Sentences with phrase «home court»

I feel sure that the majority of basketball experts are in agreement on the value of home court advantage.

A hunter always has more control fighting on home court: the ground.

We have also found that basketball bettors tend to place too much weight on the importance of home court advantage, which has created additional value on road teams.

We were a couple of games out of home court in the first round of the playoffs.

This is where we take their heart and get back home court.

We have a lot of work to do before then to make home court meaningful.

Most of these games are played at a neutral site, but the higher seeds actually receive home court advantage in the early rounds of small conference tournaments.

In the one off game with no real home court advantage to speak of, the scales have to be tipped slightly in their favour, say 45 - 55.

The agent makes a connection when he realizes that the boy plays basketball and shows him that his new driveway could become the ultimate home court just by adding a basketball hoop.

There was no sense pushing the guys for home court advantage.

If this team stays reasonably healthy next year, we win 50 + games and have home court in the first round.

Fans simply don't understand the significance of home court advantage and are willing to take what they consider to be a bad line.

Even with home court in Game 5 and an adjusted Parsons, the Rockets have an uphill battle ahead of them.

The smartphone is home court for many users.

Stings to lose home court advantage temporarily but channeling my inner SH to take the longest view...

The fourth - seeded Raptors are 4.5 games ahead of the No. 5 Atlanta Hawks, so losing Ibaka through the regular season won't hurt their odds at home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

The victory snaps a season - long five - game home court losing streak for the Cougars and is just the third victory in eight games all - time against Jacksonville State, which entered the contest tied with Tennessee Tech and Austin Peay, a game back of second - place Murray State and two games behind conference leader Belmont.

The Clippers» win puts them in good position to take home court advantage as they head into the playoffs.

If Texas can protect home court on Tuesday, they will knock Marcus Smart and Co. completely out of the Big 12 title race, if they haven't been already.

But the Jazz rookie has been everything and more for a Utah team now in position to defend home court and take command of their first - round series back in Salt Lake City.

After the game, it didn't take sports fans long to speculate that the malfunction was actually intentional to give the Spurs an even bigger home court advantage.

Their top four scorers are all 24 - years old or younger, and they may have the best home court advantage in basketball.

With a 48 - 17 record at week's end, 2 1/2 games better than Seattle's, Utah is poised to gain home court advantage throughout the Western Conference playoffs for the first time in history.

Considering home court advantage is worth about 2.5 - 3 points, accounting for Cousins value to the spread, the Pelicans should be around a 5 - 6 point dog on Thursday.

I don't see any reason the Pistons can't win 48 games or more and get home court in the first round.

And it's not just home courts that should be off - limits, but also any court that might bestow home advantage.

Toronto faces a near must - win with the numbers going firmly in favor of Washington after it stole home court.

With a roster full of instate players, one team will have a distinct home court advantage at Detroit's Ford Field

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini showed up to home court Etihad Stadium fighting for a win to close out his final chapter with Man City, instead he thanked his fans, those who hadn't left already, for three great years while expressing a measure of disappointment that he couldn't go out with another win.

Furthermore we believed that oddsmakers would continue to overvalue home court advantage, thus improving our overall edge.

In late January, ESPN published an article detailing how home court advantage in the NBA is not as valuable as it once was.

San Antonio maintained home court advantage with their overtime close - out in Game 2.

The realities of kitchen as home court began to depress her.

On March 31, Golden State has to protect home court against the Rockets once again.

I also had the Jazz taking us out last night, but as soon as they announced home court and playing the Pelicans at the game it seemed like the team just relaxed and really just man handled them almost all night.

We also think that their strong record was a bit too much based on a spectacular home court advantage — they swept their Big Ten home slate.

I still think the Cavs will get the 3rd seed and we'll get Philadelphia in the 1st without home court advantage.

This matchup will take place at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri — a venue located just 35 miles away from the Jayhawks home court.

The Heat have won their past 3 games and will look to keep the streak alive at their sunny South Beach home court.

Home court + avoiding the Rockets til the WCF.

What's more, after playing to the league's smallest home crowds in 2001 - 02 (average attendance at the Charlotte Coliseum: 11,286), this year the Hornets figure to have a true home court advantage at the New Orleans Arena (seating capacity: 18,500).

But they were fully aware, too, that back in 1994, when half of their current players were freshmen, they had overcome New Castle's huge home court advantage and beaten the Trojans in the regional final.

Longley grew up in Fremantle, and on the night of Dec. 7 he seemed for all the world as if he were back there again rather than where he actually was, on his adopted home court in Albuquerque, playing against New Mexico's archrival, New Mexico State, and enduring scandalously rude taunts from several of what Long Luc calls «sepos.»

If we assume NBA home court advantage is worth about 2.5 - points, it's reasonable to expect the line for tonight's game would be at least 10 - points closer than their previous matchup.

Even the BAFTAs, where this film had an obvious home court advantage, only extended four technical nods (the same as the Oscars, except Make Up & Hair instead of Score).