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Washington-Cleveland
Cleveland third worst margin of cover at -2 and 19-24
Washington over by 4.5 points per game, tied for third highest in league and over 26-17
Lakers-Brooklyn
Nets have dropped four straight games and 11 of their past 13.
Off Philly, Milwaukee, Sixers then at Detroit and New York on back to back
Lakers in middle of five game road trip
Dallas-Portland
Mavericks second best ats team based on margin of cover at +3.5 at 22-19 ats
Portland second worst at -2.5 and 16-27 ats tied for worst
When a road team has a net ats margin of 6 or better on game 42 or later, superior road team is 24-16 for 60 percent including 9-1 if team we are betting on is off loss
Dallas over 26-17 by league leading 5.4 points per game
Tennessee Martin-Eastern Illinois
Tennessee Martin 5-10 ats -4.3
Eastern Illinois, though 6-10 is +3.3 margin of cover
Regression to mean 967-794-29
UT Martin ranked 113th in offensive efficiency, while EIU is 203rd in defensive efficiency
Eastern Illinois very inconsistent this season
Pick: Tennessee Martin +8.5
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NBA injuries
Kyrie Irving, BKN vs LAL, probable
CJ McCollum, POR vs DAL, questionable
Hassan Whiteside, POR vs DAL, probable
DeAndre Jordan, BKN vs LAL, questionable