2-20-13

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Jimmy Boyd

5* CBB Santa Clara +13.5
4* NBA Houston Rockets/Oklahoma City Thunder UNDER 219.5
4* DePaul +14
4* South Florida/St Johns UNDER 118.5
3* Minnesota +5.5
3* Illinois Chicago -3
3* Vanderbilt +11
3* Evansville +1
3* Detroit Pistons/Charlotte Bobcats OVER 195
3* Miami Heat/Atlanta Hawks UNDER 197.5
3* Dallas Mavericks -10.5
3* LA Lakers -7

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DAVID BANKS

February 20, 2013

Boston Celtics vs. Los Angels Lakers What has traditionally been one of the best rivalries in the NBA continues Wednesday night when the Boston Celtics (28-24, 21-28-3 ATS) visit the Los Angeles Lakers (25-29, 21-32-1 ATS) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA at 10:35 ET on ESPN. The difference this time is that neither team is assured of a playoff berth, although the Celtics rallied nicely when they lost Rajon Rondo for the season and they are actually in decent shape as the seventh seed in the East right now. The Lakers on the other hand are on the outside looking in as the 10th seed in the West, 3 games behind Houston for the eighth and final playoff spot.Most people thought that the Boston season ended when Rondo tore his ACL, but instead the Celtics have prospered and actually improved on both sides of the ball since he went down. They upset LeBron James and the Miami Heat in the first game after Rondo's diagnosis was revealed and they have not slowed down since as that started their 8-1 run going into the All-Star break. That run included a 116-95 rout of these Lakers in Boston, and the Celtics averaged 99.7 points while allowing only 92.7 points in those nine games. They are starting to get balanced scoring again with veterans Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett combining for 33.6 points per game and with Jason Terry and Jeff Green also both averaging double-digits. Just as importantly, Boston is finally starting to play defense like it has the last few years after looking like an old team on that side of the ball for much of this season, as they have held their last five opponents to a miniscule 41.1 percent shooting going into a Tuesday night date in Denver. The recent hot spell leaves Boston 1 games ahead of eighth place Milwaukee and more importantly 5 games ahead of ninth place Philadelphia.Now, the Lakers were favored by many to reach the NBA Finals after adding Dwight Howard and Steve Nash during the off season, but instead the team has had no chemistry when those two stars, Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol have all been healthy, which to be fair has not happened very often. Nash and Howard have already missed time with injuries and now Gasol is out for another month with a torn plantar fascia in his foot. That means that Kobe has basically been a one man show for much of the season and the end result has been the Lakers being four games under .500 overall and just 16-11 here at Staples while fighting for their playoff lives coming out of the All-Star break. The biggest disappointment has probably been Howard, who appears hindered offensively while battling a shoulder injury and who has not improved the Laker defense like he was expected to. In fact, the Lakers allowed 105.2 points per game on an unacceptable 48.6 percent shooting over the last five games before the break.The Celtics are 16-7-1 ATS in the last 24 head-to-head meetings and 4-1 ATS in the last five meetings in Los Angeles. Boston is also on a 7-2 ATS run overall since losing Rondo. The Lakers are 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games vs. teams with winning straight up records.
Pick: BOSTON CELTICS +7.5

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NBA Basketball Play of the Day February 20, 2013 6:43 AM by GT Staff

NBA Basketball

709 Philadelphia 76ers +3½ at Minnesota Timberwolves at 5:05 p.m. PT

The last time that the 76ers were a dog against the T-wolves was way back in 2007 and the only time the Minnesota T-wolves covered versus the 76ers as a home chalk was even further back, it was in 2003.

