May 1st

Good evening gentleman, and maybe a spare lady.  It is the month of May.  TheGoldenBlazer is ready for streakdom to set in.  I will be doing the blog throughout the month, so tune in for some good pick suggestions!

Goals this month:
Be on the leaderboard by the 12th of May
Win Max Pickers
Beat the Messenger

Without futher to do!
1. AS Roma vs Chievo Verona.
If Chievo Verona reminds me of anything its The Chive.  And I love The Chive just like I love Chievo Verona in this matchup.  AS Roma has been downright dreadful on the road, with only 5 wins in 17 matches.  Chievo Verona has certainly been more than reasonable at home, with 12 wins or draws in 17 matches.  Additionally, AS Roma has not won a road game since March 10.  In addition, they also have 2 starters out.

Line: Chievo W/D -150, AS Roma W +110.
Pick: Chievo Verona

2. Liverpool vs Fulham

You want to talk about a streaky side look at Liverpool.  17 home matches, only 3 defeats, only 5 wins, flip to the road, 8 wins, 9 losses. Which Liverpool side will show up? The one that smoked Everton 3-0, or the one that dropped a 1-0 game to WBA.  Well frankly I don't know.  However, two important pieces of information about the road side, firstly, they have lost 9 of 17 road games.  Secondly, they've only scored 11 road goals, yea, 11, in 17 games, thats...gets out calculator... .6470588235294117 goals/road game.  Sorry Fulham, I don't like those chances of a goal enough to take ya.

Line: Liverpool -162, Fulham W/D +120

3. Boozer+Noah vs Holiday+Igodallalalala

Hey, did you hear Derrick Rose got hurt? No? He's out for the playoffs! I know crazy right? No the Heat better not f****** win.  Oh there's a prop? Sorry didn't see you there.  I assumed now that Rose was hurt a team that went 18-9 without him, including a win over the Heat no longer existed. So to the prop.  As previously stated, without Rose, the Bulls will need to pound inside, sorry C.J. Watson, you aren't going to carry this team.  Both combos average about the same (25.2 N+B vs 25.9 H+I) but without Rose, and Chicago being the better team anyway, thus more likely to have more points at halftime, I'll take the Bulls players.

4. Bulls points 22- or 23+
Hey did you hear Derrick Rose got hurt? Yea not going through that again.  Anyway, point is another key for the Bulls is going to be slow, tough half court basketball, that means less possessions, which means less points. The line is set at 175 right now, that puts it at 43 points per quarter.  Yea, this is essentially a toss up, but I like a low scoring game here. 22-

5. Lawson pts+ast vs Bynum pts:

I would take Lawson even if it were points vs points.  Are you kidding me? Do you know who Bynum plays for? The Lakers, you know who else is on the Lakers? Kobe Bryant.  Its the playoffs, Kobe doesn't pass in the playoffs, scratch that, Kobe Bryant doesn't pass ever.  It's like Gandolf came down and told him he shouldn't pass or something.  I'll take Lawson and a green thank you very much.

6. 3rd Quarter Points: 48- or 49+

Did you know the Nuggets had the highest ppg in the entire NBA? Yep.  And the Lakers have Kobe? Yep.  This should go over because the tempo of this game will be extremely fast, and both teams will be in a groove by the third. 49+