Everybody gonna be rooting against Memphis & Ja Morant for the stunt he pulled with the gun in the club. The factor of the matter is Ja Morant has been an exceptional in the playoffs.
He nearly averaged a triple double last year in the playoffs 27.1 pts 8.0 rds 9.8 ast. HC Taylor Jenkins for Memphis turns Ja Morant loose playing 40 mins in the playoffs as opposed to 33 mins in the regular season in his career.
Since you didn’t want to elaborate JJGold I did & I like Memphis as a small favorite to win this series.
I kind of like the Lakers +4. They are on a run winning 6 of last 7 and 4 of last 5 road games.
BUT, with that said, I think the best play is over 226.5.
I don't bet a lot of NBA so take this with a grain of salt.
Everybody gonna be rooting against Memphis & Ja Morant for the stunt he pulled with the gun in the club. The factor of the matter is Ja Morant has been an exceptional in the playoffs.
Morant was an idiot but I have to believe at this level of play and the fact this is the playoffs (HCA is important), the Grizzlies won't let his crap distract them. I mean these are professionals, right?
Morant was an idiot but I have to believe at this level of play and the fact this is the playoffs (HCA is important), the Grizzlies won't let his crap distract them. I mean these are professionals, right?
Lakers are the better team. Memphis is favored because of home court
Memphis has been a mediocre defensive team for a while and have regressed a lot and are like 26th in rebounding
Meanwhile Lakers 4th in rebounding and have been trending in the right direction, and are the better defensive team
No Adams or Clark is huge for this series. They have nothing to neutralize LeBron/AD attacking the paint. Lakers are gonna get to the line a ton in this series
Lakers will force Ja to try and beat them. They have the defenders now to stay out to their shooters
Lakers have a real shot to move on. 1st Round Playoffs really favor the older/injury prone teams. You play like once every 3-4 days it seems. Sunday-Wed-Sat 1st 3 games.....
If AD shoots 16 free throws a game and gets him in foul trouble it will suck the pace out of the game and lebron could pick them apart in the half court