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Friday January 13, 2012 (8:05pm ET)

Chicago Bulls vs. Boston Celtics

Eastern Conference heavyweights are set to collide on Friday night when the Chicago Bulls (10-2, 8-4 ATS) invade Beantown looking to hand the aging Boston Celtics (4-5, 5-4 ATS) their third loss in a row; tip-off from the TD Garden is set to go live at 8:05 ET on ESPN.

Perched atop the Central Division and owners of the best record in the Eastern Conference, Coach Tom Thibodeaus Bulls hit the road Friday night to play the Celtics before returning home to take on the Toronto Raptors on Saturday. Last we saw Chicago, it wrapped up a successful three-game in three-night slate that saw them topple the Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Washington Wizards both SU and against the closing pointspread. The Bulls still had enough in the tank to topple the Wizz even without the services of reigning MVP Derrick Rose who sat out to rest his ailing foot. Chicago currently ranks amongst the top 10 in the league in a number of crucial offensive and defensive categories, and has already posted a 3-1 SU record against Sagarins Top 10 rated teams. Six of its 10 overall wins have already come away from the United Center where its covered the closing number in five of eight road tussles.

Maybe last years bowing out to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in five games was a sign of the times for a Celtics franchise thats done little if anything to make sure a smooth transition takes place once long in the tooth vets Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett decide to hang them up. Boston got out to a rough start to its 2011-12 campaign dropping each of its first three games played, but it bounced back to win four in a row. Unfortunately, the squad enters tonights showdown losers of two in a row both SU & ATS after falling at home to the defending champion Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night. The loss was the second in a row incurred at home with the squad getting pounded by an upstart Indiana squad five days earlier. Though Boston is shooting at a 46.9 percent clip (#4) and is the best 3-point shooting team in the league (44.6%), its scored an average of just 91.9 PPG (#23) and hasnt played the type of lock down defense weve seen exhibited in years past.

These teams split their four meetings a year ago with the home team holding serve each time; Chicago covered three of the four games to move to 5-1 ATS in these rivals L/6 overall meetings. The favorite has covered four of the L/5 confrontations, while the under has cashed in five of the L/7. However, these teams have played to high scorers eight of the L/9 times they went at it in Boston.


PICK: UNDER

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WUNDERDOG
CBB 153-121 Season-to-Date +$4020
Game: Bradley at Wichita State (8:05 PM Eastern)
Pick: Bradley +20 (-110)

The Bradley Braves have endured a rough season to this point, finding the win column on the road just one time on the season, posting an overall record of just 5-12. The eight straight losses have pushed the oddsmakers into packing their lines into the plus side of value as they have covered their last two. Wichita State beat this team by 39 points on the road, so look for the "A" game to stay in the locker room, while the Braves will play with fire after the embarrassing loss at home. The Braves are a momentum-driven 9-4 ATS following an ATS loss, while the Shockers 1-4 ATS as a chalk of -13 or more in their last five when playing down to the level of the competition. Take the points and play on Bradley in this one.

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Paul Leiner

100* Princeton -1
50* Columbia Pk

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Sports Wagers NHL

Toronto +103 over BUFFALO Pinnacle
The Sabres have one win in their past seven games and that came against an Oilers team that has two wins in their last 13 games. Buffalo has scored three times in its last three games and 11 times in its last seven games. Aside from not playing with the grit we've been accustommed to seeing out of the Sabres, they're also been decimated with injuries to several key players. The team is a mess. The Maple Leafs are hot. They've won four in a row and outscored the opposition 17-6 over that stretch. Jonas Gustavsson is playing with confidence and has posted shutouts in two of his last four starts. The Leafs are healthier, they're in much better form and they've beaten the Sabres twice in the past three weeks. With a tag on the visitor, they're a must play against a reeling and mentally beaten down host. Play: Toronto +103 (Risking 2 units).
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Pittsburgh +104 over FLORIDA Pinnacle
The Panthers are having a tremendous year. They're first in the Southeast Division and they're 11-4-5 at home. That sounds pretty good when you say it but in reality they're 11-9 at home, as they've lost five games in extra time at the Bank Atlantic Center. 
The Panthers are usually involved in close games and the Penguins are certainly capable of making life tough on them. Pittsburgh's stock has plummeted. They've lost six in a row and they're being written off as a hard-luck club that has been gravely hit by the injury bug. We'll “buy low” and do it with confidence. A close look at those six losses reveals that the Pens have badly outshot every team they've played. Over its last eight games, the Penguins have allowed more than 23 shots on net just twice. For the most part, they're holding the opposition to about seven shots on net per period. This is not the M.O. of a losing team and the Penguins don't have the mentality of a losing team. They're mentally and physically tough. They're actually playing as well right now as they were at the beginning of the year when they were winning a lot more games than they were losing. The results aren't there but the effort is and so is their dominance on most nights. This team is virtually the same squad that won all those games earlier in the year and they can't keep losing games when they're playing this well. The Pens dig down even deeper here and get the result they deserve. Play: Pittsburgh +104 (Risking 2 units).

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NEWYORK SPORTS INVESTORS
Free Play Winner #9 of Last 13, 0-3 last 3
Missouri St+6

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Paul Leiner

500* NBA Over 178 Pistons/Bobcats

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JIMMY BOYD

5* NCAAB *Friday Night Feast*
Fairfield -4.5

3* 11-1 ATS Friday NBA *BEST BET*
Toronto Raptors +5.5

3* Friday NBA SMASH (ESPN)!
Boston Celtics +2

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GamingToday’s Consensus Picks January 13, 2012 9:41 AM by GT Staff



NCAA Basketball

Columbia -1 ½

Cleveland State +3

Princeton -1

Youngstown State +5½

Illinois State +2½

Fairfield -5

NHL Hockey

Tampa Bay Lightning +165

Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres -115 at 4:35 PM
Play of the Day

The Leafs skate into Buffalo and face off the revenge minded Sabres who they beat in Toronto on Tuesday 2-0, Buffalo gets their revenge.

SABRES -115

Florida Panthers -130

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Arlon Hoops

1* CBB Cleveland State

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Viking Sports

Pitt 5 u +120
Ana 5.5 u -120

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DAVID CHAN

10* WEST-COAST EXPRESS! LEGENDARY 18-8/69%!
Phoenix Coyotes at Columbus Blue Jackets 7:00 PM ET
under 5.5


Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres 7:30 PM ET over 5.5


Chicago at Boston 8:00 PM ET Boston


10* "BLACK DRAGON" CBB Wichita State


Portland at San Antonio 8:30 PM ET under


Milwaukee at Dallas 8:30 PM ET Milwaukee 8.5

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Info Plays

7* South Florida +2½

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Hot Shot Sports

4* Creighton -2.5

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Friends of Mike Lee

4* Evansville -4.5