Tough loss yesterday. I had the Rockets in 2 of my money line Parlay's and they blew it against the Lakers. James Harden is my most hated player in the league, and now this further solidifies it. I would have been up $410 on the night, but instead I was down $50 - a $460 dollar swing. OUCH.

I didn't get to watch all the games last night, but did catch a few. Quick thoughts -

- Dallas yet again is a tough out. Fought tooth and nail and almost pulled out a W in Indy. Going to punish bad teams and lose to the good teams. Myles Turner is the real deal. Absolutely torched Dallas on offense and provided awesome rim protection the whole game. The most interesting development is the Pacers veterans ran a couple plays late in the game for Turner with the game on the line - and it paid off. Turner knocked down open shots to win it. Finished with 30 points 16 rebounds 4 blocks and 2 steals. On a side note the Ellis/Teague back court combo is going to struggle defensively. Ellis again was clueless against cutters - terrible against the Mavs

- My Bucks were absolutely trashed by the Hornets. Mostly due to the Bucks roster catastrophe created by John Hammond. We are in year 9 of the Hambone era and we still blow donkey dick. Ugh. Michael Beasly, Jason Terry, Rashard Vaugn all played meaningful mins and were all a disaster. Plus we hve 40 mil tied up in centers, and all of them aren't very good. None of them can rebound or play any defense - astonishing. Bet against the Bucks early and often.

- Rox at Lakers is tough to get a gauge on the teams after that game. I mean neither team was even trying to play defense. Rockets had 74 points at half time! Luke Walton looked confused on how little defense was played. Randal looked pretty good to me. Guarded Harden one on one a couple times and did well - including blocking a Harden shot with out fouling. Pretty impressive. I thought the Lakers would be the worst team in the league, but maybe they won't be.

- Caught the Kings and Suns game. The Suns are just a mess. Their forwards and centers are just atrocious right now. I like Chriss and Bender's future - but they are terrible NBA players right now. Dudley and Chandler look cooked as well. Booker is an absolute star in the making, he is going to have to suffer through some bad seasons with the supporting cast around him. Kings look better than last, year but it was hard to tell if it was good Kings or just bad Suns.

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So for this blog and for keeping track purposes, I am going to post my account balance on an on going basis. So I started a new site I never used before this season Heritage Sports. I uploaded $150 for preseason and finished up $230. I added another $350 for the regular season. Combined with my future bet and regular season losses I am currently sitting at $641. I will keep posting my account balance to show how good of a job I am doing.

I like making first half bets on over under's. I feel like I am not very good with figuring out total game score, but first half for a specific team, I am pretty confident. I made two of those for tonight

Spurs over 51 first half @ Kings
Blazers over 51 1/2 vs Clips
$110 to win $100 each

Spurs offensive explosion against GS was unexpected. I do think replacing Duncan with Gasol will help out their offense. Plus guys like Simmons and Anderson are more experienced and comfortable in their system. The Spurs might be a sneaky over bet for the next couple weeks until the public realizes the Spurs are a good offensive team.

Blazers just put up 113 on a much better defensive team in the Jazz. It's tough to envision the Clippers locking down the Blazers, especially on the road.

Basketball - 506 Portland Trail Blazers +10½ for Game
Basketball - 507 San Antonio Spurs -½ for Game

+8 point 2 team teaser. $100 to win $44. The Spurs will lose 15-20 or so games this year, but I don't one of those losses will be to the Kings. I am kinda down on the Clips this year as a juggernaut type of team, so while they might win, I don't expect them to blow out the Blazers in Portland.