Big Al McMordie

At 10:05 pm, our selection is on the Chicago Bulls + the points over Phoenix.  The Suns won their last game -- at New Orleans -- but are just 17-54 on the season.  And I love playing against certain bad teams off wins.  Phoenix, tonight, certainly fits the bill, as they fall into a negative 36-67 ATS system of mine which goes against certain .333 (or worse) teams off a win.  The Suns are a poor 1-8 ATS at home their last nine after back to back road games.  And they're 9-21 ATS at home off a point spread win.  Take Chicago.  Good luck, as always...Al McMordie.

At 10:35 pm, our selection is on the San Jose Sharks over the Vegas Golden Knights.  With a seven point lead over the fourth-place Coyotes, the Golden Knights have a pretty good hold on the last guaranteed playoff spot from the Pacific Division.  Still, despite a successful (i.e., winning) season, this year's version of the Knights appears to fall far short of the one which went all the way to the Finals less than 12 months ago.  The Sharks, on the other hand, stand an excellent chance of eclipsing their wins and point total from last season and reaching the century mark for the second straight year.  San Jose would like to be this year's Vegas, and make it all the way to the Finals for what would be its second time in the last four seasons.  Vegas won at home last night, but they are just a .500 team on the road this season (18-18).  Even worse for Vegas:  this will be the sixth time this season that it had to go on the road as an underdog after playing the previous day.  And Vegas has gone 0-5 in the five previous games, while being outscored in those games, 22-8.  Finally, the fact that the Sharks have allowed four goals in each of their last two games (vs. the Panthers and Predators) has triggered a team situation which is 75%, as the Sharks are 18-6 (+12 games on the money line) after allowing four or more goals in two straight.  Take San Jose.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.

At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the San Antonio Spurs + the points over Golden State.  Gregg Popovich's crew is currently the hottest team in the NBA, with eight straight wins.  And they're now within shouting distance of a top 4 seed (and home court advantage) in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.  As things currently stand, San Antone is in 6th place in the West, but just a half-game ahead of the eighth-seeded Clippers, so each game has significant importance to the team.  Tonight, the Spurs will welcome the West's best team, the 47-21 Warriors, to the Alamo City.  When these two teams last met, Golden State ran the Spurs out of the gym, with a 141-102 cakewalk.  I look for the Spurs to avenge that defeat, as they're a perfect 17-0 ATS at home vs. foes with a .600 to .750 win percentage, if the Spurs were playing with revenge from a loss by more than 21 points.  Take San Antonio.  Good luck, as always...Al McMordie.