Friday NBA Referee Assignments

[Mendoza Line]

Miami at Philadelphia: (Mia -2 and 191) Home dogs getting fewer than 5 points are 11-4 ATS with ref Bennie Adams since the start of last season. Home dogs getting fewer than 5 points are 7-3 ATS with ref James Capers since the start of last season. Miami is 2-4 ATS with Adams and 1-4 ATS with Capers. Philly is 4-0-1 ATS with Adams and 4-3 ATS with Capers.

Washington at Toronto: (Tor -4 and 184.5) Conflicting trends with this crew.

Cleveland at Orlando: (Orl -8 and 187.5) A little bit mixed. Tony Brothers is normally a great road-team ref, but road dogs of between 5 and 10 points are 18-13 ATS with him since the start of last season, just a moderate trend for him. More importantly, Cleveland is just 1-8-1 ATS with Brothers, although the one win was this year. Orlando is on a 4-2 ATS run with Brothers. Cleveland is just 1-6 ATS with ref Eli Roe, while Orlando is 6-4 ATS with him. Cleveland is a decent 6-3 ATS with ref Haywoode Workman, but Orlando has never lost with him, going 8-0 SU & ATS with Workman in his career.

Milwaukee at Detroit: (Mil -4.5 and 182.5) Both teams have very poor ATS records with these refs. No noteworthy general trends.

Minnesota at New Jersey: (Minn -4.5 and 198.5) Weak or conflicting trends for this crew.

Memphis at Oklahoma City: (OKC -9 and 192) Courtney Kirkland is 3-12 o/u this season, including 0-6 o/u in games with totals between 185 and 195 points. Memphis is 1-4 o/u with Kirkland, and OKC is 1-3 o/u with him. David Jones is 4-13 o/u this season, including 3-7 o/u with totals between 185 and 195, but these teams tend to go over in games with Jones. Memphis is 6-1 o/u with Jones, and OKC is 4-2 o/u with him.

New York at Boston: (Bos -6.5 and 184) Neutral trends for this crew with these teams.

Phoenix at Houston: (Hou -6.5 and 200.5) Conflicting trends here.

Indiana at Dallas: (Dal -4.5 and 191.5) Neutral general o/u trends, but these refs lean to the Over with Dallas. Dallas is 8-2 o/u in their last 10 with Olandis Poole and 7-2 o/u with Marc Davis. Dallas is 5-3 o/u in their last 8 with ref Leon Wood, but that includes 0-3 o/u in their most-recent 3 with him.

L.A. Lakers at Denver: (Den -4 and 196) Good crew for home teams. Home teams are 13-5 ATS with ref Kane Fitzgerald this season, including 7-2 ATS as single-digit favorites. Home teams are 11-6 ATS with ref Bill Kennedy, including 6-3 ATS as single-digit home faves. Home teams are 12-5 ATS with ref Scott Twardoski, including 5-2 ATS as single-digit home faves. The Lakers are 0-5 ATS with Fitzgerald, 2-6 ATS with Kennedy, and 0-3 ATS with Twardoski, and most of those games were on the road. Denver is 4-3 ATS with Fitzgerald and 6-1 ATS with Kennedy.



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Wear and tear, from the Newsletter section:

-- Heat: 4th game/6 nites. 76ers: 3rd game/5 nites.
-- Wizards: 3rd game/5 nites. Raptors: 4th game/6 nites.
-- Cavaliers: Had last two nites off. Magic: 6th game/9 nites.
-- Bucks: 3rd game/5 nites. Pistons: 6th game/8 nites.
-- Wolves: 4th game/6 nites. Nets: 4th game/6 nites.
-- Grizzlies: 5th game/7 nites. Thunder: 3rd game/5 nites.
-- Knicks: 3rd game/4 nites. Celtics: 4th game/6 nites.
-- Suns: 3rd game/5 nites. Rockets: 3rd game/5 nites.
-- Pacers: 4th game/6 nites. Mavericks: 4th game/6 nites.
-- Lakers: Had last two nites off. Nuggets: 4th game/6 nites.