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NBA NEWS AND NOTES
GAME OF THE DAY: Celtics at Lakers
By Steve Merril

Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers (-6, 190)

Line adjustment

The Lakers were 5.5-point favorites in Game 1 and they have now been installed as 6-point chalk in Game 2 after their easy win on Thursday.

Los Angeles led by 20 points entering the fourth quarter in the eventual 102-89 win and the oddsmakers had to adjust the line. The same thing occurred last season when Los Angeles easily defeated the Magic in Game 1, 100-75, as a 6-point fave. The Lakers were 6.5-point faves for Game 2 and barely won 101-96 in overtime.

Heavy money came in on the under in Game 1 on Thursday and pushed the opening total from 195 all the way down to 191 by game time. Kobe Bryant’s meaningless 3-pointer at the buzzer landed the game exactly on 191 and now the oddsmakers have adjusted the Game 2 line lower to 190.

The Lakers entered the series as a -185 favorite to win the championship and they now stand -340 to capture the title.

Gasol says KG's game isn't the same

Laker big man Pau Gasol was the story in Game 1 finishing with 23 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks. The performance came with former Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Garnett guarding the Spaniard.

Gasol threw a bit of salt in the wound Friday night telling reporters that the Big Ticket isn't the same player he once was.

"On Kevin's part, he's also lost some explosiveness," Gasol said. "He's more of a jump shooter now you could say, comes off the lane. Before he had a really, really quick first step and was getting to the lane and he was more aggressive then.”

Boston players were excited to hear the statement when reporters relayed Gasol assessment of KG.

"I just can't wait -- I didn't know he said that, but I'll be excited to see how it goes in Game 2," Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo said. "You know, Kevin is fine. It's just one game. We'll see in Game 2. We'll see in Game 2."

Garnett outplayed Gasol in the 2008 NBA Finals but it looks like he'll have his work cut out just to keep up with the younger big man this time around.

Past history

Kobe Bryant missed the regular season meeting on Feb. 18 and the Celtics won 87-86 as a 2.5-point underdog at Los Angeles. The Lakers have won every other meeting the past two seasons with Kobe in the lineup, going a perfect 4-0 straight-up and 3-0-1 against the spread which includes their Game 1 win on Thursday.

This is a stark reversal from the 2007-08 season which saw the Celtics go a perfect 8-0 against the spread versus the Lakers (6-2 straight-up) on Boston’s way to the NBA Championship. The Celtics won the title in six games which included a pair of home wins in Games 1 and 2.

Stingy defense vanished

Prior to Game 1 in Los Angeles, Boston’s defense had been ultra consistent throughout the playoffs. The C’s had allowed more than 100 points in just four of their 17 previous playoff games, and had held their opponents to less than 90 points in 10 of those 17 contests.

But their defense was non-existent on Thursday night as the Lakers scored 102 points in their 13-point win. Boston allowed the Lakers to shoot 48.7 percent (37-76) from the field and 40 percent (4-10) from 3-point land. The Celtics also gave the Lakers 24 free points after letting them get to the free-throw line 31 times.

Swallow the whistle

Game 1 had way too many fouls. The first quarter was actually tough to watch because there was absolutely no flow to the game thanks to the officials. They called a whopping 18 personal fouls over the first 12 minutes alone, and most of those calls were questionable at best.

The Celtics and Lakers combined to shoot 67 free throws for the game after 54 personal fouls were called with seven players having at least four fouls called on them. The match was officiated too tight, and we can only hope they let them play for the rest of the series.

Efficient offense

Both offensive units were extremely efficient in Game 1, especially the starters. Boston had four starters score in double digits with only Kendrick Perkins scoring less than 10 points. The starting five combined to score 73 points on 45.3 percent shooting (24-53).

Los Angeles also had four of their five starters score in double digits. Their starting five combined to score 87 points on 50 percent shooting (30-60).

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PICK 'N' ROLL

Sunday’s Best NBA Bet

Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers (-6, 190)

Kevin Garnett has played a lot of playoff games in his 14-year NBA career. Game 1 of this year’s Finals might have been his worst. The power forward wasn’t powerful at all collecting just four rebounds and allowing Laker big man Pau Gasol to score almost at will.

Los Angeles' All-Star center followed up his 23-point, 14-rebound and three-block performance by summing up Garnett’s game in 2010.

"On Kevin's part, he's also lost some explosiveness," Gasol told reporters Friday afternoon in Los Angeles. "He's more of a jump shooter now you could say, comes off the lane. Before he had a really, really quick first step and was getting to the lane and he was more aggressive then.”

So now the C’s think the Lakers are disrespecting them and are telling everyone who’ll listen that KG is sure to bounce back with a big game on Sunday.

Don’t expect a big offensive game from Garnett but surely a better defensive effort against Gasol.

