Bet Kawhi Leonard & LA Clippers in Must-Win vs Philadelphia 76ers? NBA Picks 3/27 | Buckets

Bet Kawhi Leonard & LA Clippers in Must-Win vs Philadelphia 76ers? NBA Picks 3/27 | Buckets

Welcome to buckets brought to you by bet MGM the king of sports books my name is Matt Moore I’m the senior NBA writer for the Action Network not usually here with you on a Tuesday night sea Li’s out tonight had a situation he had to attend to hope everything’s doing well with

Shan he’ll be back with you tomorrow night I’m with you tonight as I’m joined by Jay money and Albert win the analytics Capper we’re going to go over Best Bets for Wednesday March 27th in the association uh reminder everything we talk about could be found in the award-winning Action Network app you can

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Can find them on Twitter and in the Action Network appj money is money as well on his YouTube page which you should definitely check out for his show every day J Money is money also joined by Albert win the analytics Capper guys we’ll go get to it Jay what’s your best

Bet for the Wednesday slate I’m on the LA Clippers m is five and a half all right minus five and a half on the team that’s spiraling I like the choice uh Alber win what do you like on tomorrow’s slate yeah got two tonight um it’s going

To be Orlando Magic first half um the full game is six and a half I’m assuming first half is around three and a half so magic minus three and a half and the second play is going to be the Utah Jazz first half minus one and a half uh all

Right I’m Gonna Be My play is the Denver Nuggets minus 7even and a half I got it at seven when it first opened I’ll take nuggets minus 7 for a game that I’ll be at versus the Phoenix Suns um I also will talk a little bit about I got a

Heavy heavy lean towards OKC minus 6 and a half but I got to talk about a injury situation before we get there all right uh Jay you’re buying low I I’ll give you that taking the LA Clippers on the road versus the Philadelphia 76ers this is a

Duplex spot where they lost to the Sixers in La as favorites they’re on the road as favorites minus five and a half tell me why the Clippers are going to pull out of this Tail Spin they’ve been in yeah this is a major bounce back spot

For the Clippers here um they do headit on the road and sometimes when teams are in a rut that’s the best thing that they can do is head out on the road um and kind of get like some of that camaraderie back going and they’re actually 6 and0 against the spread as

Well when coming off of a home game and going to the east coast as well where a central time zone or the Eastern Conference time zone here so obviously this team just lost to the Sixers um I watched that game the Sixers came out smoking hot from three it’s almost like

They were making everything scored 41 points in the first quarter there um they shot 48% from three I do not see that happening again I think the Clippers have finally been woken up now after these uh games this will be a third game in fortn nights for both

Teams here but I feel like it’s a little bit of a worse spot for the Sixers coming off a three-game road trip where the Clippers coming off some bad bad losses man they lost four straight home games uh the coach called him out called him soft I’m expecting a a spirited

Effort from the Clippers in this one I wouldn’t be surprised if they smacked the Sixers by 20 points here so the Sixers aren’t a bad team they can be Scrappy but I think you see the old Clippers come back in this one and Harden going back to Philly I think from

All angles that you see a motivated spot here from the Clippers here um I’ll rock with the Clippers here minus 5 and a half with confidence this is a really good spot um the numbers on this one for I I call these duplex spots uh locky lockerson over it you better you bet

Coin that term so since 2000 when a team it’s within five days of the last matchup and they were and they’re on the road after losing at home as a favorite and they’re a favorite on the road so this exact scenario right here 39 and 19

Straight up 35 and 23 at 60% ATS so teams that should have won the first one don’t around in the second one and get it done here I like the play I’m too much of a chicken and too afraid of the Clippers and how they’ve been

Messing around to tell you but I will let the audience get in on that I like the play there uh all right Albert You’ve Got Magic first half here taking on the Warriors who are on a back to back here I know Andrew O Conor Watts another one of our here on buckets

Really like the spot on the full game for the Warriors um I do have this one projected about seven with the magic home court advantage warriors on a back toback although I will say this Steph Curry should be rested since he’s not playing 30 minutes a night anymore uh I

Will be curious to see if he plays in this one but why do you like the magic here in the first half versus the dubs yeah you make a good point the warriors on are on a second night of back toback and they had a really impressive showing in miamii uh Klay

