Two games are on the menu tonight. Initially Bucks-Blazers and on 05: 30 in the early morning Suns-Pelicans. I will not deal with the first bet at all, although I believe that Giannis and his company will win relatively easily, logically covering the high handicap. From the second, however, a choice emerged which we will analyze below.

Both Suns, as much as Pelicans are two of the teams I have liked so far. Tonight's showdown at the 'Suns' headquarters finds itself in the opposite direction as the home side (7-6) come from an 2 series defeat, and the Pels (5-9) from 2 win. At the same time, there are some injuries issues in both that complicate the situation further. Anyway, if I were to bet something by force I would go to double with + 4 or 5 points (in odds around 1,85), especially as it becomes clear whether or not Rubio will finally play for the Suns.

So the special one I chose from this particular show is over 34,5 on sum of points, rebounds and Assist of Brandon Ingram, in yield 1,83 (bet365). Released, this word I think is showing at 100% the season Ingram is doing so far. Apparently his escape from the Lakers and his move to the Pelicans made 22 years ahead of him. puts on the parquet its true potential and play like an all-star while being a character the team's top scorer and rebounder. 25,4 points 7,3 '' trash '' and 4 Assist his averages in the 10 matches he has played this year with 52% field goal perc. and 44,4% on the tripod. In the latest Pelicans against the Blazers, Ingram returned to action after missing 4 games and showed in great shape (21 / 7 / 5). Tonight, combined with the absence of guests i expect to get it again initiatives and with Holiday to '' carry them '' aggressive guests, so I'll go with the over.

The second game that will concern us tonight is the one between Phoenix Suns And them Miami Heat.

If I were asked to choose the two teams, one from each region, that have impressed me the most so far, these would undoubtedly be the two tonight's opponents who make a great start to the regular season. It's not just the 5-2 that both count so far, but mainly the basketball they play and the image they get inside the parquet.

The Suns, led by Monty Williams, are currently in the 2 position of the western suburbs and for the first time in many years present something worth watching. At the same time, '' Suns '' star Devin Booker shows that he is the player we all considered in previous years making awesome appearances. It has helped of course that this year he has a pretty serious and quality roster around him.

On the Heat side now the addition of Jimmy Butler seems ideal at the moment, when the two rookies of the team, Nunn and Hero, are criminally beaten at 100% with the rest of the team scoring a run. Add to that the experience of Goran Dragic, the immense improvement in Adebayo's game, a respectable and full bench and, of course, one of the best head coach in the league, Eric Spoelstra, and the answer immediately is why this year's Heat can get enough. high up.

I confess that I will sit down to watch tonight's match with great interest and I will not be impressed by either of them. In my mind it is true that I have one click closer to the victory of the guests, but so far. However, based on what the two sets have presented to us so far, I believe that the difference in the score will be small and the winner will be a little more than 110 points. Therefore, I will go with it over 214,5 in all of their match points.

We're going to a NBA beret and we're moving to Arizona and the match between Phoenix and Miami.
Phoenix has a 12-10 record and is in the 8 position in the West. Last week he played three sets of difficult home games in Dallas, Houston and Los Angeles (Clippers). He started winning Dallas, lost with 100-95 in Houston yesterday lost 121-120 to the Clippers extension thanks to a lucky three-pointer of Griffin with the ball bouncing 2 times on the wreath before falling into the Sas basketball. Bledso made the first triple double against his former team but was not enough Today, Phoenix will find a team has to win 3 years 6 has been run ittes.Ostoso, another dynamic was the Heat with LeBron and another right now struggling to hold on 8ada the East.
Spencer's team is in the 7 position of the East with a record of 9-11 but has lately gone from bad to worse. 4 has reached defeats from Washington, Atlanta, Milwaukee and Memphis with the difference in all four games being double-digit .
The only one who looks to be rescued in the last match is Wade, with Bos and Deng moving in mediocrity, while the bench rarely helps scoring.
Although Sans yesterday played 53 minutes against Clippers, they have all the odds to make an easy victory against Deforme Het.

