It Couldn't Last. It Never Does. Picks 1/27

 If you frequently read this blog, you'll notice a few changes.
 The first and most obvious is the giant .gif at the top. I want to incorporate gifs and pictures more because I think they're funny. I chose the Wideman Smelling Salts one because I think it's great. That's my reason.

The other is, if you look down, you'll see words in red after the score. That's what I wrote yesterday (or the day I made the picks) so we can see what I said and laugh at how confident I was. I may write a bit in response to what I wrote, but I won't promise that because it's hard to underdeliver if I don't oversell. 

Results 1/26 

Oklahoma City (-15.5) over Minnesota. OKC is at home and playing decently. The Wolves still stink and just lost another one of their productive players (Robbie Hummel? You've never heard of him?)
Thunder won by 8. Lost $100     
No Durant hurts the Thunder more than no Hummel hurts the Wolves. Go figure 
 

Memphis (-12.5) over Orlando. I'm not sure how good Memphis is right now and Orlando is not very good. All that adds up to a "maybe Memphis will dominate....?"
Grizzlies won by 9. Lost $100

Philadelphia (+14.0) over New Orleans. New Orleans played yesterday and are good but not great. I think Philly keeps it close.
Pelicans won by 25. Lost $100.

Utah (-7.5) over Boston. I don't know. Guts!! and back to back. And altitude. and poorly written sentences.
Celtics won by 9. Lost $100

Denver  (+13.0) over Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers played in Phoenix last night and Denver is weird. I think 13 points is too much.
Clippers won by 4. Won $190.

Totals: Bets: $500. Winnings: $190.  NET: -$310

January Total: +$1275

Bad night. Bad night. Just glad I didn't get swept. Still up by quite a bit, though. Tonight will be better. I hope.

Six games in play tonight.

The Games 1/27 Odds are 1.90 unless otherwise noted.

 Toronto (-3.0) over Indiana. The Raptors need to win. Indiana is not that good and the Raptors are...? They certainly haven't been playing well but they are also certainly better than they've been playing.

Cleveland (-8.0) over Detroit. Sad sad sad sad sad for Detroit. They lost Brandon Jennings for the year with a knee injury and he had been playing REALLY well on their hot streak. Cleveland has also been hot recently and they are a much better team from a personnel standpoint.

Milwaukee (+2.0) over Miami. Going all road teams thus far. This pick hinges on whether or not Wade plays. I feel like this matchup works in Milwaukee's favor, but the Heat are weird in that they can play like world beaters one night and lay a stinker the next. We'll have to see.

 Dallas (-6.0) over Memphis. Memphis played last night and traveled and disappointed me by not destroying Orlando by as much as I thought they should. Dallas is good but somewhat weak inside. A decent matchup for Memphis but I think rest and shooting are the difference.

Golden State (-11.0) over Chicago. Chicago could go either way, but my policy (so far) is to always take the Warriors and I don't see why that should change now.

Washington (-8.0) over Los Angeles Lakers. Wizards are just a better team than the Lakers and that should translate all the way across the country.

May tonight be better than the previous one.