Saturday, January 10, 2009

NBA: Detroit Pistons vs. Utah Jazz

The Detroit Pistons will probably be without both Richard "Rip" Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace in their game tonight against the Utah Jazz.

Because of that, the Jazz, who are 11 and 7 against the spread in their home games so far this season, have been listed as 10 point favorites against the spread.

That's a lot of points and usually I wouldn't even consider an online bet on the Jazz to cover 10 points against a team of Detroit's class, but without Rip and 'Sheed, Detroit has an issue.

The issue won't be with Utah point-guard Derron Williams, even though he's easily one of the best in the NBA. It will be with the Jazz front-line. Mehmet Okur and Paul Milsap have turned into monsters on that front-line. The Jazz haven't missed a beat with Carlos Boozer sidelined.

10 points is a lot but the Jazz are more than capable of covering that.

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