First stop for this day in Indianapolis where Indiana hosts Phoenix.
The Suns, although they lost a few games at home, have made 3 consecutive wins in the East against Boston, Detroit and Philadelphia and today they will want to make 4/4 in their mini tour in the East. In the last game they gave yesterday against Philadelphia, Hornacek split the playing time so that his players are fresh for today's game. The final score of 122-92 in favor of the Suns says it all, since if the Arizona team did not maintain strength the difference could easily reach and 40 points. Against Eastern teams, the Suns have a record of 4-1 with a single defeat by Charlotte with 103-95 at home.
Indiana started the season badly with a record of 1-6, but then took 4 wins in the next 5 games and made big doubles in Miami and Chicago. It continues to have long absences as West, George, Hill and Miles are doubtful. which will logically manage to play. Against western teams it has a record of 1-2 with its only victory being against Utah at home.
With these absences, Indiana is a team of 85-90 points. Today, it will be very difficult to withstand the pace of the Shawn.
The double on 1.80 looks like a great gift under these circumstances.

Let's take a walk from the magical world of the NBA, where today the game has quite a lot of matches (11 as a whole). As in the previous stakes, I will play a match against a western and an east group, where I will naturally stand up against the East.
Sanse did not start well this year, since 7 gave 11 6 home games with 5-2 records. However, they managed to beat 118 from the top teams in the championship, such as the Golden State and San Antonio. On Monday they started a tour East to defeat Celtic in their first fight at Celtics with 114-30 in a match that although they were ahead of them with two-point differences was little missing. First scorer for Shams was Markieff Morris with 19 points while Senior Len scored 30 (rec ) and it seems to be getting slowly on it. Let's remind you that Sanse probably have the best line at the NBA, since behind Bledso and Dragic there are Greens and Thomas who can put 3 points on their good days. Many times even coach Hornackeck plays with close shapes to have XNUMX of them at his five.
For their part, Pistons with a new coach, Stan Van Gandy, started this year with a numb and 3-8 record. The tall figure with Smith, Monroe and Drammond does not come out because the team from the middle and the long distance does not threaten, 3 on the parquet are no distances in the attack and basically falls on top of each other, since the three want the ball close to the basket. The only positive news is that the Jennings playmaker makes a good year with raised numbers over last year. Also, the bench did not offer many aid since apart from the DJ Augustin the rest is nothing special.
It's hard for Detroit to keep up with the San's rhythm and I think Shawn will get an easy win.

Today with a lot of games today and in the end maybe he turned us into boomerang. In Portland, the Blazers, although they started slack, made a very good game against the Cavaliers and won very easily with 101-82. From the guests the only one that was saved was Kevin Lov.
From today onwards I will miss most games with eastern teams as they are unreliable and unpredictable. Arizona's first stop and the Phoenix match against undefeated Memphis.
The Sun has made a very good start in the season and has a record of 3-1 counting 2 victories against the Lakers and one against the Spurs champions at home with 94-89. The only defeat I made in Utah where they lost from the raised Jazz team with 118-91. As I have already had the best line in the whole league since behind the main Dragic-Bledso are the Green-Thomas who can pull the team to scoring. In the winning away match against The Lakers had but They 48 points coming from the bench.
From his side, Memphis is undefeated 4-0 and has so far won Minnesota, Indiana, Charlotte and New Orleans.Today he gives the hardest game of the season to a seat that will hardly pass many teams.The team bench does not give many points and is perhaps the weak point of Memphis but the basic five with Konle, Radolf, Gassol, Allen and Princes are among the most qualitative in the NBA.
I will give a small lead to the headquarters of Phoenix and I will bet on the ace with a small stead.

Shawns were impressed with their performances, and while everyone was waiting to step into the difficult West, they managed to make 48 wins and fight for the end of their playoffs at Phoenix, although they did not sign a good free agent. , having probably the best 3 in the shorts with Dragic-Bledso and the newly-named Thomas from Sacramento. In addition to Tomas, Z. Drogic-Tolver and the 1 rounds of Warren and Ennis came in the summer. At the premiere his championship they won in the disappointing Lakers with 113-93. Nowadays will be the forwarded Forward who has been punished for 3 fights.
The Spurs champions did not change nearly anything in the summer and they are running with the same team for the repeat. The Anderson Runaway was added by the end of the 1 round. They started winning the new season after winning Dallas with 101-100 in Texas derby.
Missing for today will be the main center Splitser and Milles. It is the final MVP against Miami Leonard.
The champions will find it dark against a team that plays very fast basketball and ends many attacks on 6-7 seconds.
In odds near 2,00 the Ace of Phoenix is ​​very good.
Also, from today's coupon I believe that Milwaukee and Clippers will cover the handicap against Philadelphia and Lakers respectively.