709 76ers +3½

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GamingToday’s Consensus Picks February 20, 2013 6:20 AM by GT Staff

NBA Basketball

701 Memphis Grizzlies +1½

709 Philadelphia 76ers +3½

717 Orlando Magic +10½

719 Boston Celtics +7

722 Phoenix Suns/Golden State Warriors UNDER 203½

NCAA Basketball

740 Texas Tech +10

741 Massachusetts +2½

748 South Carolina +6

754 Drake -4

762 Southern Miss -7½

769 Houston +18½

771 Kansas Pick

774 Northwestern +8

778 CS Fullerton -1½


Results

2012-13 NBA Tues (5-2-1) Overall Record: 185-188-5

2012-13 NCAA BK Tues (3-2-0) Overall Record: 175-204-10

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Hockey Crusher
St Louis Blues -117 over Colorado Avalanche
(System Record: 17-1, won last 3 games)
Overall Record: 17-12

Basketball Crusher
Alabama -15 over Mississippi St
(System Record: 64-3, won last 2 games)
Overall Record: 64-43-1

Soccer Crusher
Charleroi + Cercle Brugge OVER 2.5
This match is happening in Belgium
(System Record: 359-14, won last 2 games)
Overall Record: 359-312-42

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BRANDON LANG

Underdog Winner
#9 in a row

15 dime

Texas Tech Red Raiders +10.5

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Betting Line Moves NCAAB 2/20
814 ohio -16

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Robert Ferringo

6* Providence/Syracuse Over 136.5

2* Wisconsin -8
2* Baylor -4.5
2* Oklahoma St -1
2* Providence +12.5
2* Arizona St -6.5

1* Houston +19
1* Colorado St +4
1* Santa Clara +13.5
1* Eastern Kentucky -12
1* Central Floridia -7.5

Teaser: Providence +17.5/Wisconsin -3

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Sports Cash System Play of the Day:

Kansas +1 over Oklahoma State (NCAA College Basketball)

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MajorCovers 2/20

Vanderbilt +10.5

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Stephen Nover | NBA Sides - Wednesday, Feb 20 2013 7:05PM
701 MEM 1.5(-110) BetOnline vs 702 TOR triple-dime bet

Stephen Nover | NBA Sides - Wednesday, Feb 20 2013 8:05PM
715 OKL -2.5(-110) Bookmaker.com vs 716 HOU double-dime bet

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Wunderdog Sports Free Pick

Game: Oakland at I P F W (7:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: Oakland -2.5 (-110)
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies have had some good teams in the past and before all is said and done, this team may be amongst them. The Grizzlies have rolled to a 10-4 conference record, having won eight straight games, and will be a factor come Summit Conference Tournament time. IPFW has struggled to a 12-16 record on the season, and just doesn't have the upset variables here to take down the Grizzlies. Oakland has been a superior momentum team where they are 36-14-1 ATS in their last 51 when following an ATS win. The Grizzlies express keeps on keepin' on, so take them here.

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xpertpicks

ncaab:
Georgetown -14 over DePaul
Alabama -15 over Mississippi State
Colorado State +3 over UNLV

nba:
Dallas -10 over Orlando
LA Lakers -7.5 over Boston

nhl:
Pittsburgh -160 over Philadelphia
Calgary +105 over Los Angeles

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Doc Sports

6* Arizona St -6 1/2

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Robert Ferringo's Picks For NHL Hockey
2-Unit Pick Take #6 Colorado (+1.00) over St. Louis (10pm, Wednesday, February 20)
Tough scheduling spot for the second consecutive night for the Blues after arriving yesterday morning from Vancouver after plane problems then playing at home last night vs San Jose losing 2-1 then hopping back on a plane and flying to the thin air of Denver to play Colorado tonight. Colorado is off a 6-5 victory at home vs Nashville after blowing a 4-1 lead in Edmonton on Saturday but the Ave's are playing better hockey scoring 14 goals in their last three games while scoring just 23 goals in their first eleven games. Colorado was slowed by injuries early on and they're a young team but this team is starting to improve. I think this is a tougher spot for the Blues then last night and now they face a younger and quicker team then the San Jose team that the Blues played last night looks good to me to be able to take advantage of this situation at even money.