Game 1’s total opened at 195 and was bet down to 191. The contest finished as a push but oddsmakers were ready for the Game 2 number listing the over/under line at 190.

Expect fewer Boston turnovers and whistles on Sunday.

Pick: Under

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NHL NEWS AND NOTES
WHAT BETTORS NEED TO KNOW: Flyers at Blackhawks
By Covers Staff

Philadelphia Flyers at Chicago Blackhawks (-200, 6)

The Stanley Cup final is all knotted up at two games a piece with the Flyers holding serve at home and the Blackhawks looking to do the same in Game 5 at Chicago.

Bird droppings

The Blackhawks wanted to play more physical and take the fight to Philly but the added grit ended up sending the Western Conference champs to the sin bin on multiple occasions.

"We can't whack back," Hawks captain Jonathan Toews told reporters after the 5-3 loss in Game 4. "Retaliation penalties [are] definitely what stands out, especially to the officiating. We have to try our best to get under their skin and make sure they're whacking us back instead of us taking stupid penalties."

Chicago gave Philadelphia six power plays on Friday night, adding to the Flyers’ 16-9 edge in man advantages in the series.

Pronger relishing role as the bad guy

Flyers veteran Chris Pronger drew attention after he admitted he’d grabbed game pucks scored by the Hawks and threw them in the garbage.

“I’m sure there’s a method (to Pronger’s madness),” Flyers center Daniel Briere told the Toronto Star. “He seems to be disturbing a lot of people and we’re a team that disturbs a lot of people so I guess he fits right in.”

But Pronger’s real value to the Flyers has been on full display over the last four games. The hulking defenseman has neutralized Chicago power forward Dustin Byfuglien, he’s limited Hawks stars Toews and Patrick Kane’s space on the ice and he’s a plus-7 with three assists through the series’ first four games.

The former Norris Trophy winner would have to be considered a favorite to win the Conn Symthe Trophy should the Flyers prevail, but Pronger is quick to point out the sharp play of his defensive partner, Matt Carle.

''A lot of the time, [Carle's] defensive plays get overlooked,'' Pronger told the Chicago-Sun Times. ''He's very solid one-on-one. He may not be running guys over, but he gets in the way and forces guys to make mistakes.''

Carle, known more as a puck-moving blueliner, has a goal and two assists in his last two games.

Missing star power

Most hockey bettors expected Toews and Kane to lead the supremely-skilled Hawks past the rough-and-tough Flyers, but after four games Toews and Kane have just one goal between them in the Cup final.

Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville has tried shaking up the lines to try spark the two gifted offensive players, but the changes haven’t increased either star’s production.

"It's frustrating, but what are you going to do? You're not going to sit there and cry about it," Toews told ESPN.com. "You keep going out there the next shift and you try. You do a lot of good things out there, but it doesn't mean nothing if you don't produce, if you don't score, and we know that."

Leighton proves critics wrong… again

Several media talking heads suggested the Flyers should start Brian Boucher after starter Michael Leighton got pulled in Game 1 and was on the wrong side of a 2-1 result in Game 2.

But Flyers coach Peter Laviolette stuck with Leighton who was the team’s third-string netminder just a few months back. The move obviously was the right decision with Leighton playing an integral role in the Flyers’ two-game winning streak.

The former Hurricane backup backstop said he felt he played his best game of the series in Game 4 when he stopped 31 of 34 shots.

"I actually felt my best, too,” Leighton told the Philadelphia Daily News. “I was comfortable. I wasn't nervous.

"In the first period, I felt I made a couple saves that got me into the game early, and I think we fed off that."

Trends

- Chicago should be anxious to get back home. The club has lost its last 10 games in Philadelphia.

- The Blackhawks, who are heavy chalk in Game 5, are 4-0 their last four outings as favorites.

- The Flyers are 10-3 in their last 13 games but just 7-15 in their last 22 road games.

- Both the Flyers and Blackhawks have played above the total in four of their last five games.

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Re: 6-6-10

Anthony Redd

100 Dime Lakers/Celtics Over

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King Creole

2* BOSTON CELTICS +6

We'll play on the Game Two 'ZIG-ZAG' as profits have been very good as of late when playing AGAINST the SU and ATS winner of Game One of any Playoff series. Before we get to some key and applicable ATS Systems, let's take a look at each teams' INDIVIDUAL Playoff tendencies and probabilities.

LA LAKERS (complacency?):
2-9-1 ATS in the last 3 seasons when coming in off a DOUBLE-DIGIT Playoff win...
1-9 ATS as Playoff favorites of -8 or less points on a SUNDAY...
1-6-1 ATS since 1991 in the '4.2' game specifically (Round 4 / Game 2)...
1-7 ATS as Playoff ROUND FOUR favorites of -6 > points...

