Friday, April 9, 2010

NBA Regular Season 4-9-10


Nets vs Bulls (Slo's pick: Bulls)
With their win last night the Bulls have pulled themselves into a tie with the Toronto Raptors. Tonight is a great night for the Bulls to finally rip back the 8th spot as the Raptors have to play in Atlanta. If the Bulls really do beat out the Raptors for that final playoff spot, this Raptors team choked worse than any basketball team I've seen in a very long time.

Celtics vs Wizards (Slo's pick: Celtics)
The Wizards, in my opinion, rival the Nets for being the worst team in basketball. The Celtics should have an easy win tonight at home.

Magic vs Knicks (Slo's pick: Magic)
The Magic will win tonight as long as they keep feeding Dwight Howard down low. Despite their record, the Knicks are very dangerous if they get their offense going.

76ers vs Bucks (Slo's pick: Bucks)
The Bucks will win this game even without star C Andrew Bogut. After falling on his back after a dunk it seems as though Bogut will be out for quite some time, if not for the season all together.

Hawks vs Raptors (Slo's pick: Hawks)
Simply put, the Raptors need this game to stay alive. Losing tonight would put them in a horrible position and it would probably make Chris Bosh start packing his bags for free agency. Fortunately for the Bulls, the Raptors are heavily overmatched tonight. Especially with Chris Bosh and Hedo Turkoglu out due to facial injuries.

Cavaliers vs Pacers (Slo's pick: Cavaliers)
LeBron James sat out last night's game in Chicago and it seems likely that he will sit out tonight as well. Even without James the Cavs are still ten times better than the Pacers.

Heat vs Pistons (Slo's pick: Heat)
It's very hard to pick games at this point in the season because I don't know who's going to play hard. The Heat are already in the playoffs and the Pistons are just playing for pride, essentially, this game doesn't mean much for either side. I'm going with the Heat in hopes that they're going to treat this just like every other game.

Hornets vs Jazz (Slo's pick: Jazz)
The Jazz should win tonight with relative ease. In the west every game is important because a short losing streak could push you down 3 playoff spots.

T'Wolves vs Lakers (Slo's pick: Lakers)
The Lakers are coming off a loss to the Nuggets last night. There's no way Kobe Bryant is going to let them lose in Minnesota as an encore.

Thunder vs Suns (Slo's pick: Thunder)
This is the toughest game of the night to pick. I'm taking the Thunder because they're home and because Durant causes major matchup problems for the Suns. To be honest, this game really could go either way.

Rockets vs Bobcats (Slo's pick: Bobcats)
The Rockets are a huge pain for me because they never cooperate with what I say. I'm taking the Bobcats because they still have something to play for.

Spurs vs Grizzlies (Slo's pick: Spurs)
As long as the Spurs don't let the Grizzlies run they should be alright.

Trailblazers vs Mavericks (Slo's pick: Mavericks)
Well I hope this is a good game because it's very likely that this is going to be a first round playoff matchup.


Slo's record on the season: 601-305
Sl0's record on April 7th: 10-3