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Wizards won nine of last 10 games with New Orleans; under is 8-2 in those games. Pelicans are 2-3 vs spread in last five games in this building. New Orleans is 4-6 in last 10 games, but 3-0-1 vs spread in game following its last four losses; they’re 5-5 as road underdogs. Last 10 NO games went over total. Washington won three of last four home games; they’re 4-8 as home favorites. Eight of their last nine games stayed under total.
Kings won three of last four games with Philly; they’re 1-3 vs spread in last four games in this building. Over is 5-1-1 in last seven series games. Sacramento lost five of its last seven games; they’re 6-8-1 vs spread as road underdogs. Three of their last four games stayed under the total. 76ers lost lost six of their last seven games; they’re 1-4 vs spread in last five tries as a home fave, 0-3 vs spread if they played night before. Last four Philly games went over total.
Cavaliers won their last five games with Milwaukee (3-1-1 vs spread); they’re 3-2 vs spread in last five visits here. Eight of last ten series games went over total. Cleveland won five in row, nine of last ten games; they’re 5-5 as road favorites. Six of their last eight games stayed under the total. Bucks lost their last three games; they’re 6-8 vs spread at home, 0-1 as an underdog. Over is 7-0-1 in their last eight games.
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Tuesday's Tip Sheet
December 18, 2017
By Kevin Rogers
VegasInsider.com
Game of the Night: Cavaliers at Bucks – 8:05 PM EST
Cleveland (23-8 SU, 11-19-1 ATS) was suffering through an NBA Finals hangover early on by going 5-7. The Cavaliers have responded by winning 18 of their past 19 games to take control of the Central division, capped off by a 106-99 victory at Washington as 2 ½-point road underdogs on Sunday. LeBron James posted a triple-double by scoring 20 points, pulling down 15 rebounds, and dishing out 15 assists in spite of shooting 8-of-23 from the floor.
Milwaukee (15-13 SU, 11-13-4 ATS) won six of seven games from late November through mid-December, but the Bucks have stumbled of late by dropping three in a row. Jason Kidd’s team allowed exactly 115 points in each of those defeats to New Orleans, Chicago, and Houston, while sailing OVER the total in each contest. The Bucks cashed as 10 ½-point underdogs in a 115-111 setback at Houston on Saturday, their highest ‘dog number of the season.
In two matchups this season, the Cavaliers have topped the Bucks each time, including a 116-97 triumph at BMO Harris Bradley Center on October 20. Cleveland shot 54% from the field, led by James’ 24 points and five three-pointers from Kyle Korver. The only bright spot for Milwaukee came from their star, Giannis Antetokounmpo, who shot 15-of-22 from the field and scored 34 points.
In the second meeting at Quicken Loans Arena on November 7, the Cavs held off the Bucks, 124-119 as five-point favorites. After falling behind by 11 points after one quarter, Milwaukee stormed back to take a two-point halftime lead. Cleveland outscored Milwaukee by seven points in the second half as Kevin Love torched the Bucks for 32 points and 16 rebounds.
Cleveland has captured eight of the past nine meetings with Milwaukee since November 2015, including a 3-1 mark at BMO Harris Bradley Center. The Cavs have won nine of their past 11 on the highway, while Milwaukee is listed as a home underdog for only the second time this season, losing to Oklahoma City on Halloween by 19 points.
Pelicans at Wizards – 7:05 PM EST
Washington (16-14 SU, 14-16 ATS) has failed to cover in five consecutive games, as the Wizards close out their four-game homestand with the Pelicans. In Sunday’s 106-99 defeat to Cleveland, the backcourt duo of John Wall and Bradley Beal combined to shoot 16-of-43 from the floor and score 42 points as the Wizards lost to the Cavaliers for the second time at home this season. The Wizards have registered the UNDER at Capital One Arena in nine of the past 10 tries, while finishing UNDER the total in eight of the last nine games overall.
New Orleans (15-15 SU, 16-13-1 ATS) has been the definition of a roller-coaster team of late by alternating wins and losses in each of its past nine games. The Pelicans lost to the Nuggets in overtime on Friday, 117-115 after blowing a 13-point lead following one quarter of play. The three-headed monster of DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, and Jrue Holiday put up 82 points, but couldn’t hold onto a late double-digit advantage to suffer its fourth road loss in their past five tries.
This series has been all Wizards the last five seasons with Washington posting an incredible 9-1 SU and 8-2 ATS mark against New Orleans. Last season, the Wizards took care of the Pelicans twice by double-digits apiece, while each game easily went UNDER the total. New Orleans last won in the Nation’s Capital on January 1, 2011, as the Pelicans have dropped each of their previous five visits to Washington.
Kings at 76ers – 7:05 PM EST
Following an impressive 7-2-1 ATS stretch, Sacramento (9-20 SU, 12-14-3 ATS) is coming off a pair of double-digit road losses at Minnesota and Toronto. The Kings led the Raptors on Sunday, 63-61 at halftime as 12-point underdogs, but Sacramento could muster only 30 second half points in a 108-93 setback at Air Canada Center. Sacramento lost to Toronto for the second time in a seven-day span, while falling to 4-3 away from Golden 1 Center.
Philadelphia (14-15 SU, 16-12-1 ATS) stubbed its toe in a 117-115 setback to suddenly streaking Chicago on Monday as two-point favorites. Joel Embiid sat out for the 76ers, but Dario Saric stepped up by scoring 27 points in Philadelphia’s sixth loss in the past seven games. The Sixers erased a 12-point second half deficit to take an eight-point advantage with four minutes remaining before getting outscored, 18-8 down the stretch.
Sacramento rallied to stun Philadelphia in its first meeting this season, 109-108 as 6 ½-point home underdogs in early November. Rookie guard De’Aaron Fox knocked down the game-winning jumper with 13 seconds remaining as the 76ers squandered a six-point lead in the final 90 seconds. Nine of the last 10 meetings in this series have been covered by the underdog, while Philadelphia is listed as a home favorite against Sacramento for the first time since February 2013.