Thompson showed out there but this is me more backing the Orlando Magic that team that defense that home court advantage they’re 25- 10 at home this season they lost the last time they played guys was Saturday night so they’re going to have this game basically circled on their

Calendar for three nights in a row to really focus on uh I really honestly don’t like spots like that when it when they have a lot of rests and I don’t like the first half spot because you might have you know potential rust or timing maybe a little off but but I I

Really like this team I really like how they defend both on the perim perimeter and on the interior so I I just like the back this team most likely uh I’m going to be on the full game as well but I think the first half is a little safer

Just because the Warriors are coming off a second night of a back toback on the road as well so there’s travel so on the curry front so he’s obviously the most impactful Warrior I want to kind of break this down a little bit um when they have been they they’ve

Been obviously they played Denver ton and sometimes they’ve been on back toback through the years and sometimes they would rest Curry and I asked her one time about what goes into that process is a scrum it’s not like we were one-on-one but I talked to him I asked a

Question at scrum about you know what makes what goes in a decision and he talked about he’s like it’s really unfortunate for the fans he was like but look you know our team has a system our Advance our uh training staff has a system and they basically said he’s in

The red like they Ed a lot of biometric data which is like they’re tracking things like I don’t even know like I guess glucose or like what like how much electr electri electricity is in your in your thighs I don’t know but whatever it is to me when everyone’s like why isn’t

Kerr playing 30 minutes there’s a reason I do not believe that Steve cerr is just like no Steph Curry doesn’t really give us the best chance to win like they’re managing his minutes because he’s clearly towards the red but they know they can’t sit him entirely because they

Might fall out of the the play in spot all together and get passed by Houston so he’s got to play but he’s got to play on this minutes restriction if it’s this on a back to back that makes it even more likely that he does not play a full

Allotment and minutes let alone play it all so Curry May pop up in this injury report tomorrow and just be out so I think you are getting a good number because Curry’s out this is what’s crazy I can’t believe we’re going to say this but like what’s this number go to with

Curry’s out nine like 10 probably probably 10 like ma magic dou I personally wouldn’t touch it I wouldn’t touch it if it goes that high to be honest I I as a magic backer I would want to play not because I think he’s going to hurt the team but I think

A tired Curry going up against an elite Defender like jayen Suggs is going to play in the hands of Orlando in my opinion yeah so Curry has had the second biggest dip in scoring of any uh star player since the All-Star break and one of the big reasons is they’re not just

Allowing contact on ball they’re allowing a lot more contact off ball you can grab and that really messes with a guy who entire game is built around moving off ball you can bump him you can grab him you can get him off balance and Suggs super physical Defender so that

Absolutely plays into it I like the first half play I think that’s a smart one um you if Curry has not been announced out you better hope I would agree you want Curry to play in this game I know it sounds crazy because it’s St but you want Curry to play in this

Game because otherwise I do think it gets too wonky I could see Orlando a young team oh yeah we’re gonna beat the dubs they’re on a back to back yeah and then getting caught by I don’t know Jonathan kaminga or Moses moody or some nonsense Brandon psky goes for 25 it’s

March in the NBA weird happens all the time uh real quick Albert give me your cap on Utah in the first half play here as well as the Jazz are taking on the San Antonio Spurs uh Jazz are minus two and a half in this one yeah this is

Also a double spot so first is is fading the Spurs they just had a miraculous win over Phoenix where I think they were 12 or 13 Point underdogs they won outright so I would expect some some type of let down there for a young Spurs team that

Honestly are not looking to win I don’t know if they’re trying to win but uh I don’t want to get into that so that’s one half of the cap the other cap is Utah Utah had a really really good first half against Dallas somehow blew that

Cover late in the second quarter and I think just on the other side I think the luck is going to go on their way here so not only is Utah coming off a first half loss but San Antonio is going on a road into elevation playing a team that’s

Coming off a loss so I think a lot of the signals a lot of signs here Point towards Utah the things that I look for as as far as spots I think Utah is just going to be um the the look for me in this game and and I don’t know I don’t

Want to deal with the the full game because these are two teams that are just struggling at the moment so I think right now the first half is a little safer to to handicap and project in my opinion Jay you got thoughts on that one zero thoughts on this game I’m not

