Category Archives: Pre-Game Jitters

Pre-Game Jitters: Bulls

Posted on December 11, 2009 by feltbot| 2 Comments

The 7-14 Warriors are +4.5 road dogs at the 7-13 Bulls tonight. As their record indicates, the Bulls are not playing like the playoff team of last year.  They have been missing Tyrus Thomas and Kirk Hinrich due to injury.  Hinrich returned in the last game, but is still being bothered by a sprained thumb. In my mind, Hinrich is the key reason for the Bulls struggles. I remember the Bulls also struggling last year when he missed time.  For all of his talent, Derrick Rose has not yet proven to be an effective point guard and leader for his team.  The sum of this Bulls team has not been greater than its parts.

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Pre-Game Jitters: OKC Thunder

Posted on December 7, 2009 by feltbot| 4 Comments

I’m coming off a one game winning streak.  I finally nailed a matchup prediction in the Orlando game.  Got the starting lineup right, got the matchups right.  Got Orlando’s matchups right: Pietrus on Monta.  And then there was my prediction on how long Mikki Moore would survive against Dwight Howard.  I put the over/under at 8 minutes.  He picked up his third foul and hit the pine in 7:55. Is it time to start betting feltbot ATS?

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Pre-Game Jitters: Orlando Magic

Posted on December 5, 2009 by feltbot| Leave a comment

Dwight Howard and the 15-4 Orlando Magic are in town.  I suggest we start Maggette at center, Morrow at the four… oh, wait!  Anthony Morrow is out for this game. So scratch that idea.

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Pre-Game Jitters

Posted on December 3, 2009 by feltbot| 1 Comment

Welcome back Don Nelson!  The Warriors’ capo is returning to the bench tonight after his bout with pneumonia.

The Warriors are +2 home dogs against Houston tonight.  The Warriors lost by 1 to Houston at home in a heartbreaker on opening night, but they will not be taking the floor with the same team tonight.  How about no Biedrins, no Randolph, no Jackson, no Azubuike, and possibly no Turiaf?  In their place, Vlad Rad and Chris Hunter.  And maybe Devean George.  In the Warriors favor, the Rockets are playing the back end of a back-to-back (they demolished the Gordon-less Clippers last night in LA).

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Pre-Game Jitters

Posted on December 1, 2009 by feltbot| Leave a comment

Hey, I just realized that Monta only played 42 minutes last night.  (I was thinking Smart never took him out of the game.)  So this home and away back-to-back in mile-high Denver should be a piece of cake, right?  He’s fresh!

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Pre-Game Jitters

Posted on November 30, 2009 by feltbot| 1 Comment

Hey, the Warriors are actually favorites tonight!  How long has it been since that happened?  The Pacers will enter the Oracle having lost 4 of their last 5 games. This is not the same team that won three straight by beating the Warriors back in Indiana.  Why not?  For a very simple reason:  Troy Murphy is back.

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Pre-Game Jitters

Posted on November 28, 2009 by feltbot| Leave a comment

Monta vs. Kobe!  The Lakers invade the Oracle tonight.  We’re hoping that the newly super-charged Warriors can get an upset win, but let’s be real, all eyes will be focused on the battle of one-named wonders.  Can Monta do to Kobe what he did to Brandon Roy?

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Pre-Game Jitters

Posted on November 25, 2009 by feltbot| 5 Comments

Whew!  Can’t we just take a couple of days off, and let that last win soak in for a while? Can’t we just lay back and bathe in our impressions of an inspired team playing beautiful Don Nelson run and gun basketball?  Nope.   Tonight the Warriors get the lovely treat of playing in San Antonio on a back-to-back.  That’s the brutal reality of the NBA.

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Pre-Game Jitters

Posted on November 24, 2009 by feltbot| 3 Comments

A lot of interesting story lines to this game, not least of which is whether Coach Keith Smart, filling in during Nellie’s sick leave, will stick to the Nellie philosophy regarding matchups.  Dallas throws a lot of wrinkles themselves into their lineups, so this game may see some interesting chess moves.

Starting at center.  Not sure what’s up with Dampier, but the Mavs went with Gooden in the post last game.  Do the Warriors need to matchup big with him, or could they go small right off the bat?

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Pre-Game Jitters

Posted on November 20, 2009 by feltbot| 4 Comments

The Warriors are stunning +8 home dogs to Portland tonight.  The line no doubt reflects the loss of Biedrins, Turiaf and Azubuike, and the fact that the Warriors will be playing only seven players. But I think it also reflects something more. This is a team Don Nelson and the Warriors have traditionally given a lot of trouble to, short handed or no.  I think this line reflects the absence of Stephen Jackson.  Jackson has done a  terrific job guarding Portland superstar Brandon Roy over the years, and with him gone, and no Azubuike or Bell, the Warriors simply have no one to guard him.

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