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    t-wizzle
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    Why isn’t Boston favored in Game 5?

    I understand based on original series line and previous game lines that the books are giving the Sixers a lot of respect, but hasn’t Boston earned a -1 or -2 home spread at this point? Not sure the Sixers did anything last night to justify being a road fave.

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    Most still don't belive in the Celtics. Makes no sense they can keep this up with backups playing.

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    I think the sixers have woken up or turned the corner

    Rly like philly 1st qt tomorrow

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    Quote Originally Posted by krk1030 View Post
    Most still don't belive in the Celtics. Makes no sense they can keep this up with backups playing.
    Boston 6-0 at home in the PLAYOFFS- very disrespectful by oddsmakers

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    Quote Originally Posted by krk1030 View Post
    Most still don't belive in the Celtics. Makes no sense they can keep this up with backups playing.
    Most guys aren’t backups though. Rozier? I think he’s proven to be a good player.

    Quote Originally Posted by shadymcgrady View Post
    I think the sixers have woken up or turned the corner

    Rly like philly 1st qt tomorrow
    You sure they turned a corner? TJ McConnell saved them.

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    I think the potential of embiid and simmons will unfold in this next game

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    They are messin' with heads. Basically pk, go with who you think wins
    forget the line. I'm not sold on Philly just because they won a game
    for their fans, with help from the officials and a Boston team that
    apparently took a break somewhat.

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    Trying to entice philly money I would assume. Put philly -4 and the price is too high which leads to most betting on Boston. Make philly an underdog and it says series is over. But make them a fave and a nice low line and then hope people take the bait

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    Philly was -4 in Boston first two games, books don't move lines TOO much within a series. Current line is 2.5 points less than first two games, that seems pretty fair.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowball View Post
    They are messin' with heads. Basically pk, go with who you think wins
    forget the line. I'm not sold on Philly just because they won a game
    for their fans, with help from the officials and a Boston team that
    apparently took a break somewhat.
    Agree mostly. The officials didn’t help Philly though. Take your Celtics hat off for a minute. Both teams played physical. Every foul call on Boston was legitimate and probably could have called more on both teams. The double tech should have been a tech on Rozier only. The only questionable thing was the back to back techs on Jaylen Brown and Stevens but that didn’t change the game.

    Quote Originally Posted by goduke View Post
    Trying to entice philly money I would assume. Put philly -4 and the price is too high which leads to most betting on Boston. Make philly an underdog and it says series is over. But make them a fave and a nice low line and then hope people take the bait
    Tend to agree with this. How I read it as well. Doesn’t mean Philly can’t win though.

    Quote Originally Posted by LT Profits View Post
    Philly was -4 in Boston first two games, books don't move lines TOO much within a series. Current line is 2.5 points less than first two games, that seems pretty fair.
    Yes, like I said in the opening post - I understand they can’t deviate TOO much from the opening line but there’s not much difference between +1 and -1. Books don’t generally go with the Pk em line anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by t-wizzle View Post
    Agree mostly. The officials didn’t help Philly though. Take your Celtics hat off for a minute. Both teams played physical. Every foul call on Boston was legitimate and probably could have called more on both teams. The double tech should have been a tech on Rozier only. The only questionable thing was the back to back techs on Jaylen Brown and Stevens but that didn’t change the game.



    Tend to agree with this. How I read it as well. Doesn’t mean Philly can’t win though.



    Yes, like I said in the opening post - I understand they can’t deviate TOO much from the opening line but there’s not much difference between +1 and -1. Books don’t generally go with the Pk em line anymore.
    All true

    But if they really thought Boston wins they would come off it

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    Sixers could come back and win this series

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnyvegas13 View Post
    All true

    But if they really thought Boston wins they would come off it
    Meaning what? They’d make Boston a favorite?

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    boston ML

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    Yeah books just won't adjust too much in a series based on how the first few games played out. They've already adjusted abotu 3-4 points, don't see it going any higher. And there isn't a huge difference between Philly -1.5 and Philly +1. A lot of times people will just play the ML when it is that low.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LT Profits View Post
    Philly was -4 in Boston first two games, books don't move lines TOO much within a series. Current line is 2.5 points less than first two games, that seems pretty fair.
    Didn't game 1 open at PHI -2 but moved due to Jaylen Brown injury and just in general money pouring into Sixers? Game 2 opened at 3 and again was moved towards 4, 4.5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by t-wizzle View Post
    Meaning what? They’d make Boston a favorite?
    Exactly

    I mean what if there was an injury

    They wouldn’t favor philly just cause of the original series price

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    Quote Originally Posted by shadymcgrady View Post
    I think the potential of embiid and simmons will unfold in this next game
    I see the value with the Celtics at Home with the best Coach in the Game...But GL

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    The Celtics are also 4-0 at Home this season vs Philly ....6-0 at Home in the Playoffs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Playmaker View Post
    The Celtics are also 4-0 at Home this season vs Philly ....6-0 at Home in the Playoffs
    i never understood why everyone cares so much about stats. it means nothing in the playoffs. every game starts from scratch. and i see public being heavily on the celtics due to the line. philly wins this and the books will make bank.

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    Rumor says NBA didn't want to go dark for the next 3 days. Last year they went dark for 4 days
    and the ratings suffered.

    There was disappointment in the locker room but the Celtics appeared resigned. They didn’t attempt a free throw from the 11-minute mark of the second period to the 28.3-second mark of the third period, a stretch of 22 minutes, 32 seconds. The 76ers attempted 16 in that span.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowball View Post
    Rumor says NBA didn't want to go dark for the next 3 days. Last year they went dark for 4 days
    and the ratings suffered.

    There was disappointment in the locker room but the Celtics appeared resigned. They didn’t attempt a free throw from the 11-minute mark of the second period to the 28.3-second mark of the third period, a stretch of 22 minutes, 32 seconds. The 76ers attempted 16 in that span.


    I want to play Boston but with NBA I am worried about shit like this being true.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grease lightnin View Post
    I want to play Boston but with NBA I am worried about shit like this being true.
    Take Philly with me. Let's go to the winners circle

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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    Let's go to the winners circle
    You in Indy?

    Thats the name of the OTB downtown.... lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by grease lightnin View Post
    You in Indy?

    Thats the name of the OTB downtown.... lol
    Lol no. In Detroit 🙄

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