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Khandor’s Sports Service, Games Of The Day

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Daily selections for NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB games.

 

 

KSS GOTD Selections for Fri Sep 03 2010.

 

 

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TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown 2010: Final Results

Friday, June 18th, 2010

For the benefit of those of you playing along at home …

This is what the Final Results would look like, if yours truly had been invited to participate in this year’s ‘exclusive’ NBA Playoffs handicapping event:

TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown Contest 2010

 

Participants

Mrs. Abbott – Henry’s mother [Mom]

Prof. David Berri – Wages of Wins Journal

John Hollinger – ESPN NBA Insider

Stephen Ilardi – Adjusted Plus/Minus

Jeffrey Ma – Bringing Down The House/21

Neil Paine – Basketball Reference Blog

Kevin Pelton – Basketball Prospectus

Haralabos Voulgaris – Former professional gambler

khandor – Sports Consultant

 

Correct Team Selected = 5 points

Correct Games Number Selected = 2 additional points 
 

Handicapper

Series Calls Results

Final Points

Final Standings

Ma

13/15 [86.7%]

71

1st

Pelton

13/15 [86.7%]

70

2nd

 

 

 

 

khandor

12/15 [80.0%]

66

T-3rd

 

 

 

 

Hollinger

12/15 [80.0%]

66

T-3rd

Berri

11/15 [73.3%]

57

5th

Ilardi

10/15 [66.7%]

54

6th

Paine

10/15 [66.7%]

52

7th

Mom

8/15 [53.3%]

49

8th

Voulgaris

8/15 [53.3%]

40

9th

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khandor’s Individual Series Selections

1st Round
WINNERS: Cleveland/#1, Orlando/#2, Atlanta/#3, Boston/#4, Los Angeles/#5, San Antonio/#6, Phoenix/#7 and Utah/#8
LOSERS: Zero/#0

2nd Round
WINNERS: Orlando/#9, Los Angeles/#10
LOSERS: Cleveland/#1 and San Antonio/#2

3rd Round
WINNERS: Los Angeles/#11
LOSERS: Orlando/#3

Finals
WINNER: Los Angeles/#12

Bold - Correct game number call.

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Congratulations to Jeffrey Ma for emerging victorious in this year’s ‘official’ contest!

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PS. For those who would like to verify the individual series selections made by Khandor’s Sports Service [KSS], please feel free to contact Prof. Berri, directly, as he was, in fact, sent each of those specific calls, via email, prior to the start of each round. :-) Prof. Berri is currently working at Southern Utah University and his email address is available to the public at their web site.

A free gift from Khandor’s Sports Service to all visitors of this blog today

Friday, May 28th, 2010

The wagering line for today’s Game 6 in the playoff series between the Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic has now been published:

BOSTON -3.5/-104

with the wrong team listed as the betting favourite.

Hopefully you will enjoy this evening’s game. :-)

Orlando will win Game 2, if …

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

If you take a look at the way Doc Rivers and Stan Van Gundy chose to use their players in Game 1 of this series, it should be clear to see what Orlando needs to do this evening in order to head to Boston, for Game 3, tied 1-1:

 

PLAYER USAGE, GAME 1

 

Orlando Magic

Boston Celtics

Pos

PLAYER

MP

Pos

PLAYER

MP

STARTERS

PG

OG

Rondo

R-Allen

46

40

PG

OG

Nelson

Carter

38

41

SF

Pierce

42

SF

Barnes

15

PF

C

Garnett

Perkins

34

26

PF

C

Lewis

Howard

42

39

KEY SUBS

G

T-Allen

17

PG

Williams

10

 

 

 

OG

Redick

19

SF

Pietrus

20

PF

Davis

15

 

 

?

?

C

Wallace

20

 

Gortat

14

RESERVES

PG

Robinson

DNP

PG

Johnson

DNP

G/F

G/F

Finley

Daniels

1

DNP

 

 

 

PF

Williams

DNP

PF

Bass

DNP

 

 

 

PF

Anderson

DNP

BACK-UP GUARD
Although JJ Redick can do an adequate job, defensively, chasing Ray Allen around, using him for 19 minutes against a team like Boston - specifically, at the Off Guard position - significantly reduces Orlando’s overall effectiveness, when it comes to any “help & rotate”, “switch” or “rebounding” situation.

SMALL FORWARD
Matt Barnes, at the best of times, is ill-suited to match-up with an ultra-physical multi-dimensional player like Paul Pierce.

BIGS
Boston has decided to beat on - and beat up - Dwight Howard with a “4 Bigs” rotation of Kevin Garnett, Kendrick Perkins, Glen Davis and Rasheed Wallace. As long as SVG elects to only use a 3-man rotation of D-12, Rashard Lewis and Marcin Gortat, Orlando is going to come out on the short end of positional match-up.

Instead of following this recipe for disaster in Game 2, what Orlando needs to do instead is:

BACK-UP GUARD
Match up Vince Carter vs Ray Allen, almost exclusively; and, then use, either, Jason Williams or JJ Redick vs Tony Allen, but NOT both of them.

SMALL FORWARD
Insert Mickael Pietrus [6-6, 215] into their starting line-up, beside Vince Carter; and, match him up, almost exclusive, with Pierce [6-7, 235].

BIGS
Use D-12 [vs Perkins or Wallace], Rashard Lewis [vs Garnett or Wallace], Marcin Gortat [vs Perkins] and, either, Brandon Bass [vs Davis] or Ryan Anderson [vs Wallace], in a “4 Bigs” rotation.

