Doc’s Sports

Utah is a much better team in our eyes and they have as many wins on the road as the Flyers have at home. They have also owned the Flyers, winning all three lifetime meetings. The Flyers should be fat and happy after winning three straight, but we think that’s fools gold. This team just isn’t that good. They have a -11 goal differential on the season compared to +24 for the Mammoth. Utah has won four of six, so they are playing well also. They won their last road matchup over the Capitals. Utah is also the healthier team in this matchup. Konecny is likely still out here, and he is a very important player for the Flyers. We just think the cream will rise to the top here and we don’t see Philly winning four straight over mostly solid competition and we think Utah will assert their dominance here. This price is more than fair.

The Rockets offense is really clicking lately. And when they have an offense, combined with their stellar defense, this is one of the most dangerous teams in the NBA. They have scored over 120 in three of their last five games. Houston has one of the best home court advantages in the NBA at 20-7. A certain superstar in Houston will want perform well against his old team. The Warriors are just 3-7 ATS in their last 10 and they just suffered double digit losses to the Clippers and Lakers. Now they face an even better team tonight.

2 Unit  Play. Take #799 Evansville +15.5 over Northern Iowa (9:30p.m., Thursday, March 5 ESPN+) This is a lot of points to be giving for a total that is only 125. Northern Iowa beat Evansville twice this season by 16 and 14 points. I see this game on a neutral site being around a 10-12 point game for the Panthers. They have bigger fish to fry and I do not expect them to blowout the Purple Aces when they know they still have 3 more games left to make the NCAA Tournament.