By Stephen Nover Seahawks at Falcons Under 50 1/2 This high total would be justified if Matt Ryan were playing and Russell Wilson was turned loose. But Ryan is out and I doubt the Seahawks change their conservative strategy of running the ball far more than normal in today’s NFL. A sprained ankle and the […]
By Stephen Nover Grizzlies plus 7 1/2 at Heat It’s easy to write off the Grizzlies since they have turned the page from the long-time, respected Mike Conley/Marc Gasol era. Memphis has a new coach, untested Taylor Jenkins, and is in rebuild mode. Miami, though, is nothing special. The Heat were just three games better […]
By Stephen Nover Temple plus 5 hosting Memphis What tips the scale and puts me on Temple is the Owls’ home field, their balanced attack that can keep the Tigers’ high-powered attack off the field and their strong defense, which is the best Memphis has seen all season. Temple is 4-1 with its lone loss […]
By Stephen Nover Avalanche minus $1.15 hosting Bruins The Bruins are not a team I like to go against very often. This is one of those rare exceptions. Boston is 3-0 on its season-opening road trip. The Bruins just upset the Golden Knights on Tuesday. Now they go into high altitude for their fourth road […]
By Stephen Nover Canucks at Oilers Over 5 1/2 minus $1.20 I understand why the oddsmaker set this total at 5 1/2. Vancouver was the seventh-lowest scoring team in the NHL last season. Edmonton had little scoring aside from Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl with no other Oiler reaching 70 points. So on the surface […]
