PREMIUM
3-Game NBA SWEEPER PASS
(NBA) Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn,
03/28/2017 3:30 PM, Score: 106 - 101
Total: 222.50 | -110.00 Over
Result: Win
Total: 222.50 | -110.00 Over
Result: Win
The set-up: The 27-46 Philadelphia 76ers and the 16-57 Brooklyn Nets own the fifth-worst and absolute-worst records in the NBA, respectively. However, the 76ers have split their last eight games and the Nets are 7-8 over their last 15 contests. In head-to-head meetings this season, the 76ers have won the two earlier meetings with the Nets, including a 10-point triumph in their first visit to Barclays Center.
Philadelphia: Rookie Dario Saric (12.8 & 6.4) has made a late run at ROY honors but was just 3-for-15 from the floor in Sunday's 107-94 road loss against the Pacers, as his string of double-digit games was snapped at 22 when he finished with just nine. Since Embiid's last appearance, Philadelphia is 10-18. Philly continues to be plagued by injuries, as not only will the Sixers be without Embiid but Jahlil Okafor is unlikely to play Tuesday. Okafor (11.8 & 4.8) has missed three of the last four games with a knee injury but Richaun Holmes (8.8 & 5.1) has benefited, scooping up those starts and recording two of his three double-doubles on the season. Along with Holmes stepping up, the 6-9 Shawn Long has scored at least 13 points - nearly twice his season average - while shooting 63.3 percent in a three-game stretch.
Brooklyn: PG Jeremy Lin's return to health has been the primary catalyst in Brooklyn's improved results, as the team is now 9-16 with him in the lineup and 7-41 without. Lin scored 19 points and handed out eight assists against Atlanta while swingman Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (8.4 & 5.6) notched his sixth double-double with 11 points and 13 boards.Center Brook Lopez (20.6) and has been the one constant all season. He's scored 23-plus points in seven of Brooklyn's last nine games (Nets are 5-4).
The pick: The season stats will say that the Nets allow more points than any team in the league at 113.3 PPG but the Nets are allowing a more modest 108.9 PPG game in March, which is also skewed by the 130 allowed at Portland on March 4, 122 against Oklahoma City on March 14 and 129 against Washington on Friday. Note that in the team's last three wins (Nets are favored here!), Brooklyn is allowing 95.3 points on 38.2 percent shooting, including 22.7 percent from three-point range. The Under is a 10* play.
Philadelphia: Rookie Dario Saric (12.8 & 6.4) has made a late run at ROY honors but was just 3-for-15 from the floor in Sunday's 107-94 road loss against the Pacers, as his string of double-digit games was snapped at 22 when he finished with just nine. Since Embiid's last appearance, Philadelphia is 10-18. Philly continues to be plagued by injuries, as not only will the Sixers be without Embiid but Jahlil Okafor is unlikely to play Tuesday. Okafor (11.8 & 4.8) has missed three of the last four games with a knee injury but Richaun Holmes (8.8 & 5.1) has benefited, scooping up those starts and recording two of his three double-doubles on the season. Along with Holmes stepping up, the 6-9 Shawn Long has scored at least 13 points - nearly twice his season average - while shooting 63.3 percent in a three-game stretch.
Brooklyn: PG Jeremy Lin's return to health has been the primary catalyst in Brooklyn's improved results, as the team is now 9-16 with him in the lineup and 7-41 without. Lin scored 19 points and handed out eight assists against Atlanta while swingman Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (8.4 & 5.6) notched his sixth double-double with 11 points and 13 boards.Center Brook Lopez (20.6) and has been the one constant all season. He's scored 23-plus points in seven of Brooklyn's last nine games (Nets are 5-4).
The pick: The season stats will say that the Nets allow more points than any team in the league at 113.3 PPG but the Nets are allowing a more modest 108.9 PPG game in March, which is also skewed by the 130 allowed at Portland on March 4, 122 against Oklahoma City on March 14 and 129 against Washington on Friday. Note that in the team's last three wins (Nets are favored here!), Brooklyn is allowing 95.3 points on 38.2 percent shooting, including 22.7 percent from three-point range. The Under is a 10* play.
