Return of the Lines

HA, I guess the Suns didn't hear about my request for a close and competitive game. They were with the Lakers for all of 7 minutes. The Suns were able to keep it tied at 20-20 with a little under 5 minutes to go in the first... then Amundson came in for Shaq and it was all over. The Lakers go on a 10-2 run in the next 3 minutes. By the time Shaq reenters the game with 3 min. to go in the 1st quarter, the Suns are down 8 and the Lakers never look back. We're down 13 (26-39) by the end of the 1st, 25 (55-70) by halftime. The 4th quarter is all scrub time and we end up losing by 26 (106-132). Ah wells, a loss was expected. We just need to beat the teams that we *should* beat (i.e. tonight at home against the Raptors) and we can hopefully still squeak into the playoffs. We're home against the Lakers again this Sunday and there's a chance Nash will sit that one out too... if so, chalk up another game in the loss column. Damn... we're really scrapping it close this season. =(

Oh yeah and after almost a month hiatus... here's the return of Friday night lines, wish me luck ;-)

	Spread	Points
Milwaukee	9.5	+201.5
New Orleans	-9.5	-201.5
Detroit	9	+187.5
Orlando	-9	-187.5
Chicago	-5	+208
Washington	5	-208
Indiana	12	+205.5
Boston	-12	-205.5
Miami	5	+194.5
Atlanta	-5	-194.5
Phila.	2	+214
New York	-2	-214
Portland	-5	+204.5
Minnesota	5	-204.5
Oklahoma City	9	+209.5
Dallas	-9	-209.5
LA Lakers	-3	+219
Denver	3	-219
Toronto	5.5	+228.5
Phoenix	-5.5	-228.5
Cleveland	-1.5	+178
San Antonio	1.5	-178
LA Clippers	1.5	+214
Sacramento	-1.5	-214
Charolette	1.5	+207
Golden State	-1.5	-207