BOSTON CELTICS (urgency?):
16-7-1 ATS as Playoff DOGS in the last 3 years... 5-1 ATS when playing off a loss... and a perfect 4-0 ATS as dogs of 5 > points...
9-2 ATS on the road off a DOUBLE-DIGIT Playoff loss...
8-2 ATS in ALL Playoff GAME TWOS in the last 3 years (4-0 ATS last 2 years)...
10-3 ATS vs ALL Playoff #1 Seed opponents... including a perfect 4-0 ATS when playing off a SU loss...

Now, on to the LEAGUE Systems that are active for Sunday's Game Two:

0-6 ATS since 1993: ALL Playoff GAME TWO home teams (in Round 3 or 4) playing off 3 or more' 'UNDERS' in a row (Lakers).

8-17-1 ATS since 1991: ALL Playoff ROUND 4 home favorites of -8 < points playing on a SUNDAY (Lakers). These teams have gone 1-10 ATS when the OU line is 189 > points.

7-0 ATS since 1992: ALL Playoff GAME TWO #4 Seed teams (CELTICS) when playing a #1 Seed team (Lakers)... when the OU line falls in the range of 181 to 210 points.

7-1 ATS since 1992: ALL Playoff '4.2' underdogs (CELTICS) who won their previous Playoff round in 6 games.

4-0 ATS since 1992: ALL ROUND 3 or 4 underdogs of > 5 points playing off a DD SU loss... a DD SU win... and a DD SU loss (CELTICS).

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Marc Lawrence

3 Units Boston Celtics +5.5

When the Celtics take the court Sunday night against the Lakers in Game Two of this NBA Championship Series they will do so knowing that road teams in this round off a SU and ATS loss are 17-4 ATS when the Over/Under total in the game is 181 or higher, including 9-0 ATS when taking 5.5 or more points. With the Celtics 4-0 SU and 3-0-1 ATS in the playoffs off one loss exact when facing an opponent off back-to-back SU and ATS wins, and the Lakers 0-3 ATS at home in the playoffs this round off a double-digit home win and cover this decade, look for the points to be the play here tonight. We recommend a 3-unit play on Boston.

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Mike Lineback

4* Boston Celtics +6

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Baseball crusher pod 6/6

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Play of the Day:



Chicago WhiteSox -155 over the Cleveland Indians

Good Luck!

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Indians: If Westbrook wasn't all the way back to his pre-injury form before Tuesday night's start at Comerica Park, he might be now. Westbrook was magnificent in guiding the Tribe to a 3-2 victory over the Tigers on Tuesday. He worked quickly, stayed ahead and allowed just one run on five hits with a walk and a strikeout over 7 2/3 innings. In April, Westbrook returned from a 22-month absence following Tommy John surgery. His rust showed early in the season, but his command has improved as the year has rolled along. And in this game, he was at his best, no doubt fueling speculation that he might be targeted by contenting clubs at next month's Trade Deadline.

White Sox: Buehrle struggled through his last start, a 5 1/3-inning effort against the Rangers. After Buehrle threw 34 pitches in the first inning, yet danced out of trouble, the Rangers finally got to him to the tune of five runs in the sixth inning. Buehrle managed to not allow a run through the first two innings, despite allowing four hitters to reach base. In that sixth inning, four consecutive hitters singled, and Buehrle left the game tied at 4. Buehrle walked only one but allowed 12 hits, including 10 singles. In his career, Buehrle is 12-15 in 39 starts against the Indians.

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ROTATION 703/704: 3-UNITS: BOSTON CELTICS @ LOS ANGELES LAKERS (CELTICS +6 @ Pinnancle, Greek, 5dimes & Legends)

ROTATION 703/704: 4-UNITS: BOSTON CELTICS @ LOS ANGELES LAKERS (OVER 190 @ Bet Phoenix, Legends, Bet Online & 5dimes)

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Chuck O'Brien

SUNDAY'S WINNER
50 DIME: Braves-Dodgers UNDER the total

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National Sports Service Picks


Picks For 06/06/10


3* San Diego (CORREIA)/Philadelphia (BLANTON) OVER 9

3* Oakland (GONZALEZ) -120 over Minnesota (BLACKBURN)

3* L.A. Lakers -6 over Boston (NBA

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Premier Picks® For 06/06/10


4* Atlanta (Hudson)/L.A. Dodgers (Ely) UNDER 7.5
Range: 8 to 7
4* Seattle (Vargas) -120 over L.A. Angels (Pineiro)
Range: -105 to -135
3* Boston/L.A. Lakers OVER 190 (NBA)
Range: 188.5 to 192

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CHUCK O'BRIEN
SUNDAY'S WINNER
50 DIME: Atlanta Braves-LA Dodgers UNDER the total

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National Sports Service Picks

3* San Diego (CORREIA)/Philadelphia (BLANTON) OVER 9

3* Oakland (GONZALEZ) -120 over Minnesota (BLACKBURN)

3* L.A. Lakers -6 over Boston (NBA)