We take a stroll from the NBA magic world and the nodal struggle between 2 groups fighting to enter the playoffs.
The Sanse guests have a record of 41-29 and are half a win behind 8 Dallas yesterday who lost to Brooklyn by 107-104.
Phoenix defeated 127-120 in Minnesota yesterday with 22-34 winning 17-25, but 8-1 won the win. Markieff Morris scored 21 points and gathered 19 rebounds, Bledso returned 17 10 scored 129 while Tucker added 120. With Bnsn's return, Hornackzec's coach's arms were resolved, and together with Dragic, they make up an explosive twin and give a very fast pace to the Shawn game. Contracts in the Eastern teams have a record of XNUMX-XNUMX, while in the unique game that played for this year beat Arizona in Atlanta with XNUMX-XNUMX (negative record for Atlanta defense this year).

On the other hand, Hocks hosts also play for the second consecutive game day after yesterday they lost to Raptors in Toronto with 96-86. They are at 8 in the East with a 31-37 record, however they are more comfortable than Sans after 9 in the East is far enough away. In the 3 game yesterday he checked the game and found himself ahead of 71-60. However, in the last twelve minutes Toronto made his assault and took the game.
25 points were Mc and 17 was made by Carroll and Milsap. Atlanta has a record of 10-17 against Western teams. Doubtless for today's game is Cork, who also lost yesterday's game with the Raptors.

As the 2 teams 'record shows, Phoenix is ​​a better team and on Blizzos' return has climbed a level. 1.80 that pays the doubles of the sun is good enough and I will bet it.

Derby between two teams in the Pacific Division and nearly the same record so far. The hosts of Shawn are at 6's West Side and have a record of 29-20, while Warwars is a record-breaking 30-20 record. 
The two teams have been knocked 2 times this season, and count from one victory at their home. Sanes took the first game in Arizona with 106-102, to give Warriors an emphatic victory in Auckland with 115-86.
Sanse is coming from two consecutive defeats from Chicago and Houston, but before these victories 5 has won victories on their trip to the East against Cleveland, Indiana, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Charlotte. Dragits is in a demoted form with 26 points .The. and 60% to shoot in the latest 6 games. In the Rockets match, Coach Hornackeck complained to his bad guys about the game, with Houston having a 55% shot and easily defeating 122-118. today's away match for another match will be Bledso.
On the other hand the Golden State has a lot of ups and downs in its performance. It made a good start in the first month and then made a justified belly after it stayed for a month except Iguadala who is their best defender. After 10 have won many victories, In their last game they played without their 2 highs (Bogout, Lee) defeated Chicago with 102-87. For today's away match, Li and Buffout are doubtful, but will logically play. players who will come from the bench will hardly cover Li's void.
All of our data leads to the ace that currently pays 1.66 to paddypower.

Race between 2 teams with a totally different philosophy. Washington is based on its very good defense (but it also has the worst attacks on the NBA), while Phoenix opens the rhythm of the match and has one of the best attacks on the NBA.

The Sanes against all the predictions they wanted at the bottom of the West have done a very good year and are at 7's West Side record 24-17. Coach Hornackeck has given the club's key to Dragits and the Slovenian who makes a all-star year is a pretty fast pace in the Sanse games. Strengths in teams of the East have good results this year, while in the last home game defeated the best team at Nova Indiana (record base) with the imposing 124-100. his seat has taken many victories (15 -6), while home 10 scores more points than 109 on average (99 vs. 15) .For another away game it will be the bravado guard Bledso, but SanS before XNUMX days signed the Brazilian Barbosa to cover its gap. Also, Gerald Greene makes a very good year that this year shows that apart from impressive nails can help in many areas the team and the twin brothers Morris who give a lot of solutions from the bench.

Washington has a record of 20-21 and is in 6's position in the east. However, a roster based would expect more of the wizards if we calculate the fact that most matches are against the weak teams in the East. He has a very good pair of shorts Wol and Bill are close to 20 points. Even the team is particularly strong on the high line with Gortat and Nene. The team, however despite the very good units has not found chemistry and has done a lot of bad matches. their last game has been as in the extension of the decimated Boston.
In 12's latest home games, Sans are ahead of 10-2.
I believe that Phoenix will impose its very fast pace and Washington will hardly manage to follow. I also get a small handicap - 3,5

Yesterday, although for 3, Oklahoma went well and was ahead of the 84-75 score in the last twelve minutes, and the Raptors made a 14-29 score and beat 98-104 and go I'm going to re-turn the Lakers, who have been away from home lately. Today they are away from home with Phoenix Shawn.

