Jason's Picks (13 Live)
When does a market reaction become an overreaction? ...
It's not just who you play, it's where you play them ...
Are the Wolverines really back? Or was the weekend their last hurrah? ...
Is one of these teams seeded improperly? ...
Riding the better shooting team and the one that excels most defending the long ball ...
Jason's Past Picks
This ain't the friendly confines of Wrigley but the Tokyo Dome is notoriously hitter friendly and both teams will be very careful with their young Japanese starters. These homecomings don't always bring out the best in the hurlers, are both pens really tuned up? No breeze to keep balls in and Dodgers can still mash without Mookie. One of Dodgers/Padres games got bonkers last year and 8 of last 12 MLB regular season games in Japan/Korea are over this total. Dodgers/Cubs are over this in 9 of their last 10 meetings, averaging 12 runs/game. Weird start times probably messes with pitchers more than hitters.
Spurs are broken. They are allowing 128.2/G over the last 10 games, with teams shooting 40% from three and 52% from the floor. They are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 games and 2-10 ATS in their last 12 on road, failing to cover 9 of those games by multiple possessions. Lakers have covered 6 straight at home and have thrived in back-to-back (6-3 ATS) and 26-15-1 ATS vs the West. Lakers are 8-4 ATS with a rest disadvantage. They just sat a bunch of guys two games ago so I'm banking on a decent cast here and when they have had to play without Luka and LBJ they always meet the challenge. Defensive juggernaut might not give up 90 here.