Jack Jones of BetFirm Free Sports Picks & Handicapper Review

Jack's Free Pick Wednesday: Los Angeles Lakers -5.5

The Los Angeles Lakers have won five of their last seven games with their lone losses coming on the road to the Suns and at the buzzer to the Pacers.  They are as healthy as they have been all season with LeBron, Davis and Schroder all back and healthy.  Beverly also returns from suspension tonight.  Look for them to take out their frustration from a blowing 17-point 4th quarter lead to the Pacers last time out on the Blazers tonight.

This is a great spot for the Lakers playing just their 3rd game in 6 days.  This is a terrible spot for the Blazers playing the 2nd of a back-to-back and in their 6th different city in 10 days.  They wore down in the 4th quarter against the Clippers last night and lost 118-112 to a Clippers team that was missing Leonard, George, Kennard and Wall.

All five starters played at least 32 minutes last night for Portland, including 43 from Simons and 38 from Grant.  This isn't a deep team as it is, so I don't expect them to handle this situation very well at all.  That's especially the case considering they are still playing without Damian Lillard.

Plays on favorites (LA Lakers) - revenging a loss as a home favorite when also off a home loss are 82-37 (68.9%) ATS over the last five seasons.  This game has blowout written all over it given the terrible spot for the Blazers.  Bet the Lakers Wednesday.

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20* CBB Wednesday No-Doubt Rout on VCU PK

It's a great time to 'buy low' on the VCU Rams tonight.  They are 4-2 SU but 0-5 ATS this season with their two losses coming to Memphis and Arizona State.  The Rams are 3-0 at home this season and winning by 11.7 points per game.  They have one of the best home-court advantages in the country, so this is a gift getting them at a PK against Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt is a rebuilding team that lost their best player in Scotty Pippen Jr. (20.4 PPG) from last season.  They are off to a 3-3 start this season with home losses to Memphis and Southern MIss as well as a neutral loss to St. Mary's.  All three losses came by 9 points or more.  Their three wins have come against Temple, Fresno and Morehead State.  They also have four players questionable due to injury or illness tonight.  Bet VCU Wednesday.

15* CBB Wednesday Total DOMINATOR on North Dakota/Iowa State UNDER 133

Iowa State is a dead nuts UNDER team again this season.  The Cyclones rank 237th in adjusted tempo and 29th in defensive efficiency.  They play a North Dakota team tonight that also prefers to slow it down ranking 273rd in adjusted tempo.  This game will be played at a snail's pace tonight.

Iowa State is holding opponents to 16.6 points per game less than their season averages this season.  The Cyclones are holding foes to 37.8% shooting, which is nearly 8% less than their season averages.  Iowa State only shoots 29.7% from 3-point range this season and isn't a good shooting team.

Iowa State is 17-5 UNDER in its last 22 non-conference games.  The UNDER is 9-1 in Cyclones last 10 games overall.  The UNDER is 5-0 in Cyclones last five home games.  Take the UNDER in this game Wednesday.

15* CBB Wednesday Night BLOWOUT on Southern Indiana -4

Southern Indiana has been impressive this season going 3-3 against the 27th-toughest schedule in the country.  They only lost by 6 at Missouri as 19.5-point dogs, by 12 at Notre Dame as 14.5-point dogs and by 14 at St. Bonaventure.  They also went on the road and upset Bowling Green by 12, upset Southern Illinois by 18 at home as 9.5-point dogs and crushed Loras by 32.

Western Illinois opened the season with an upset win at Illinois State and a blowout home win over Rockford.  They have gone 0-4 SU & 1-3 ATS since with a 12-point loss at DePaul, a 33-point loss at UCF, a 24-point home loss to Youngstown State and an upset road loss at UTRGV.  They aren't very good.

Southern Indiana is +4.6 points per game based on what their opponents score and allow this season, while Western Illinois is -7.5 points per game.  So Southern Indiana is +12.1 points per game better than Western Illinois, and that doesn't even factor in their much tougher strength of schedule.  Southern Indiana should be much closer to a 10-point favorite tonight.

Western Illinois is 6-21 ATS in its last 27 games overall, including 0-6 ATS in its last six home games.  This team has almost zero home-court advantage with how terrible they have been.  Roll with Southern Indiana Wednesday.