The Lakers, compared to what I wrote two days ago for the fight against Wolverins, do not have much difference in their racing problems. They have a record of 13-14, but 2's last away games have seen a crash from Oklahoma with 122-97 and Worries with 102-83. In addition to another match, Kobe and 3, Bleak and Farm.

The Suns, on the other hand, are in 6th place in the West with a record of 16-10 going from victory to victory, having reached 6 in the last 7 games with a single defeat from San Antonio. Dragic and Blencho give the team a devilish rhythm and The team is reminiscent of the 2004-7 season with Nas, Studamier and Marion with run 'n gun. Also, the twin brothers Morris give significant help from the bench.

They have problems with the Lakers in the guard and they will find the fastest team in the NBA against them. They will find it difficult to stay close to the score and I hope Sans will get an easy victory with double-digit point difference.

Before 3-4 years this game would be a challenge for the top positions of the West, however things have changed and 2 current opponents are fighting for entry to the most offshore.

The Lakers, who started the season without their big star Kobe Bryant, are doing quite well with a 9-11 record and are close to the playoffs. After many years the team seems to have players who can help from the bench and At home, they have a record of 6-5 and have made several good appearances, culminating in the victory against the Clippers. In the previous home game against Toronto, Kobe returned, who in 25 minutes had 9 points with 2/8 shots. From today's match, the 2 playmakers of the team, Nas and Farmar, will be absent.

On the other hand, the Sanes against all the predictions they wanted at the bottom of the West have made a very good start and have a positive record 11-9. Coach Hornack has taken over from 100% .Dragits and Blends give a very fast pace to the games of the Sans and the team reminds 2004-7 with NAS, STUDAMAMIER and MARION with run 'n gun. It could have been higher in the scoring but they have cost them some defeats that made their head against easier opponents have won 2 times in Portland and the As Rockets in Chiouston.An today continue to shoot a good percentage will have many chances to get niki.Gia today's match will not have absences.

In the last 4 years the Lakers have 9-1 victories against Phoenix in the home.

I will trust Shawn after they show they have found pace, while the Lakers are looking after Kobe's return.

An amazing start to Phoenix, which certainly was not even their most optimistic fan. The "suns" already count three wins in the first four games, being defeated only in Oklachoma (103-96), with Thunder being ... spitting blood and 30-4, Jazz (104-91) and Pelicans (87-84) that they won in the last 104 seconds with 98 shots of Westbrook and two of Durant's. in New Orleans. The Arizona team is a youthful and very talented ensemble with quality units in the tall such as Plumlee, who is now "unfolding" his talent by performing great performances, the twin Morris who come from the bench and make important help with scores (especially Markieff), "old" Channing Frye and Slava Kravtsov they got from Detroit. A confused racket, ideally framing Dragic-Bledsoe's super twin in the region, with the second one even starting a furier in his new squad. However, Slovenian is doubtful if he will fight today as he does not seem to has completely overtaken the trauma but he is hoping for the opposite. Alex Len and Alex Okafor recently won by the Wizards through an exchange.

Denver will give back to back matches as he played for Pepsi Center yesterday and achieved his first win against the Hawks with 109-107, having a very good night with Lawson (23 with 9-16 3-5-14), McGee (7 with 13-13) and Foye (4 with 7-3 and 5-15print) and Robinson (5 with 11-4 and 6-12) (5 with 10-2 and 3-56tr.) That came from the bench. It is worth mentioning the fact that the "pellets" shot with 14% on the tripods achieving 25-48.8, while the percentage of the shots reached XNUMX%, but they still did not want it much to lose the fight, with the "hawks" failing in two attempts (they also got aggressive rebounds) in the last seconds to send the match to the prolongation. Lack of lies, this year's Denver is a lot of stairs under Denver with George Karl on his bench. Kroenke made "crimes" in the summer when he decided to give "coach" to Karl coach and replace him with infinite head coach Brian Shaw, while Iguodala and Brewer's flight left "naked "the team. In the negative the very bad start that Kenneth Faried is doing, with Shaw probably The Nuggets especially this year more than any other year must win the matches they need at their headquarters, because away from it they will usually leave with the head down, and if they spit blood to win their Hawks customers at Pepsi Center, then things are more than just serious

I will trust a youth team with an appetite for good basketball, who convinces her performance on the parquet against another weakened, bad performer and key players to appear to have no part in the team. A simple win for the Suns , which goes as far as it goes down and difficult until evening has not balanced.

