Milwaukee and Portland laying single digits.

I am shocked to see both Bucks and Blazers laying -9 and -8 respectively for their games on Sunday against really bad atrocious defensive teams in Pacers and Raptors.

In the Milwaukee game, line is -9 or -9.5 in some places. Pacers have allowed 110+ in 7 of their last 11 games. While Bucks are going on five game streak allowing 87 or less.

Jazz came to town destroying the weak opposition and could not even cross 90 against these red-hot Bucks team.

Don't know if it's the early start, let-down spot (which I don't believe this now with teams fighting for playoff spots).

The most shocker of them all is Blazers laying four miserable baskets against a Raptors team that will be playing with no rest (3-12 ATS and allowing 109.9 ppg in this scenario). At the time of this writing Warriors have 117 points with 3 mins left in its game against Raptors. Will probably finish with 125+ points.

Blazers have not allowed an opponent to even sniff 100 points in their last 8 home games.

Perhaps those lines will increase tomorrow when the betting public starts wagering their games. But tonight those lines don't make sense whatsoever.

Michael Jordan to buy the Charlotte Bobcats

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- He has been called the NBA's greatest player and one of the country's top pitchmen.

Now Michael Jordan is ready for a new title: NBA owner.

With minutes to go until his exclusive negotiating window was to expire, Jordan struck a deal late Friday night to buy controlling interest of the Charlotte Bobcats, putting the six-time NBA champion in charge of the money-losing team in his home state.

Owner Bob Johnson announced in a statement that he's agreed to sell the Bobcats to Jordan, who has been a part-owner of the team since 2006. Jordan has been running the team's basketball operations.

The purchase price and details of Jordan's ownership group -- called MJ Basketball Holdings LLC -- weren't immediately available. A spokeswoman for Johnson and a spokesman for Jordan said neither was available for comment early Saturday.

The league's owners must approve the purchase.

Jordan was in competition with former Houston Rockets executive George Postolos, who also had an ownership group together to buy the team. But Postolos said Jordan had the exclusive right to buy the club until just before midnight Friday night.

Jordan hit another last-second shot -- reaching a deal minutes before the deadline.

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As a Magic fan, I don't see Magic stealing a win in Phoenix.

We have not won in Phoenix in 9-10 years.

No Rest

Revenge game for Phoenix (This is the reason Magic blew Suns in Orlando, Phoenix had no rest and playing 4th game in 5 nights, I think).

We still have the defense, but Magic are not defending lately.

4 of last 5 opponents have scored 100+

NBA Rating Plays (Friday, 11/28)

OVERALL Rating Posted Record: 19-11-0 (63.3%) (Yesterday: 2-0-0) (POWER PLAYS: 4-4-0)
LAST 10 Rating Posted Record: 14-12-0 (53.8%) (Yesterday: 1-1-0) (POWER PLAYS: 5-3-0)
ROAD/HOME Rating Posted Record: 19-12-0 (61.3%) (Yesterday: 2-0-0) (POWER PLAYS: 9-6-0)

AVERAGE: 20-12-0 (62.5%) (Yesterday: 2-0-0) (POWER PLAYS: 8-3-0)   Friday, November 28 2008   AVERAGE Power Rating Line:   - Atlanta/Toronto (PK) - Boston -6.0 - Detroit -1.5 - Minnesota -8.0 - Utah -11.0 - LA Lakers -10.5 - Cleveland -19.0 - Phoenix -6.0 - Indiana -4.5 - San Antonio -12.5 - Portland -4.5   Later, if I have the time, I'll post game by game in depth lines.... [More]