What a bust Sunday's play on the Seahawks was with my complimentary selection. Simply a horrible pick, nothing more to say about it. Despite the loss, however, I'm still 44-28 over the past 72 days, including a run of 27-15 over the last 42!
And I'll bounce back quickly today with a play on the Suns, who are hosting Cleveland. Phoenix is unbeaten in 10 games at home this season, and has won its last 19 at home going back to last season.
Amare Stoudamire has really stepped up his game recently, averaging 21 points and 11 rebounds over his last nine games. And he has been even better than that over the past three games, averaging 26 points and 13 rebounds.
The Cavaliers are playing on back-to-back nights, and just lost 102-95 at Dallas on Sunday against a Mavericks team that was without star Dirk Nowitzki. This is the second game of a four-game Western road trip for Cleveland, and the travel and consecutive games could be an issue against point guard Steve Nash and the Suns' high-octane offense.
A fast-paced game also could take Cavs big men Shaquille O'Neal and Zydrunas Ilgauskas out of the equation. And Phoenix would love to show Shaq it doesn't miss him at all after the team's acquisition of the future Hall of Famer last season didn't pan out like it hoped it would.
Phoenix is on ATS runs of 20-8-1 at home, 7-2 as a favorite and 19-7-1 as a home favorite. Cleveland, meanwhile, is on ATS slides of 2-6 in its last eight games overall, 2-5 as a road underdog and 1-4 in its last five games in Phoenix. The favorite in this series is 10-1 ATS in the teams' last 11 meetings, and the home team is 8-3 ATS. Go with the Suns to cover at home tonight.
Dominic Fazzini 12/21
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