The only sure thing about the Thunder until Westbrook returns to action is that they need big appearances from Kevin Durant, if they want to avoid potential gels and be competitive with equivalent or even lower capacity opponents. Obviously the same has always been the case, except that you have Westbrook on the floor and Harden or Martin as the sixth player and you do not have any of them and a bench well below average. So now Durantula must be twice as good. With the Jazz in the premiere, however, it was not. He finished the match with 42 points, but he shot with 9/24, 2/8 three-pointers, but also 22-24 shots (!!!), with his team still getting a difficult victory with 101-98. With the Timberwolves he played only 27 minutes and with the match having "cleared" early in favor of the "wolves" as expected sat on the bench in the 4th period, finishing with just 13 points and 4/11 shots. Today the Thunder will give their first match in front of their audience, in which Durant usually reserves the δικ his special show, which I believe he will do tonight against a talented team, but infinite that will hardly find a way to limit him. Over 30.5 for the Oklachoma super star, otherwise the hosts will have a difficult night .He plays in his "home", he is relaxed (thanks to the 27 minutes of participation in the last match), he takes most of the efforts steadily, he does not want us to trust him too much, even if he did not start so well.

To make an edit here because there is no longer any form of comment, Westbrook returns to action today, after taking the OK from the team's medical team. "Not sure how many minutes will take (obviously and only a few), but the sure thing is he will play.

Matt, which in my opinion has a distinctive interest in the dawn is this between Phoenix and Oklachoma. A word hears in the name of Kevin Durant, with the Thunder star out of the showdown with the "sunsets" to take a breath and probably play in the last match for the preseason against the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center, where we will not only see Oklachoma's basic pentade and controlled rotation by Scott Brooks. This is how the Suns win, even though they have the significant absence of their primary guard, Goran Dragic, However, seeing yesterday's home game of Thunder with the much weakened Jazz, Slovenia's absence will not prevent me from going with his team. With Durantulla only struggling in the first half and to shoot with 2-10, all of Brooks faced a huge aggressive problem, as a number of solutions aggressively found only by Ibaka (17. with 7-14 and 3-4 shots) and Reggie Jackson (18 with 7-10, 3-3 trips and 1-2 shots), while 10-10 shots of Sefolosha 14 with 2-7 and 0-3), since both Adams (6 with 2-6 and 2-2 shots) and Roberson (2 with 1-4) and Thabeet, Garrett, Fisher and Lamb who came from the bench did not help aggressively, when a small "oasis" looked like Nick Collison. Whatever the moment, Thunder's bench is losing in quality, not having a competent shooter to push "the team when Durant and Jacks are in On the other hand, this has proved to be the case since Durant left for the first time on the floor less than 23 minutes (let alone today he will not fight at all).

As for the Suns, they started with 3 / 3 in the preseason, winning Maccabi Haifa (130-89) in neutral, Blasers (104-98) and Spurs (106-99), but with two Crippers defeats (102-96 and Kings (107-90 off), in a confusingly difficult series of friendly matches. It's a group that has a wealth of choices both in the region but mainly at 4 and 5 and a team that has talent and great enthusiasm but also accompanied by inexperience. The presence of Gortat, Markieff and Marcus Morris, Frye, Miles Plumlee, Kravtsov and Alex Len's robe is going to be the frontline, and the Bledsoe acquisition of the Bledsoe region gives an extra defensive touch to the Hornacek team, but mainly a player next to Goran Dragic will make up a very talented duo aggressively. They stand at 46% constantly in all their games so far and go into rapid attacks, something that favors the appearance of great scores, of course, also in the 5 races they gave.

Phoenix's bench has a lot more choices than the Thunder and certainly a lot of players who can score points, something that appeared in their previous games, where several players came from the bench and made a difference in the match. I'm going with their victory, for those who want more security they can choose the handicap for them.

YB Ibaka has not lost a preseason match with his 27-36-28-29 and 36-XNUMX XNUMX and XNUMX in the last with Jazz, so do not look strange if you do not see him on the parquet either today or see him much less than the times it has taken so far.

PS 2 Possible Perkins return is considered, now if this is good for Thunder or not I leave it to yours ....

