The Lakers are unbeatable when wearing their 'Black Mamba' jerseys
By
Tom Fornelli
4 hrs ago8 min read
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Hey, you've made it through another week. Look at you! Existing! Wow, that's great. I'm happy to see it, but we've got work to do here.
CBSSports.com employs many great Fantasy sports writers, and you should be reading everything they write, listening to their podcasts, and
subscribing to their newsletterif you aren't already. So, I'll leave most of the fantasy analysis to them, but I do have some advice of my own to give you.
Sell all your
Dallas Cowboys. Now. If you have
Dak Prescott, it's time to move on from him. If you have
Ezekiel Elliott, let someone else feed him.
Amari Cooper,
CeeDee Lambor any other receiver? Sayonara. The Cowboys announced Friday that
starting left tackle Tyron Smith will miss the rest of the season with a neck injury. This news comes less than a week after it was announced starting right tackle
La'el Collins would miss the rest of the year with a hip injury. Using Football Outsiders' offensive line metrics, the Cowboys had the 10th best line in the NFL so far this season, but that's about to crater.
So, I strongly suggest you shop your Cowboys around and see if you can get somebody to pay full price (or better) for them now before their value craters. Because it's going to crater. I'm not telling you to give them away for nothing just for the sake of doing it, because they still carry value, but the longer you hold on, the less you'll be able to get for them in the coming weeks.
But before you start shopping them around your league, read these stories.
OK, let's make some money
All times Eastern, and all odds via William Hill Sportsbook
The Hot Ticket
Lakers vs. Heat, 9 p.m. | TV: ABC
The Pick: Lakers -7 (-110): His name might be
Tyler Herro, but he'll always be a villain in this newsletter. If you don't know what I'm talking about, on Tuesday, in this very newsletter, we took the Lakers -7.5. The Lakers had a nine-point lead in the final seconds when Tyler Herro took a meaningless shot at the buzzer that had no impact on the game, but a significant impact on bettors.
He made it. The Lakers won by seven. We didn't cover.
Well, not tonight, Satan! We are back on the Lakers with the same spread because nothing has changed between Game 4 and tonight. Plus, the Lakers are wearing the "Black Mamba" jerseys tonight to honor Kobe Bryant. So, not only are the Lakers playing for a championship, but they're honoring Kobe. They cannot lose. And if you don't think the jerseys matter, well, you're wrong. The Lakers have worn the "Mamba" jerseys four times in these playoffs. They've gone 4-0, winning by an average of 10 points while shooting 52% from the field and 38.9% from three. They've gone 11-4 in their other 15 games, outscoring opponents by an average of 6.3 points per game while shooting 48.2% overall and 34.5% from three. It's gotta be the jerseys! The NBA season ends tonight, and it's not going to end with a backdoor cover.
Key Trend: The Lakers are 7-4-1 ATS in their last 12 games.
