference the rate 12 point favorite tonight in dc
05:14The sun's hoping to build up some wins four and a half point favorite against the hornets tonight in charlotte
05:19Minnesota second leg of a back-to-back but having to change destination last night at home
05:25In the twin cities today on the road in new orleans
05:29But the t-walls joe booked as a five and a half point favorite the pels one of the worst teams in the nba
05:35A lot of action tonight though around the association the warriors a nine point home favorite against the miami hate team
05:41Who was dealing with a lot of drama suspended jimmy butler so on and so forth