We told Phoenix about it yesterday for the match against Minnesota, which even with the ... soul in the mouth passed, with the "suns" prevailing with 91-89 making a huge upset, since at half time it was back with 18 points. Specifically, the Suns lost the 1st period with 32 -14, the second stopped at 17 all, to enter the second part and start the "clipping", first with the 31-20 of the 3rd and then with the 29-20 of the 4th. The "wolves" proved to be extremely hard "nut", after shooting with 49.2% (30-61) and 50% (10-20) in three-pointers, however the many missed shots (19-34) gave Phoenix the opportunity to cover the difference. the latter shot just as well, but not at the level of Minnesota, as he finished the match with 46.8% (29-62) and 9-22 (40.9%) on three-pointers, with Markieff Morris on another good night (22p. with 7-9 with 2-3 trips and 6-7 shots, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and just 1 mistake in 25 minutes of participation). At high levels and the performance of his brother, Marcus, who may not have shot ibid the well (5-14 with 1-3 trips. and 7-12 shots), but managed to score 18 points, collect 4 rebounds, share 3 assists. and to make 3 steals in 31 minutes found on the floor. Significant assists from 9 Tuckers and Marshall (10 and 13 points respectively), with the former even dropping 9 rebounds and the latter sharing 6 assists. All of the above, together with Dionte Christmas who helped the most coming from the bench (16 points with 5-12 and 3 assists), they had a double-digit number of points, while Onuaku also contributed to his ... air, collecting 6 "garbage", while offering and 2 blocks in 15 minutes of participation.

On the other hand, the Grizzlies have already suffered two defeats in the tournament, disappointing their performance, losing 81-67 from the Bulls and 69-58 from the Cavaliers. They have one of the smallest roster in the summer league, since their potential does not exceed the 12 players. Among them, you will hardly find a good shooter and even harder someone who could make a difference, maybe Jon Leuer who has not yet fought. Even Wroten who has a remarkable class of 12., 4rimb, 3as. and 2, Cleveland's 1-14, while in the same game, except for Cooley (20 points with 7-13 and 2-4 three-seaters), the rest of 4's "Bears" -5 and 35-0 three-fold) .This is translated into 13% (23.7-18) in the shoot and 76% (8.3-2) on the tripod, while no shots (24% with 62.5-20) Things were not very different at the premiere with Chicago (32% with 34.9-22 shots, 63% with 15.8-3 three-pointers and 19% with 64.5-20 shots). In short, a very aggressive problem, azei the lack of good shooters peripherals, the time and the Cooley shows completely alone in the frontline of Memphis.

I will go with the win of the Suns and I will also take the handicap of 3, since I do not see how Grizzlies will be able to stay close to the score, since they have nothing special to show both as peripherally as in the taller than Cooley and Leuer does not play.

Phoenix-based roster is one of the finest teams in the Las Vegas Summer League, which is guaranteed by the presence of Morris brothers (Marcus and Markieff), Kendal Marshall who completed 48 entries with the Suns in his first NBA season, but and the experience of 28 chronos forwards, PJ Tucker. This, adding Archie Goodwin, was also the top five of the "suns" at the premiere of the tournament against Portland, which dominated 82-69 with the twins Morris and the Goodwin to complete the showdown with a two-digit number of points. On the positive side of the players (7-3) and collecting 4 rebounds at 11 minutes and 17 7-3 with 4-2, 2-1, 12-42, 34as. and 43.3 steals in 37.5 minutes on the parquet. Despite the relatively short shape chosen by the Phoenix technical staff, a rebound problem was not found, even when the Suns picked up 27 versus the XNUMX of the Blasers while they looked good enough in both both XNUMX% and XNUMX% while performing XNUMX shots at the same time. In particular, this is a very qualitative group for the summer league, while the presence of Markieff Morris near her basket adds power to this sector.

On the other hand, we have the Timberwolves, who would not say they were impressed on the 1 day of the tournament, where they even experienced the defeat of the D-League's selective team with 83-81. The "wolves" at the midfield and the roster who are 15 players, have only 4-5 who have some experience from a regular NBA season and so many who have fought either in the summer league or in the preseason. In a nutshell, it is difficult to find a player who stands out or who can, with his performance making the difference in the tournament (14 with 7-3 and 7-1 three-pointers, 3rib., 1as.1 was played at 3 minutes of attendance), at the moment when it was not 25 of this year's Shabazz Muhammad, who made a bad appearance at the premiere Lorenzo Brown, the other Minnesota rookie, who was selected at the 22 2 9 round and finished 4 10 points (1-4 and 2-2), 3Rib, 22as. and XNUM was in 24 minutes of attendance. Hummel, Johnson and Kee Kee Clark were the ones who stood out from the five wolves with a two-digit number of points, while Jeffers and Holland helped come out of the bench mainly at the score. (52.3% and 38.9% in the three-fold against 46% and 35.3% respectively) and collected ten more rebounds (36 vs 26).

