Boston -2 for Game 7

[ohdear]

Its gonna be tough not to take this...I know they looked terrible at the end of Game 6 tonight but you gotta figure its gonna be way different in the Garden no??

Boston usually steps it up bigtime for Game 7's at home.

[Mac4Lyfe]

I like Boston -7 but I'm not betting the house... Hell not even the tricycle.

[paco]

Ill put the lexus down on that! -2 sounds too good to b tru, lemme rephrase: ill put the wifes grand am down! Not the lex

[SportsTerminator]

I like Boston to win game 7. I hope the spread is -2.

[ohdear]

I like Boston to win game 7. I hope the spread is -2.

it's -2 at 5dimes right now

[seaborneq]

Might as well take the ML on either team. No chance the game is nail biting 2 pointer.

[SBR Lou]

You guys do know that Larry Bird doesn't play in Boston anymore, and there's no Kevin Garnett, right?

[crisp]

i see some -2.5's. orlando should get this only question is will they keep the lead?

[pavyracer]

Do not underestimate Ron Jeremy.

[LT Profits]

Line is low for a reason, Orlando is the better team.

Only thing that bothers me if Magic mental state, but I will ride out my Magic series bet with no hedge, possibly even adding more to Orlando ML.

[sweetjones55]

Boston at the garden game 7. The best player on the court will be Paul Pierce and you know the refs are going to be giving the calls to the Celtics. Howard will struggle early and the 3's will not drop for the Magic. The crowd will be rocking and the inexperienced playoff Magic team will fold. Dwight Howard put wayyyy too much pressure on himself already with his uncalled for and inapporpriate comments and now playing on the road in one of the toughest environments in the NBA is going to be too much pressure for Superman and the Magic.

LT Profits don't get sucked into your series bet, I understand you liking the Magic but this team has proven various times in the playoffs that they are complete chokers. Rafer and Turk hit some big 3's yesterday but could you honestly see them draining those with a minute left in the garden? People are making a big deal about Howards 20-20 but when his team needed him most in the 4th quarter he scored 1 point (he hit 1-2 free throws).

Celtics are 32-0 when leading 3-2 in Playoff series and they have a ridiculous home record in game 7's. Celtics -1 (buy the points).

[LT Profits]

Well in 99% of those Game 7s in the past, the Celtics were the better team. I don't think that is the case here and I will take the better team as an underdog.

[SBR Lou]

Somebody please confirm that Larry Bird is no longer a Celtic.

[sweetjones55]

The better team doesn't always win. That logic is even less true when you are dealing with an inexperienced, badly coached, 3point relying team on the road in a do or die game. Rondo and Allen played horrible yesterday and Superman had a 23-22 game and the Celtics easily could have won that game.

Larry Bird will always be a Celtic.

[LT Profits]

The better team doesn't always win.

But it's always the team to bet as an underdog.

[sweetjones55]

Don't you have the Magic series bet? You don't get the benefit of being the underdog with the 2.5 points (probably going to 3 very soon). It can be argued to bet the better team if they are underdog and you are getting points but it is definitely not always the case to bet the ML on that team.

[sweetjones55]

Another thing, look at the one game that the Magic won in Boston. It was game one against a non-focused, worn down Celtics team. The Magic were gameplanning and preparing for Boston while the Celtics were still in a dogfight with Chicago going into several overtimes. Orlando had 4 days rest while Boston had only 1 day. I thought the Magic that game was one of the easier bets of these playoffs. With all the rest and preparation the Magic had for that game, they still almost blew a 20+ point lead in the 2nd half (celtics were within 3 at one point). The Celtics win that game if it weren't for the Bulls overtimes and lack of rest.

In reference to the Boston home games, the Magic got killed in the 2nd half game 1 (by 13 points), lost the 3rd quarter in game 2 by 7 (boston lost the 4th quarter but it didn't matter the game was completely over by then), and the magic lost by 12 in game 5 in the 2nd half. The Magic just can't win the 2nd half.

The Magic do not have a go to guy in the last six minutes of the game that they can count on to step up on the road. They can't count on Dwight to hit free throws in the last 6 minutes. They are estatic if the guy hits one out of two in the 4th quarter (his average in clutch time is 59%ft). Look at Dwight Howard cluch stats, specifically points on 82games.com. He is below Udonis Haslem and Wilson Chandler for christs sake . The clutchest player that Orlando has according to these clutch stats is sitting on the bench, Jameer Nelson. They don't have one player in the top 40 in clutch stats. Pierce is #9 on clutch stats. Eddie house who comes off the bench is ranked ahead of every single Orlando player in clutch stat points. You NEED clutch players to have a chance to win against the defending world champions in the Garden game 7. Van Gundy himself said that the more experienced/veteran team has the advantage in a game 7.

If Boston is up by 1-3 points at half, I will be putting big money on Boston 2nd half.

[jjgold]

Line is low

But Orlando is a choke team on the road

[LT Profits]

As I said, I may add more on Orlando ML.

[d2bets]

Looks good.

[sweetjones55]

As I said, I may add more on Orlando ML.

Good luck. Any lean on the Lakers-Rockets game?

[JumpoffJoeBeezy]

Why does everyone assume the Magic are the better team?

Howard, and Lewis are better than Perkins and Davis..

After the the Celtics are better in the 3 other positions..

I guess because their bench? I feel like Boston has the best scorer on either bench in Eddie House. Orlando is probably deeper but even then.. Boston is built for these types of games. Boston -2 is the call.

[sweetjones55]

You got a point Jumpoff... For one game right now, I would take Allen, Pierce, and Rondo over Turkoglu, Lee, and Alston all day. I would definitely take Rivers over Van Gundy. Shaq said it best when he called Van Gundy "a master of panic". I honestly haven't seen a team blow so many big leads in the playoffs in a while.

I definitely don't think Orlando's bench is much better than Boston's. You got Johnson, Redick, Gortat, Pietrus and Battie. Boston has Marbury, House, Scalabrine, and t Allen. I think Marbury and Johnson is a toss up, I'd take House over Redick and Scalabrine over Battie. Pietrus is the only advantage they got. He came up big in the 1st two games in Boston (17 points both games) but can you see him doing that in game 7 is the question? Genius Van Gundy played him for 19 minutes in the last game in Boston after those two great games in game 1 and 2.

[SportsTerminator]

I'm not to confident in Boston. I might no play this and just enjoy the game lol.

[LT Profits]

Passing on Lakers game

[MJFtheGenius]

Passing on Lakers game

so what big shot?

you can't even win in hockey anymore

you don't have it anymore more guy

your picks stink

[DeeWizzle]

The answer is whoever the powers that be would like to see in the Conf Finals against Lebron. Magic would be a nice matchup, but im sure they would rather see the Celtics and a Kevin " Willis Reed " Garnett appearance...

[sweetjones55]

I am sure that they'd love to see a LeBron vs Paul Pierce duel again, with LeBron revenging his loss. The NBA always wants the defending champions to get past the 2nd round at least.

[DeeWizzle]

Lakers win but I wouldn't play the spread. Rather parlay the ml with sum else... And the way that series has been they just might win big again. They are one of the most talented INCONSISTENT Teams of all time....

[RonPaul2008]

-2 looks good to me

[cockblocker]

Well in 99% of those Game 7s in the past, the Celtics were the better team. I don't think that is the case here and I will take the better team as an underdog.

How is a team full of chokers better than a team full of heart and clutch players?

[sweetjones55]

Cockblocker, some people think that the more talented team will win regardless of where its being played or the testicular fortitude of their players. I will go with clutch players and home court advantage all day long. O ya and some guy that they call "The Truth".