Thursday's Basketball

By Divol

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Cajal Laboral



10th December 19:00 GMT

On top of the Over for the game itself, I find very nice value in three more plays here. Teletovic to score less than 12 points, Lampe to score more than 11.5 points and Splitter scoring Over 15 points.

Teletovic is a good player, but he did score in the last game against Maccabi only 2 points. More than that, I feel that today Eliyahu will have a great game since he knows this court very well after playing there all the seasons. I couldn't find a bit on him, but if he plays well he will take Teletovic minutes, since they play in the same position. I doubt Telerovic will score more than 10 points; maybe even stop on much lower than that.

Lampe scored 18 points in Vitoria, making 4 of 6 three pointers. Still he was only 1 of 6 from 2 points range, so even with me believing he won't score 4 three pointers, he should still score more than the total set. He is so far 7 from 15 behind the arc and in the games he played in decent minutes, he scored 6, 18, 15 and 19 points. Two games he didn't play almost were both on the road, where Gershon seeks more a defensive stopper and Lampe is really not such a player. At home I believe he will play his 20+ minutes, scoring 2 three pointer, 3 two pointers and 2 – 4 free throws and he should reach 5 points.

Splitter is easy. 26 points against Maccabi in the first game, scored in double figures in all games but one, where he got to a quick foul trouble (4 fouls in 11 minutes) and Maccabi has big problems against solid big guys, especially those that do good post up and can score mid range shots.

Picks:

Teletovic Under 12 points – 1.85 – 2 units play – Triobet

Lampe Over 11.5 points, 2.03 – 2 units play – Triobet

Splitter Over 15 points, 1.85 - 2 units play – Triobet

.........I also like, but haven't played Charles Smith from Pilsen Over 9.5 points, Teodosic from Olympiacos Over 9.5 points. Tomas from Cibona Over 13.5 points and Brown from Kaunas Over 13.5 points.


Washington Wizards v Boston Celtics



11th December 01:05 GMT

I think this bet makes much sense to be honest and I really like it. Boston are on a very easy schedule for now. In the next month, they will play only once B2B, while their next six games made from their current road trip to Washington, Chicago and Memphis and then three home games against Philly, Minnesota and Indiana.
I could be wrong, but it's hard to imagine them being hyped up about those games as they were in their last road trip.

On the other side we got Wizards. After two wins they lost two straight. At home to struggling Raptors and on the road to struggling Pistons. Now they play Boston, a team that swept them last season, but a team that they won three straight in the year before (with healthy Arenas). Wizards should really turn the page and they usually come up decent after a rest (won Raptors, Heat, Cleveland and Philly off a rest).

I do feel that Arenas, Butler and Jamison are a tough trio to handle and Wizards are deep. Besides beating the Spurs, Boston have been much better beating one star teams such as Thunder, Heat and Cleveland, while struggled against teams like the Magic, Suns and Hawks.

The line is a bit too high for me, especially when I see that Boston got only 4 points in Philly, 4 points against the Thunder and 7 points against Pacers that played still without Dunleavy.

Picks:

Washington +7.5, 1.95 odds – 3.5 units play - Sportingbet

Wizards ML – 3.90 odds – 1 units play - Betfair