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Yesterday we had a big win in the under in the match between Utah and Houston. Just like I said, there was the need of Utah to win an away game playing good defense. And that happened and it can be considered as a statement game for them. Today I expected for the line of this game and I was expecting the Spurs to be the underdog in here. The line is at +2 for them and I'm going even further. I'll take San Antonio to win outright. The reason is simple, the Spurs are in the same scenario that Utah was yesterday.

Utah defeated Houston by 97-87, but they didn't convince me. Please take a look for the complete analysis of the game. The Rockets were without Yao Ming and with a limited T-Mac, who shot 1-7 3pts and 0-3 FT, the major proof of his limitation. Now look at Utah's top players: Deron 5-10 FG, Boozer 4-14 FG, Okur 4-9 FG. Utah left Houston with the false idea that they are playing very well and this excess of confidence will make them underrate the Spurs.

The Spurs have a big advantage for today's game and this is where it resides the X factor of the game: physical shape! I advised everybody that when the Spurs played at home against the Hornets that the team was having a very hard week! It's only necessary to go to the map and see the Charlotte - Texas - Miami - Texas trip that the Spurs had to make last week. The players simply couldn't handle such a tough week, especially the veterans. Finlay shot 2-6 FG, Duncan 6-12 FG, Bowen 0-5 FG and Horry 1-5 FG, in a combined 9-28 FG. Now they could finally rest. They lost against the Hornets by 24 points! They were humiliated at home! Is there any bigger motivation for the Spurs to win this game? The Spurs in the last two season everytime they lost a game by more than 15 points, they made a very strong reaction in the following game, going 7-1 ATS on these matches.

This will be the first game of the Spurs annual "Rodeo Road Trip" and this is the time of the season where the Spurs use to play their best road basketball. The first rodeo road trip was a nine-game excursion in 2003 that produced nine wins. The Spurs began the trip at 28-15. They went 32-7 the rest of the way and followed by winning their second NBA title. In 2004 they began the trip with a record of 31-18, won six of seven on the trip and finished the season with a record of 57-25. In 2005 they were 36-10 when they left, went 5-2 on the trip, and finished 59-23, setting up another run to an NBA championship. In 2006 they were 34-10 when they embarked on a trip that produced six wins in eight games, and finished 63-19. Last season they were 31-14 when the rodeo trip started, went 4-4 on the trip, finished with a 58-24 record and won their fourth NBA title.

From the same way yesterday Utah had a statement game, today it's time for the Spurs to make their own statement. This team of Utah is 4-7 ATS on b2b games this season. I went deeper and discovered that they are 3-0 ATS in b2b games where they were home favorites, but they played against Memphis, Seattle and the Clippers, teams who just can't play on the road. The Spurs use to dominate Utah and it was what happened in the Conference final last season. San Antonio have also defeated Utah by 104-98 already this season and even with the Jazz shooting 55% and without Duncan, the Spurs found a way to win the game. The high number of turnovers will make Utah struggle today, as the Spurs will play this game with a typical aggressive of a classic revenge game for them. Take Spurs ML tonight.

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Pick : San Antonio Spurs ML
Odds : 2.23
Stake : 7 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
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Date : 2008-01-29
Match Result : 97-91
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