Originally <a href='https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=27783935'>posted</a> on 05/15/2018:

Lebron is down 0-1 and will be looking to get even. It's a no brainer to take the OVER in this situation, right?

We've all seen this before. Lebron loses a playoff game and then comes back with a furious offensive attack. Pretty standard...........

Then why is game 2 at 203.5 when game 1 was at 205 ? . The total is a dead giveaway


That's because this is the very moment where his age really is going to play a factor. The man has been getting overworked for this entire playoff run. He played 36 minutes last game and looked to be a non-factor. There is only so much he can do at 33 year old. Went life and death against the pacers, won a few last second nail biters against the craptors that could have went either way and got overworked in game 1.

Unlike the Craptors, Boston isn't afraid of him.... And Lebron knows it

I see a semi slow paced game. Boston is up and will focus on defense. Game is in Boston, so that will continue to do wonders for Boston's confidence. I don't think Lebron will give 100% this game. (Game 3 is an entirely different story). He knows this Celtics team in hungry and not afraid of him.

He'll gear up for game 3 back in Cleveland. Game 2........... not so much. But he will gear up to play some defense, which is exactly what I'm banking on.


I also see a story on the front page of espn right now about Marcus Smart's ill mom wanting him to focus on the game, so I expect him to show up with some lock down defense.

So with all of that being said.... $2800 on the UNDER 203.5