I will go with Phoenix, which I said I think of the best teams in the tournament. They have a five, where 4 from the 5 players competed together last season. Of these, Morris brothers can definitely make the difference in summer league, which is missing from Minnesota.

The Suns had the misfortune to lose for the rest of the season Marcin Gortat, who was injured in the right foot. This of course a little bit annoyed them after the season for them is finished for a long time, as with 21-40 record they hold 13 position of the West and all they can do is claim a better pot in the upcoming trot or finish the season with their heads upside down claiming 14's position. It is the worst western seat of the West with record 14-16, better than New Orleans, which verified c once again in its last game against Raptors, who passed "air" from the US Airways Center with 98-71, in a match marked by the injury of Gortat and the twins Morris take a long time of participation as is expected from now on as Haddadi is the only clean-blooded center in the roster (O'Neal returns next week) and will certainly not be a basic solution to the frontline. The Polish center injury is a big blow to the "suns" , since it is the NoNUMX rebound (1) and block (8.5) of the group, but also his fourth goal scorer with 1.61 on a set that generally has a big problem aggressively, achieving the 11.1 points (seventh worse) and shaking with the mean and ninth worse 94.2%, but and the second worst 44.1% in the tripe. At the same time, defensively it remains one of the ten worst teams in the league with a 32.7 score, although Lindsey Hunter has seen a clear improvement since taking the lead of the technical leadership , with the percentages that allow the opponent to shoot anyway in the sixth worst 99.7% and worst of all 46.5% in the triplets. Finally, it is worth mentioning that in the last 38.9 home games they have won just five of them.

We have Houston, which is one of the teams that is burning for victories, as the "battle" of the last three positions of the octave seems to hold to the end, and contenders will be at least four teams, among them Kevin McHale is currently in seventh place with a record of 33-29, two wins in front of the Lakers who are in 9. The "rocket" program includes many home games, but that does not mean they are straight but rather the opposite and that means groups such as Suns should be marked with "W" in the schedule before even starting the match. The "Reds" come from a defeat at Dallas with 112-108 and are fighting tonight at Golden State, which means they will hardly leave with the double and in a case where the need for victory in Arizona is confirmed will become even more urgent. The Teksans have a terrible assault with the 107 points that are also the top of the league, shaking with the sixth best 46.6% and the seventh best 37% on the tripe , a sector that should make the most of the region, defense of the "sun" is tragiki.Apousies for McHale not exist.

I will go with the Rockets -4, because it is the team that wants and needs more victory to stay in the octave. It faces an opponent who will not have his main center, nor any other purebred beyond Haddadi and who has a big problem at regional level, where Houston is very lively with Lin, Harden, Parsons and Delfino, and Asik does not think he has a particular problem under the two baskets.

A showdown that has already begun to take down the whole set of points is this between Suns and Raptors. The latter show somehow to meet lately, as they come from three consecutive victories over the Timberwolves (84-83 extension) and the Hawks (92-87) within, but also the big victory between San Antonio and 105-101 in the prolongation. Of course they do not claim anything more than 10 at best in the West, but now that little is important. Phoenix is ​​one of the ten worst offensive teams in the first (94.6) and the second worst in league 44.2% on the three-pointers. The Arizona club's problem is not only aggressive in terms of the region , but also defensive after receiving the most shots behind the "arc" with X.NUMX%, while generally allowing 13% (32.8 the worse) of the opponent's attempts to find a goal and has a pass-through value rising to 38.7 points and is the worst eleven.However it does, when it's racing the US Airways Center is clearly more efficient as a defensive team than in its away games, and this is confirmed by the fact that in the last 46.5 home matches only in the Celtics and Dallas matches, the overall set of points left over 7, and if we look back even more, there are still the races that stayed in the low-fighters in Phoenix. In the injuries the duo Morris coached normally yesterday, but are dubbed for tomorrow's fight, at the time Dragic will normally give this, with O'Neal to stay out of l due to a personal problem.

On the opposite side we have the Raptors, who are fighting for the eighth position of the East, which is very difficult because they are at 9 with a record 23-38 and seven wins far from Milwaukee (30-28). headed by 122-114 in the lead four days ago and missed the opportunity to reach the octave, while in their last game they again took over 120 points to be defeated by Golden State at the Oracle Arena with 125-118. The results are huge for the Canadians who are not accustomed to such scores "predators" with Gay now on their roster have greatly improved their attack and are one position below the middle of the board of offensive rankings with the 97.5 points, shaking those with the very average and 11 the worst 44.1%, but and 10 from the 34.9% end to the three-point bet. It is worth mentioning that Toronto in the latest 19 games has received more than 194 points in just eight of them regardless of the seat. Pietrus and Kleiza will be absent for one more match.