GNA lie to you I didn’t even look into this game uh this is like a easy pass I did have thoughts on the Orlando game though however um I’m kind of noticing some with the magic they’re a really good defensive team but sometimes they can kind of lose the math game so first

Off I’m not fting the Warriors I do think that there may be let’s say a narrative here going down the stretch to make sure that they get into the uh play in tournament at least the 10 seed so I’m not betting against them I’m not betting on them for that matter as well

I know that they hav been playing well they don’t look like the same Warriors but uh just watch out don’t be surprised if you start to see the warriors uh get a few calls or let’s just put it that way but um I I’ve noticed something with the magic when they played the

Sacramento Kings um when teams shoot more threes than them because remember the magic aren’t a great three-point shooting team so when teams obviously a ton of teams shoot a lot of Threes this year but um that’s how you beat the magic there you go and out shoot them by

The three you get up a ton of Threes um and you make more threes than them that’s how you beat the magic over there so um the magic are a great team they’ve been like one of the surprise teams of the NBA but I don’t like going against

Them versus a three-point shooting heavy team like the Warriors I wouldn’t be surprised if the warriors were able to shock the world and beat the magic out right yeah when a team makes five more threes in the magic this season the magic are 2 and eight Straight Up 2 and

Eight against the spread if the opponent makes three more threes in them five and 12 straight up six and 11 against the spread so Jay’s absolutely right three-point the math game can get them in trouble in this one uh I’ve got two so I wanted to be on Thunder myus six

And a half that was a big bounceback win versus the Pelicans I love that spot uh the Thunder are seven and two this season on the second night of a back toback they’ve been really good or in those spots they’ve been really good um on on back-to-backs this season um the

Rockets this is a high point for them right like everyone’s like oh man Houston Houston Houston on the road where Houston hasn’t been good this season versus a much tougher much more disciplined uh team and this is kind of a little bit of a rivalry it’s been a

Rivalry for some time uh I would not be surprised to see OKC get up for this one again but but I did notice after the game that Mark dagal admitted that uh Shay’s been banged up and Shay said that he hurt his quad since the Utah game he says

Quote just taking it day by day see how I feel when I wake up can’t can’t do this without Shay just cannot do it so I don’t want to give out Houston here right where it’s like if you’re listening to this and and you like well

Okay so Houston he might play like Shay might wake up tomorrow and be like screw it I’m going to play because he’s younger and might just be able to go and he’s played in a lot of games this season still trying to get in the MVP conversation Etc but it’s enough to make

Me kind of stay away I do lean towards OKC fully healthy I think myus six and a half is too low this should be higher uh there is no reason to think that I I Houston is is red hot right now and I don’t necessarily want to fade

That but I do think that if you look at the last game kind of struggled a little bit with Portland that wasn’t really impressive OKC is not Portland they’re a much better team so I kind of I lean heavily towards OKC minus 6 and a half

If if shos Alexander plays um my one I am going to play though is nuggets minus seven and a half this was I I waited patiently for this line to come to come out and then jumped on it immediately at s uh so to give you a little bit of

Backstory here Denver rest Nico yic and Jamal Murray in the game versus the Portland Trailblazers on Saturday joic returns but Aaron Gordon sits out in the game on Monday Jamal Murray gets another day off Jamal Murray has not played since last Thursday versus the New York

Knicks it’s going to have been about six days of rest that that that is a purposeful like they are they knew they could beat Portland and Memphis without full starters they’re staggering starters to get them necessary rest they’re going to play in this one maybe Murray is banged

Up and doesn’t play I do not care they’re going to smash this team it is very rare that I say this stuff that’s something Jay says Jay says it’s a smash spot I do not say that I think the nuggets are gonna absolutely beat the

out of this team use of nerkish is questionable with a sprained ankle Bradley Beal is questionable with a finger injury I don’t care fully healthy I would like it more uh the Suns went into Denver and and beat Denver three weeks ago in a game in which

Denver played like ass for three quarters of the game staged a wild second half comeback and had a shot from joic at the buzzer to win it then it went to overtime and they ran out of gas that is the most upset I have seen Denver about a regular season loss in

Two years I have not seen them as pissed as they were after that game this is an extremely high motivation spot for them they are at home versus a team they a long history with that just beat them in their building if nurkic was playing I’d like it more