15* Wyoming/Santa Clara Afternoon ANNIHILATOR on Santa Clara -7

I like this Santa Clara team.  They are off to a 5-2 SU & 4-2 ATS start this season with all five wins coming by 8 points or more including neutral court wins over DePaul by 8 and Iona by 10.  Their two losses came on a neutral to UCF and on the road at Utah State.  They are 3-0 at home this season and are an elite offensive team.

But as much as I like Santa Clara, this is more of a play against Wyoming than anything.  They are without their two best players tonight in Hunter Maldanado (18.7 PPG last year, 14.7 PPG this year) and Graham Ike (19.9 PPG, 9.6 RPG last year).  They also could be without their second-leading scorer this season in Max Agbonkpolo (9.6 PPG), who is questionable today.

It's not wonder Wyoming is off to such a terrible start this season playing the entire way without Ike.  They are 3-3 SU & 0-4 ATS with their three wins coming against Colorado Christian, Nicholls State and Howard.  They lost outright at home as a 21.5-point favorite to SE Louisiana, lost to Drake and lost to Boston College by 11.  I see no way they can keep this game competitive against Santa Clara without Maldanado and Ike.

Santa Clara is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 games after a combined score of 155 points or more.  Wyoming is 1-9-1 ATS in its last 11 games overall.  The Broncos are 15-5 ATS in their last 20 games overall.  Bet Santa Clara Wednesday.

15* NBA Wednesday Late-Night BAILOUT on Pacers/Kings OVER 238.5

Both the Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers are dead nuts OVER teams.  Sacramento ranks 7th in pace while Indiana ranks 3rd.  Sacramento ranks 4th in offensive efficiency while Indiana ranks 16th.  Sacramento ranks 27th in defensive efficiency while Indiana ranks 19th.

The OVER is 6-0-1 in Kings last seven home games.  The Kings and their opponents have combined for at least 237 points in each of their last six home games.  Roll with the OVER in this game Wednesday.

15* NBA Wednesday Total DOMINATOR on Wizards/Nets OVER 224.5

Ben Simmons is a good defender and gives Brooklyn almost nothing on offense.  He is out tonight, meaning Kyrie Irving will likely take over the ball-handling duties.  Irving is a dead nuts OVER player as he is one of the best scorers in the NBA and one of the worst defenders.

The Washington Wizards are really starting to get in a groove offensively now with both Bradley Beal and Kristaps Porzingis healthy.  They followed up 121 points at Boston with 142 points at home against Minnesota.  They also gave up 130 points to the Celtics and 127 to the Timberwolves and have now allowed at least 110 points in four consecutive games.

The OVER is 4-0 in Wizards last four games overall.  The OVER is 23-10-1 in Wizards last 34 games following a win.  Take the OVER in this game Wednesday.

20* NBA DOG OF THE WEEK on Houston Rockets +12

I love the spot for the Houston Rockets tonight.  They will be motivated for revenge from a 113-129 loss at Denver on Monday.  Now they get their shot at revenge in Denver again here two days later, and oddsmakers hasn't adjusted for the revenge factor considering Denver was an 11.5-point favorite in the first meeting and is now a 12-point favorite in the rematch.

The Rockets were playing well coming into that game.  They had gone 2-1 SU & 3-0 ATS in their previous three games.  They only lost by 7 to Golden State as 11-point dogs, upset Atlanta by 6 as 8-point dogs and upset Oklahoma City by 13 as 2-point dogs.  They only trailed Denver by 2 at halftime, too.

I'll gladly fade the Nuggets tonight.  They won't be motivated at all to beat this team again.  They'll be lucky to get out of here with a win, let alone cover this 12-point spread due to their lack of motivation.  I also can't see them shooting 56.8% from the field again like they did in that first meeting and they still struggled to cover.

Denver is 1-11 ATS in its last 12 games following two consecutive wins by 10 points or more.  Plays against any team (Denver) - following two consecutive covers as a favorite, a good team (60% to 75%) playing a bad team (25% to 40%) are 46-20 (69.7%) ATS over the last five seasons.  It's time to 'sell high' on the Nuggets tonight given the terrible spot for them.  Bet the Rockets Wednesday.