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WARRIORS (3-2)

GRIZZLIES (2-4)

• Warriors on a 3 game win streak and are coming off a bye week looking to continue their winning ways.
• Amit has been getting better as the season goes along averaging 13 ppg and 6 rpg. He will be key.
• The Warrior bigs will have the stretch the Grizzlies defense in this one making them guard them on the perimeter.

• Anthony will need to have better shot selection and get his team involved.
• Grizzlies need to contain Warriors best player (Asok) as he is a matchup nightmare.
• Nisan with questionable defense last week. Coach Vimal will need to control his emotions so he can control the glass.

RAPTORS (3-3)

TIMBERWOLVES (4-2)

• Harrison and Thileep pick n roll is what we should see. They were playing great basketball and the Lakers couldn’t defend their plays.
• Thileep holding it down on the glass with 10.5 rpg and he will need to as the Twolves are a good offensive rebounding team.
• Raptors have the guard advantage and they need to exploit that in this matchup

• Twolves coming off a tough loss to the Nuggets dropping them to 3rd spot in the standing and a loss here can make them tied with the Raptors
• Ragu vs Somi is the battle of brothers but we shall see if Ragu is able to suit up for the Wolves. 
• Manveer will have his way (19.3 ppg) with the smaller Raptor forwards and continue his MVP type performances.

BLAZERS (5-1)

NUGGETS (4-1)

• Team Karaoke stands atop the standings with great ball movement and gang rebounding playing at peak level.
• Nishant is averaging 10ppg this season and is showing more confidence as the 3rd option. He will be the x-factor as he will get tough assignments
• Vijith has to knock down his shots to keep the defense honest and he will be dueling with his 3pt adversary Sen.

• GM Ray will come prepared as this is basically a #1 seed game for this squad. The schedule gets easier for them after this game.
• Dwayne Lubin continuing his strong play after a 15/9 outing and that will continue against a smaller Blazers squad
• Chris Searles will be licking his chops against an undersized Blazer team as he had 19/13 last week. Look for the Nuggets to excel down low.

BULLS (3-3)

CELTICS (3-3)

• Bulls what a comeback against the Spurs led by Jeron with 24 points and a triple double from Nishan.
• This is what the Bulls envisioned last year with Anthony but Nishan is now the replacement and they have a Big 3 that is all producing over 10 points per game
• Look for the Bulls to stymie the Celtics offense with their 2-3 defense. GM Billal knows this is an important game, a loss could put them back into Wild Card position

• Celtics with another impressive win over a supposed contender in the Grizzlies. Celtics have their own big 3 going with Umaraj, Abdul, and Randy who are all averaging over 10 ppg
• Jey will be huge in this game being a rim protector, altering shots, and controlling the glass against a good offensive rebounding team
• A win here can catapult the C’s into the top 6 contention and oh how sweet that would be after the ridicule they took for trading away the #1 pick

PISTONS (1-4)

LAKERS (2-4)

• Cellar dweller Pistons are coming off a forfeit to the Jazz; smart move by Sugee for forfeiting or the score would have been disastrous.
• Sanam's play looked promising with 9 rebounds in a half. Can he be the big they need?
• Will the real Uzi show up? He is a fiery competitor as we have seen it. He needs to do it all for this team by scoring, passing, and helping out on the glass

• Rahul frustrated by the lack of calls but he needs to keep his composure for this team to succeed
• Brendan Ferguson with a double double last week and look for him to dominate against the Pistons interior.
• Sarwar will be back this week and it's him that lets all the other pieces fall into place as he is averaging 13pp/5rp/3apg. Lakers will need to jump on the Pistons early to get back in the Wild Card Race

JAZZ (3-2)

BULLETS (3-2)

• The Champions are rolling again with a forfeit win. They are now 3-2 and back in the hunt for a top seed. They did struggle against Pistons for a bit without Demone however.
• The Jazz will need to apply ball pressure which they have the ability to do with Demone and Yaga. They will create turnovers as Bullets really do not have a trusted ball handler.
• Nathaniel has been a pleasant surprise as he is top 20 in three pointers made. 

• Bullets with another stinker against the Blazers and that’s now 2 in a row. Patrick needs to stop the bleeding with adjustments. Teams have caught up and they look like pretenders right now but a W against the champs can change things.
• The Bullets Big 3 have been producing but the supporting cast is struggling. James Arakill had a hot start and now has fizzled. I wonder if it was because of defenses weren’t locking into him.
• Javan / Tharu will have to dominate the interior against a physical frontline Jazz.