LT Profits Free Nba Pick October 30 2009

New Jersey Nets +9.0 (-110)
Fri Oct 30 ‘09 8:05p
The Orlando Magic have one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, but this seems like an awfully big spread to be laying on the road vs. a New Jersey Nets team that covered the last two head-to-head meetings last season, including an outright upset here in Jersey.

The Nets blew a 19-point lead in their season opener on Friday, when they lost on the road at the buzzer vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Nets are very young this year, but they do have some up and coming talent. Perhaps most encouragingly, New Jersey had three players record double-doubles on opening night (Brook Lopez, Yi Jianlian and rookie Terrence Williams), which may present some matchup problems for the Magic.

Now make no mistake, Orlando is the better team here and they obliterated the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday 120-106 in a game that was not nearly as close as the final score. However, Dwight Howard will not his usual big advantage in the middle tonight as Lopez is one if the best young centers in the league with a ton of upside, and the youthful Nets will play their hearts out in an attempt to won the support of the local fans in their home opener.

Whether or not that will be enough to pull an upset remains to be seen, but we do see New Jersey sticking within single-digits in here.

NBA Free Pick: Nets +9 (-110)

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