Tuesday...

I actually like a lot of plays tonight, so we'll see how well I am (or am not) seeing it right now in the NBA as I have been heating up with the exception of that last total play...

Cleveland Cavaliers +4.5, laying $110 to win $100 -- I also made a small play on the moneyline for CLE...The Cavs have finally been playing up to expectations the past 2 weeks after playing horribly the first 5 weeks...They have won 4 straight games at home against 2 good teams (DEN & LAC) and 2 other teams that were supposed to be good this year (CHI & NY)...This is an odd spot here to fade Portland, too...Portland is the last team in the league that has not had a NC (not cover) 2 games in a row this season...Tonight starts Week 8 of the season...So they have gone 7 weeks without ever Not Covering 2 games in a row...Indy was right with them until they lost to DET last night, so the Pacers have their FIRST NC2 streak of the year now at the end of Week 7...Every team but 3 in the league had a NC2 by the end of Week 3...PORT, Indy and (surprisingly) PHOE made it through 5 weeks without a NC2...I don't have time to check my database to see how many teams in the past 30 years made it into Week 8 without a NC2, but I doubt it is very many...This looks like a good spot to me for PORT to get their first NC2 as Cleveland is playing much better basketball the past 2 weeks as evidenced by their comeback against the Heat in Miami their last time out as they erased a 19-point deficit on the road to come back and take the lead in the 4th Quarter against the Heat until Miami won the game in the final 2 minutes...

GL...

Tuesday's Rankings:

Sides:

1) Cle, 2) Den, 3) LAL, 4) Sac, 5) NO

Totals:

1) Sac un, 2) LAL un, 3) Cle ov, 4) NO un, 5) Den un