The Bets: Thursday 1/26/23
It’s my birthday so everyone has to be nice to me.
And that’s including you, Archie. Don’t count your chickens before you hatch. Split that Bills game, and my LOCK OF MY LIFE hit very easily with the Niners not being able to put up points against Dallas.
Too bad Dallas sucked ass and now have to answer what to do in the offseason.
My 2-2 Sunday did net 1.92 Units bringing The Blog’s total to…
1.15 Units (+3.66 Lifetime)
It’s sad to admit, but with College Football being over, and NFL soon to end, we will have to start paying serious attention to basketball. Admittedly, my WORST sport is Basketball at both the professional and the collegiate level, so if you are going to #FadeZabe you may want to now. As always, I will have some props and parlays with juice that I am not writing about, so be sure to follow my Action Network mobile page!
Chicago @ Charlotte 6:30 pm CST
(Bulls -6, O/U 234.5)
As a Chicago guy, it feels like it is a responsibility to know what’s going on with the Bulls. I’ve watched maybe 4 games this year, with Tuesday at the Pacers being the most recent, and Jesus Christ I can’t stand this team. Zach Lavine has GOT to go. We are going nowhere with this team, and with the way the current NBA is, if you don’t have a top 5 guy then you’re fucked.
They are so inconsistent. They blew out the Warriors a week and a half ago, and then blow a 26-point lead against the Pacers, who are young and stupid. You close out games against teams like that, not leaving the door open for them. Billy Donovan looked like he didn’t know how to coach, disgusted me.
But they are going to Charlotte who is ABYSMAL. Charlotte is a team that is vying for this French 7-foot 5-inch ballhandler and shooter Victor Wembanyama. The team knows they want to lose. The coaching staff knows they want to lose. The team GM and President know they want to lose. THE FANS KNOW THEY WANT TO LOSE. So why would they try tonight?
Coming off of a 4 game road trip over a span of 10 days, Charlotte had to fly from home to Houston, then to Atlanta, from there to Utah, and then to Phoenix, before flying across the country and getting back home to Charolette early morning Wednesday. These players aren’t out here trying to get their heads right for the Bulls who just embarrassed themselves. These players are worried about seeing their families and their girlfriends/wives.
You know they be doing the dirty. Less testosterone to get buckets. Take the Bulls here, even though they are 0-5 as road favorites this year.
Bulls -6 (-110)
Risk 1 Unit to win 0.91
New York @ Boston 6:30 pm CST
(Celtics -8.5, O/U 221.5)
I’m excited about watching this game just because I feel like Boston is REALLY good this year. Watching the Celtics-Heat game the other night was so much fun going down to the wire, but still, there is so much to complain about.
Like how in that game there were 0.9 seconds left with the Celtics down 2. Obviously to inbound the ball from the opposite end of the court and score a bucket seemed impossible, but Jesus why the fuck does it have to take so long. There were THREE commercial breaks while there were 0.9 seconds remaining. A review timeout, a Boston timeout, and a Miami timeout. How come we have to go on a 3-5 minute commercial break for every time out? TWELVE MINUTES it took to play the final fraction of a second. That’s such a joke
And the defense… JESUS CHRIST PLAY SOME D!!!
I get that the rules basically make it impossible to make a team want to play any defense, but these scores are just outrageous.
Like last night… Two of the top 10 defensive teams in the league are Philly and Brooklyn. The final score was 137-133. TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY POINTS WERE SCORED.
Blow me. That’s not basketball that’s a fucking shoot around.
Anyway, go with buckets. This matchup favors Jaylen Brown in the sense that the Knicks just let you shoot. They don’t get a fuck. They give up so many 3 pointers it’s insane. Celtics have shot the second most 3’s in games, only beaten by Golden State. With Smart being out, Jaylen Brown is going to get BUCKETS.
Sometimes, those shots will miss. Who is going to be there to clean up them boards and put them back up? Robert Williams.
Take Jaylen Brown OVER in points, Robert Williams to record a Double-Double, and fuck it, the Celtics team total OVER as well.
Jaylen Brown Over 26.5 Points (-107)
Risk 1 Unit to win 0.93
Robert Williams Double-Double (+425)
Risk 0.5 Units to win 2.13
Celtics Team Total Over 115.5 (-110)
Risk 1 Unit to win 0.91
Zabe’s Futures
In this section, I will keep track of any futures that I will be placing for The Blog.
December 11, 2022: CASHED
Georgia to win the NCAAF Championship (-130)
Risk 4 Units to win 3.08
Zabe’s Past
2022 Total (October start): +2.51 Units
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