Cajun Sports

The Philadelphia 76ers will host the Houston Rockets on Monday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philly. The Rockets needed an extra period to put down a Lakers attack on Saturday eventually defeating them 138 to 134. The Seventy-sixers are coming in off a two-point loss against the Thunder in their last trip to the hardwood. In the Rockets victory over the Lakers on Saturday they allowed fifty plus points in the paint and this triggers a system that tells us to play AGAINST NBA road underdogs coming off a game in which they allowed at least fifty points in the paint, these teams are 2-21 SU and 5-18 ATS. Our TPR Index projects a point advantage of 9.89 points. The MM projects a point differential of 7.92 points against the current line range. The SIM Matrix has the Philadelphia 76ers with a 73.44 percent advantage against the oddsmakers number on Monday night. We want to play ON NBA non-conference home teams coming off a SU/ATS loss while going Under as a favorite in their last game, 58-38-4 ATS including 57-37-4 ATS as a home favorite. We are going to lay the chalk with the 76ers on Monday night in the City of Brotherly Love.

The Iowa State Cyclones are in Lawrence Kansas to take on the home town Jayhawks Monday night. The Cyclones come in riding a two-game winning streak both straight up and against the spread defeating Texas Tech on the road and the Cowboys of Oklahoma State at home. Back on January 5th the Kansas Jayhawks were in Ames for a conference battle against this Cyclones team. Iowa State tried to run the Jayhawks out of arena and the state of Iowa defeating Kansas 77 to 60. The Jayhawks lost on the road earlier in the season at Arizona State as a three-point road favorite losing 80 to 76. Following that loss, they returned to Lawrence and showed no mercy to an Eastern Michigan team that entered the contest as twenty-three-point road underdogs and proceeded to get blown out 87 to 63. For Kansas following the loss to Iowa State back on January 5th they returned home to face TCU as -6.5-point home favorites and for the most part handled the Frogs winning and covering with a final score of 77 to 68. Kansas has just returned home from a trip to Morgantown where they came up one-point short to the Mountaineers losing 65 to 64. We expect history to repeat itself in Lawrence tonight, not an Iowa State win but a Jayhawks bounce back victory over the Cyclones. The oddsmakers have installed Kansas as a -4.5-point home favorite and our numbers tell us the Jayhawks will get the win and cover tonight. The TPR Index projects a point advantage of 10.72 points. The MM projects a point differential of 7.86 with a line range of -4.0 to -6.5. The Pace-Tempo Matrix has an offensive-defensive differential of 7.15 with a transitional average of 42.04 and a conversion rate range of 46.32 to 48.57 percent in tonight’s contest. The SIM Matrix has Kansas with a 73.81 percent advantage against the spread in this contest. The Jayhawks are 101-72-5 ATS coming off a spread loss their last time out including 68-43-3 ATS at home in this situation. Kansas coming off an ATS loss their last time have gone 90-65-5 ATS when installed as a favorite and 65-43-3 as home chalk in this situation. With Kansas coming off back-to-back ATS losses we know they are 42-25-2 ATS in this situation. If Kansas lost their game both straight up and against the spread, they are 34-18-2 ATS including 24-10-1 ATS as a home favorite. With solid support on both ends of the floor as well as strong situational support to go with several key technical elements that all point to a Jayhawks victory we will lay the chalk in Lawrence tonight.

For the Wild Devan Dubnyk owns a 2-0-1 (1.62 gaa/948sv%) in three meetings versus Vegas. Vegas has the Predators on deck and this coming off a tough outing against the Pens so there is a very good chance Vegas will be suffering from the flat spot syndrome and looking past this Wild team. Vegas is riding an extended streak which also sets them up for a play against situation especially facing a team they feel they should defeat just by showing up. We will play the underdog here solid value on the pup.