I will go under 194 because the Suns when they compete at the US Airways Center are shown altered for the better, at least in terms of the defense sector. It is a team that does not score any more than 100 points - sometimes even even over 95 - and if he managed to keep low teams like Spurs, Lakers and Clippers I do not find the reason not to do it with Toronto.

Let me begin by pointing out that when I started writing this text, the Warriors game in Utah had not begun to play. However, even so I decided to trust them for tomorrow's home match against Phoenix on the grounds that since anyway, I see easy victory, it would be good not to wait for the result of the Jazz fight, as a possible victory will send the tomorrow's handicap to a double-digit number from -8.5 that is now in place, and on the contrary even with a defeat I do not think fall below 8.5.

Let's now see what we have for the deformed "warriors", who count five consecutive defeats and in fact three of them were accompanied by broadcasting. Specifically, he was defeated in Houston (140-109), Oklachoma (119-98), Memphis ( 99-93), Dallas (116-91), but also in its last game before the All Star Game (and without counting that with Utah) again by the Rockets with 116-107 at the Oracle Arena. Undoubtedly one of the teams that The suspension of the championship was good for them, as they had gone downhill, as a result of which they are now in the sixth position of the West with a record of 30-22 (and the Jazz just below them with 30-24) and 16-7 at home. team with excellent offensive function (101 points average and eighth best attack), many and reliable solutions for players in scoring, whether they are in the top five or come from the bench. For example Curry who has the best season of his career of, being the first in points and assists forhis team, the consistently good David Lee who leads the rebounds in the Golden State and follows Curry in points, but also the much improved second year Klay Thompson who has an amazing season, while the rookie Harrison Barnes has shown excellent results. At the same time, the bench with the presence of Jack and Landry guarantees certain points, strength and rebounds, while the return of Bogut is a big plus. In fact, in the field of "garbage" the Warriors manage to collect only 44.7 which is the third most in the league, while on the contrary very low are in blocks and steals, while falling into several errors (15.2 and seventh more). Anyway, the whole of Mark Jackson is the pleasant surprise of this year's championship and even if you are not in good shape has a first class chance to return to victories through an outburst on the weak Phoenix.

The latter seems to have ... delivered the spirit they say, since it is in the last position of the West with a record of 17-36, coming from four consecutive defeats and eight in its last ten games. In fact, five of them came with a double-digit difference and at a very leisurely pace for their opponents. Specifically, they lost to San Antonio (108-99), Dallas (110-95), Warriors (113-93), New Orlean (93-84), Oklachoma (127-96) and LA by Lakers (91-85), making the surprise in Memphis where they beat the Grizzlies (96-90), while inside they beat the Lakers (92-86) and lost to Mavericks (109-99) and Thunder (97-69) .It is a team that seems to have come to terms with this year's fate, which will probably bring it to the last position in the West, although it has relatively improved its statistics and especially in what has to do with its defensive function where which had the worst defense in the league, is now in 9th place from the end with 99.9 points passive, allowing However, let the opponent shoot with 46.8% (second worst) and 39.1% in three-pointers, which is the worst in the league. As if the defensive absence of the team of interim head coach Lindsey Hunter was not enough, she faces a big problem in offensive part, where it maintains the ninth worst attack with an average of 94.7 points, shooting with very moderate percentages of 44.3% (12th worst) and the second worst 32.5% on three-pointers. Why can the "suns" have six players with double-digit points, however, all of them are at low levels, with Dragic who is the No. 1 of the team not exceeding 14, while in what has to do with Scola, Gortat and Beasley, the former does not seem to be able to to find a role in the Suns performing the second (after rookie) season of his career, the second is not reminiscent of last year's player and the third is ... one like this, one juvenile. At the same time, a problem is found in the rebounds with the m .they should not be exceeded all 41 per race (seventh less).

Warriors are looking for a team after five consecutive defeats, and apparently it will be difficult for Utah to compete in about 40 minutes. They have one of the best opponents to do, and they have been trapped within once (113 -93) and won another one in Arizona (87-85) .The Jackson team is superior with a difference in all segments, is expected to dominate the rebounds and get an easy victory that will also raise it psychologically. two teams do not exist (and I hope so to stay for the Warriors and after the Jazz match), with the exception of long-term Rush and Frye missing for everyone.