Because even though I think nerk plays yic really well uh yic is is probably gonna pay attention to that the other thing here is that without nerk they don’t have any senders like we’re talking about Drew Eubank starting this game against nicolea yic and normally I’d be like the

Nuggets might screw around here the nuggets are not in around mode their entire thing is can do this get rest and get the one like that’s their mindset right now they’re playing extremely focused I think this is a double digit win I would lay the AL line

Nine and a half on this one Jay I think the Nuggets I think this is a smash spot for Denver well you better hope that nerk is out that’s the only thing I’ll say here uh you just can’t forget that the suns are going to come out pissed off in this

Game as well and they were probably looking ahead to this game as well so uh with nage in there bill in there I mean I’m one of the few people that do think that the that the Nuggets uh that the Suns and the Mavs can match up really

Well versus the Nuggets that I don’t think that last win was an anomaly like I don’t think that that was a lucky win they got up by 15 they were the team that let go of the gas uh nuggets played really well at the house but that nerkish versus joic that’s not that’s

Not nothing there um so if he ends up playing it’s going to be tough for me in my opinion here I wouldn’t be surprised if the Suns uh came out and got a bounceback win after losing to the Spurs without wimy so uh looks easy to take

The Nuggets they could be the right side if nage is out the nuggets to win this game by 20 but if nurk and Bill are in um I don’t know I lean towards Suns Albert what do you think honestly I don’t I don’t really

Have a good read on the side I think it is you know a a a bounceback spot or Revenge spot what Jay likes to say when it comes to the nuggets say they did play three weeks ago in Denver and Phoenix dominated that game and then

Pulled it out in overtime so it is a Revenge spot I love the way you put it Matt that there’s they’re staggering they starters not like minutes within the game but they’re staggering full games so guys like Jamal Murray can get like six days off that’s insane that’s

Amazing management if you will of these guys and they’re definitely going to be um right there as the number one seed with a rested team right because they’re coming off a championship this game May mean a lot to a lot of people right ESPN national TV Revenge spot all that kind

Of stuff Kevin Durant nicoa yic but at the end of the day I think Denver just wants to be healthy getting into the playoffs cuz they know when they’re healthy and they’re rested they are the Champs and it’s not going to be easy for anybody to knock them off so um as far

As this game in particular I can’t find an edge on either side if anything um I would lean the under because I like big game unders in general and that that game three weeks ago even though it went into overtime the under still hit cuz I

Think pace is just going to slow up with these Superstars yeah Denver under Point AC uh sorry I didn’t mean to cut you off Mt but I do think that the game might mean a little bit more to the Suns I know that the nuggets are pissed I know

That they just lost this is still a regular season game and they don’t really care about I mean like you said man even the coach says like they want the number one seed and all this but they also know that they need to be healthy going into the playoffs like

This you can’t play this game like it’s game seven I do think the suns are going to come in playing like it’s game seven they’re fighting to get out of play in tournament the Nuggets basically they don’t have a number one seat wrapped up but um they just know whether they get

One two or three long as they get in the playoffs as healthy they don’t really care they feel like they have the best team in the west by far um I just I don’t see them coming in here treating this game like it’s game seven risking injury not when they’re in the position

They are so especially with the Suns coming off of that bad of a loss um I think that they’re the more motivated team here they’ve been the N have been selective about which games they get up for maybe they don’t here so that’s entirely possible uh if you don’t think

So so Jay likes the Suns you do I didn’t bet it man I you like you like the Suns but you’re not going to bet it I think that’s the best way to put it right I lean that way if everybody’s in beill and nurkic I do

Lean to the Suns plus the points and I do believe that Jamal Murray will play as well so if you do like the Nuggets um you probably want to hop on this one as soon as you see this all right it’s gonna do it for buckets thanks for

Joining us appreciate you guys being with us my thanks to David Payne our producer as well as our video crew including hunt and Jackson get this up on youtube.com/ theaction Network we’ll be back with you tomorrow with Jay Shan and AC Sean will be back tomorrow and then Sean I’ll be with you

On live buckets on Thursday night at 11: Eastern thanks for joining us we’ll see you guys again next time till then get Buckets

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