If SVG and Co. make these adjustments tonight, then, the Magic should be able to even their series with the Celtics … AND cover the number [i.e. -7/-105], in the process.

NBA 2010 Playoffs: What you should expect from the 3rd Round match-ups

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

For exclusive access to the …

KSS - NBA 2010 Playoffs, 3rd Round Preview 

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NBA 2010 Playoffs: What you should expect from the 2nd Round match-ups

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

For exclusive access to the …

KSS - NBA 2010 Playoffs, 2nd Round Preview 

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Hawks in deep against the Bucks tonight

Monday, April 26th, 2010

If you caught a glimpse of Saturday evening’s Game 3, between Atlanta/#3 and Milwaukee/#6, what you should have been able to observe was tangible evidence that:

Atlanta Hawks 89
MILWAUKEE BUCKS 107
Complete Game Info, Hawks lead series 2-1

1. The Bucks have the right combination of individual pieces - i.e. physically under-sized but strong and athletic - to give the Hawks heaps of trouble … when playing at home … despite the absence of Andrew Bogut/C;

2. Atlanta is sufferring from some sort of internal strife, at present, which is affecting the performances of Josh Smith, Marvin Williams and Mike Bibby … each of whom gave far less than the “proper degree of team-focused individual effort” required to win a road playoff game against an inspired opponent;

and,

3. This is going to be a long series.

Watch the video highlights.

Focus on the effort levels, defensive execution, and the body language of Josh Smith, Marvin Williams and Mike Bibby.

Pay close attention to the “relative quickness” for each player in the following individual match-ups between:

C - Al Horford vs Kurt Thomas
PF - Josh Smith vs Luc Richard Mbah A Moute/Ersan Ilyasova
SF - Marvin Williams vs John Salmons/Carlos Delfino
OG - Joe Johnson vs Carlos Delfino/John Salmons
PG - Mike Bibby vs Brandon Jennings/Luke Ridnour
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G - Jamal Crawford vs Jerry Stackhouse
F - Maurice Evans vs Salmons/Delfino/Luc Richard Mbah A Moute
PF/C - Zaza Pachulia vs Dan Gadzuric
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PG - Jeff Teague vs Luke Ridnour

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The current wagering line for this evening’s Game 4 is:

Atlanta -2/-106 [-131]
MILWAUKEE +2/-104 [+119]

For regular readers of this space …

Know that you will probably not see a better “investment opportunity” for the balance of the 1st Round of the playoffs than the Bucks +2/-104, this evening.

If you choose to hop on board, hopefully, you’ll be able to enjoy the ride!

NBA 2010 Playoffs: What you should expect from the 1st Round match-ups

Friday, April 16th, 2010

For exclusive access to the …

KSS - NBA 2010 Playoffs, 1st Round Preview 

Click on the link.

Q. What time is it?

Friday, April 16th, 2010

A. GAME TIME!

… with the NBA Playoffs set to tip tomorrow afternoon.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

ROUND 1 SERIES [BEST OF 7]

 

8

Chicago Bulls

+2000

1

Cleveland Cavaliers

-3000

 

6

Milwaukee Bucks

+606

3

Atlanta Hawks

-720

 

5

Miami Heat

+154

4

Boston Celtics

-171

 

7

Charlotte Bobcats

+778

2

Orlando Magic

-960

 

WESTERN CONFERENCE

ROUND 1 SERIES [BEST OF 7]

 

8

Oklahoma City Thunder

+496

1

Los Angeles Laker

-575

 

6

Portland Trail Blazers

+476

3

Phoenix Suns

-570

 

5

Utah Jazz

+180

4

Denver Nuggets

-201

 

7

San Antonio Spurs

+146

2

Dallas Mavericks

-162

 

 

EASTERN CONFERENCE WINNER

 

1

Cleveland Cavaliers

-185

2

Orlando Magic

+340

3

Atlanta Hawks

+1300

4

Boston Celtics

+1600

5

Miami Heat

+3400

7

Charlotte Bobcats

+6500

6

Milwaukee Bucks

+6500

8

Chicago Bulls

+8800

 

WESTERN CONFERENCE WINNER

 

1

Los Angeles Lakers

+118

3

Phoenix Suns

+500

2

Dallas Mavericks

+540

4

Denver Nuggets

+850

7

San Antonio Spurs

+1300

5

Utah Jazz

+1350

8

Oklahoma City Thunder

+3400

6

Portland Trail Blazers

+5000

Enjoy the ride!

LIVE BLOGGING EVENT: Raptors vs Knicks [Game 82]

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

This evening’s home game against New York [8:05 PM ET] is a do-or-die affair for Toronto, in conjunction with the outcome of the Chicago/Charlotte match-up.

OPTION 1

If the Bulls lose and the Raptors win, then, Toronto will secure the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs.

OPTION 2

Any other result for either of these 2 games and Chicago will have:

i. Successfully overcome tremendously long odds during the last 3 weeks of the season,

ii. Earned the No. 8 seed with significantly improved play, and

iii. Be set to tip-off against the Cleveland Cavaliers/No. 1, in the 1st Round of the Playoffs, beginning this coming weekend.

Tune in and comment away, if you have something productive to contribute.

It should be a tonne of fun for what just might turn out to be the Raptors’ last game of the 2009-2010 season, as well as Chris Bosh’s final appearance at the ACC, as a stalwart player … albeit injured and out of the line-up, due to the facial fracture he sustained last week … for the home team. 

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Toronto is currently listed as the solid home favourite [-7.5/-101].