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4-Unit Play #551 Take Orlando +6 Over Cleveland (7 p.m. EST, Tuesday)
Even though the Cavs are the best home team in the NBA, they CAN be beat and the Magic are one of those teams that can get the job done. We are not saying Cleveland will go down tonight, but we expect a real close contest here and think that the Magic will be in it late. The Magic have won three straight in this series and seven of the last nine. They have also covered in eight of the last nine meetings. They come in having won seven of their last eight and are playing as well as anyone in the league right now. They are being undervalued by the oddsmakers, too, as they have covered in six of their last eight. The Cavs have been playing really well lately too record wise, but not ATS as they have dropped two straight and four of their last six. In recent games they beat the Knicks by five, Sacramento by three in OT and the Clippers by four. If they are not blowing teams like this out we feel that the Magic can compete for the win tonight as well.

3-Unit Play #556 Take Chicago +1 ½ Over Boston (8:30 p.m. EST, Tuesday)
Boston has pretty much dominated this series but we think the Bulls will have a chance to get a rare win against them tonight as the Celtics just haven’t been playing up to their standards lately. The Celtics have covered only once in their last nine contests and they have dropped three of their last four overall (straight-up). The Bulls are one of those teams that have been horrible on the road but unbeatable at home. They have won six straight home games including wins over New Orleans, Houston, Orlando and Denver. We think they get another win tonight against the banged-up Celtics.

4-Unit Play #563 Take LA Clippers/Golden State UNDER 223 ½ (10:30 p.m. EST, Tuesday)
The Warriors will be without a lot of firepower tonight. Jamal Crawford (19 PPG) is feuding with Coach Nelson and will is being benched for the next two games in favor of a younger lineup. Stephen Jackson (21 PPG) is suspended because he has amassed too many technical fouls this season. This team still has some scoring options and they will still run, but we just don’t see them scoring enough to get over the posted number, which we feel is a very public number. The Clippers haven’t exactly been great on offensive lately. They have averaged just 93 PPG in their last nine contests and only two of those have gone over 100 points. Two straight meetings this season have gone under the posted total and the one game that did go over barely squeaked past this current number by ½ point. The value here lies with the under.

Best of Luck – Doc’s Sports