I have seen some unfair scheduling situations in the NBA over the past 3 decades, but tonight might take the cake...
The Minnesota Timberwolves are playing their 3rd game in 3 nights (all on the Road) at Phoenix, and the Suns come into this one with 7 days rest...
Now sure, Minny had 2 games at Staples, so there was no travel involved between games there, and it's only 359 miles from LA to Phoenix...So the miles traveled is NOT significant for this 3 road games in 3 days stretch, but still, to get an opponent with 7 days rest is a bit ridiculous...
Now teams playing their 3rd game in 3 nights vs. rested teams this season are 6-6 ATS, but the closest game to tonight's game (in terms of multiple days rest vs. a 3-in-3) is when Utah had their 3rd game in 3 nights at OKC and OKC had 3 days rest and the Thunder blew them out by 26...Although we don't have the disparity in class with these 2 opponents tonight like we did on 2/14 with Utah at OKC...
PHOE as a 2H play may be better as we saw several teams (CLE, DAL, MIN) in back-enders falter last night in the 2H against rested teams...
So I am debating on whether to just take PHOE on the game line or wait for a 2H play...
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