The pointspread for this one can certainly be justified by the difference in team strength, which is huge. However, often times at this stage of the season, an elite team will drift through these games, get the win, and not exert themselves and move on. That is especially true when their next two games are vs. Toronto, and Oklahoma City, a pair of games they will have to exert and execute to win. Philadelphia sealed their fate with an 0-16 start to the season. They have been 4-8 since, and have been taking down the big lines as they are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 when taking 9 points or more, and this one is the highest spread of the season for them. They are also 5-0 ATS after scoring 75 points or less, another factor fueling the line against them here, but they have done well with the extra points in their next game. Take the bundle and play on Philadelphia.
This pick was released to clients on December 30, 2014 at 11:03AM ET.
NBA
Philadelphia at Golden State
December 30, 2014
10:35 PM Eastern
2 units on Philadelphia +18 (-108) (risk 2 to return 3.85)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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