Clippers do not want to risk Kawhi this early NBA season. Travelling to Utah for many hours and then playing again in the very next day is exhausting. And Utah is another tough to beat team especially in their hometown. Tomorrow Clippers will be playing at home versus San Antonio. The Clippers will benefit Kawhi's rest for this another top team.

There is already a rule when resting players. I think the team only needs to announce it 24 hours before the game in order to inform the fans. 24 hours won't be enough to some because there are many fans that buy tickets earlier. 

And indeed, it was the Jazz who win the game and they covered that high spread also.
Clippers now proven just an mediocre team without Leonard, it could have been alright if Paul George was already playing with the team.

Lucky me..  ;DT young was really a big loss, Hawks struggled in their own home, that's bad, but good for me as I go against them.

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We got a lot of games today, I will be picking at least 3 putting my very small bet, haha.

Liking the following team to win and cover.

Lakers -1.5
Kings ML
Spurs -7

GL!

I'm not really feeling the Kings ML pick here, sorry!

Kings have the second-worst offense in the league avg just under 100ppg, playing against the number one ranked defense - Jazz.
SAC also have the worst point differential at -17 and they already lost to Utah by 28pts last week. They are not the same team from last year, sacking Dave Joerger was probably one of the worst decisions they've made as an organization.

Now, let's go to the next day games.

Denver vs Orlando +4.5
My pick would be Denver -4.5,  they are in 2 losing streak, time to for them to break that.

Toronto vs Bucks -5
As usual, going with the home team which are good in covering the odds, my pick here is Bucks -5

Warriors vs Charlotte +1
Looking forward to see they will get their first home win, Warriors -1

Sixers vs Blazers -1.5
Embiid is out for 2 game suspension, I'm with the home team @-1.5

MIN vs Wizards -2
Pretty same penalty imposed on Embiid, but I'm backing the wolves here at +2/

Yeah, only one game was easy, which was the Spurs -7, but we gamblers think, a win is a win, and luck is plays a vital rule in this win too. 
After Questat won his parlay, I am expecting that my time will come soon, haha..

The rank will goes like this.

1 morvillz7z
2 Questat
3 Botnake

I thought I would go 3-2 tonight, damn, Sixers still remains unbeaten despite Embiid was not available, I was thinking it was an opportunity but Sixers fought back and win the game in a thrilling passion.

@morvillz7z, tough loss, Irving had a triple double but not enough to take the home team.

I'm back guys, I will start this month with this pick.

Pacers vs Bulls, 2 teams that are struggling this season so let's see which team is the better team.
IMO, Pacers will have the edge here since they are playing at home and they won their previous game against the Cavaliers.

So my pick will be Pacers -3.5

I too believe that, they can because they are at home and I believe they are a good home team.
Pacers are still a playoff team despite of a rough start, they have a good system to win and that will remain, I believe soon they will be in the top 8.