These teams met for the title just two seasons ago but while the Pistons own the
league's best record at 36-5, the Lakers enter this game just 23-19. In the Big-10
game, the Hoosiers are favored by 3 1/2 points over Minnesota with a total of
133. 10 Washington at Stanford. ABC has a doubleheader with the Suns at the Cavs
(1:05 ET) and the Heat at the Rockets (3:35 ET). Morrison had 30 points at
the half and finished with 42. James had 46 points for the Cavs in that
loss and is averaging 35.5 PPG in Cleveland's recent four-game winning streak. In the NBA,
after three-day pass, it's my 10* Inter-Conf Game of the Month on the Suns/Cavs.It was
a not good week for long winning streaks, as West Va saw its 12-game winning
streak end on Wednesday by losing 58-52 as a 16-point favorite to a Marshall team,
that entered that game with just seven wins! The very next day, UAB saw its
10-game winning streak end at Memphis, 73-66. That means it's BOUNCE-BACK Sunday and I have
two 15* plays in CBB (70% winning rate since Jan 1) plus one of my
exclusive Las Vegas Insider Plays. 9 West Va at St John's (2:30 ET) and No.
The Red Storm own home upsets of tn requin Louisville and Pittsburgh in the last two weeks,
so the Mountaineers (2 1/2-point favorites with a total of 122) won't expect a "walk
in the park."Washington hasn't won in Stanford's Maples Pavilion since a 68-67 win back on
1/20/93! So when the 16-3 and 10th-ranked Huskies tip off tonight at 8:00 ET against
the unranked and 9-7 Cardinal, they clearly won't be OVERCONFIDENT. Purdue had been the last
team to win at Illinois (54-50 back on 1/10/04) but the Illini's 18-point win ups
the school's record at home to 90-3 since the beginning of the 1999-2000 season.Interestingly, Portland
(like Purdue), was also the last team to have won on Gonzaga's home court in
Spokane (2/19/04). Both Illinois and Gonzaga joined Southern Illinois at 33 straight home wins (the
nation's longest current streak), when the Illini beat Purdue (76-58) and the Bulldogs took care
of Portland (81-64). Washington is favored by two points with a total of 150 1/2.The
NBA features a six-game card on Sunday. While Portland may be the last team to
have won at Gonzaga but with last night's loss, the Pilots have now lost 19
of their last 20 meetings with the Bulldogs.For the record, NEITHER Illinois nor Gonzaga 'covered'
in their wins, so Purdue and Portland did come up 'winners' for some people!TV nike pas cher matchups
for Sunday are Arkansas at Kentucky and Indiana at Minnesota on CBS at 1:00 ET.
The Cavs are 15-5 SU and 13-6-1 ATS at home.The Miami/Houston game has no early
line, as Dwayne Wade is questionable for the Heat. The Cavs are favored by two
points with a total of 206 1/2. No. Of course LA has Kobe but Detroit
owns the league's best "starting-five.". Duke, Florida and Pittsburgh all won yesterday in college hoops,
a much better result than the previous Saturday, when all three teams suffered their first
loss of the season. Saturday, it was Texas' turn.Texas entered last night's game having held
all nine opponents to less than 40 percent from the floor in each of its
wins, allowing an average of just 51.2 PPG during the streak. Minnesota has opened 0-6
in the Big-10, shooting less than 40 percent in each game, while averaging only 57.7
PPG.Other games of note for Sunday are No. 5 Texas was the day's biggest loser,
as the Longhorns saw their nine-game winning streak snapped by Oklahoma at Norman, when they
lost 82-72 to the Sooners.My free play for Sunday is on Arkansas over Kentucky at
1:00 ET. The Pistons are 19-2 at home but just 10-11 ATS. The Pilots couldn't
stop Adam Morrison, the nation's leading scorer at 29 PPG. Kentucky (13-6) is a four-point
favorite over 14-5 Arkansas with a total of 130 1/2. Back on January 14 in
Phoenix, the Suns won 115-106, as they shot 54.7 percent from the floor, including 11-of-17
on three-pointers. He has now topped 30 points nine times this year, including four games
of more than 40 points. Saturday was a DISASTER, as my free play was my
only winner of the day (Va Tech an outright upset winner over Wake Forest)! After
a 16-6-1 CBB run from 1/14 through 1/24, I laid an egg on Saturday, a
GOOSE-EGG, going 0-3. LA is 14-8 ATS on the road, so maybe the pointspread (Detroit
is favored by 8 1/2 points with a total of 196 1/2) can be the
great equalizer?Larry Ness is a documented member of the Professional Handicappers League. Naturally, Oklahoma made
31-of-57 FG attempts on Saturday (54.4 percent), while scoring 82 points.However, two winning streaks of
note didn't come close to ending on Saturday. West Va is the only remaining team
in the Big East without a conference loss (5-0) but saw its 12-game winning streak
stopped this past Wednesday by Marshall (see above). It's the Lakers at the Pistons tonight
at 6:30 ET on ESPN. Read all of his articles at [http://www.procappers.com/Larry_Ness.htm].
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