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2010 NBA Finals - Celtics vs. Lakers
Sunday, June 13, 2010 8:00 PM EST.
Los Angeles Lakers (71-31) at Boston Celtics (64-39)
TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston Celtics defeated the L.A. Lakers, 96-89, in Game 4 of the NBA Finals to tie the series at two games apiece, but now look to take a 3-2 lead in Beantown before going back to Los Angeles. I believe this will be a close clash. Neither team thus far in this series has had back to back wins. The Lakers will have center Andrew Bynum back after he played just 12 minutes in Game 4 with a sore right knee. Even so, Kobe Bryant and Company will have to step-up against the Celtics tough defense. Take the Celtics to grab another win and cover the 2.5 spread playing on their home court for the last time of the seaon before going back to Hollywood.
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LA Lakers/Boston Celtics Over 187: I have not made too many plays in these NBA Playoff games but I am 6-1 when doing so and all of those plays have been Totals. I am going to go that route again and I am going to be brief with my thoughts. Three out of four of these Final Series Games have not topped the total but game 3 was much like game 2 in that we had a quicker pace of action, more shots, and poor Laker Shooting. That all added up to what was a Squeeker Under had that game been set at what it is for this one. Kobe was not on his game at all and the primary reason why LA Managed just 32 of 71 from the court. That shooting disparity was not as bad as game 2 with just 29 of 71 shots made. This is likely to change as Bryant is a strong competitor and most always follows a poor performance with a good one. I do know that his banged up a bit but these are the finals and he will be ready to go tonight. We have a strong adjustment by Oddsmakers for this contest and that alone gives us what I consider a value number. Lest we forget that while Under is 3-1 for this series, this number has been obtained twice and close to 3 times. LA cannot let the Celtics play their game tonight, that would be strong halfcourt action. They have to pick their fast break opps more often and we can expect Fisher to help that cause with Kobe likely to be in and out of this contest. I have checked the last 10 Posted Totals for these two when they play and this line is lower than all of them. I am not in love with this Total, but I can’t pass the value oddsmakers have given us here
Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com is ready to build the Lakers-Celtics bankroll Sunday with a winner on the Oakland A's.
Certain times teams can have a huge advantage in a game but are still just laying too much and that is the deal here.
Of course Matt Cain is much better than Vin Mazzaro but neither team really hits and this game probably has 4-2 either way written all over it. Don't get me wrong, Cain is a stud a lot of the time and Mazzaro is not close to that but when up against the weak hitting Giants I think that Mazzaro will have a second straight quality outing. He was very good last time out in upsetting the big chalk Angels and I would not be all that shocked to see history repeat itself here.
The Giants are just not a hard hitting team and are laying too much here. The A's are not good either but they are not the team that is laying this hefty price.
It's not rocket science, they have the superior hurler and definitely should win this game but the number is just too much and I will take my chances with this takeback.
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