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Boston Celtics LA Lakers Game 5 betting pick |
June 12th, 2010 |
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| NBA Finals Game 5 – Find a Way to WinWith the Boston Celtics convincing 96-89 victory over the Lakers Thursday night, the NBA Finals are tied at two games a piece. The series continues Sunday night as the Lakers are currently 3 point underdogs atSportsbook.com. If Glen Davis, Nate Robinson, Rasheed Wallace and Tony Allen sound like the makeup of an NBA expansion team, that belief would likely be correct. However, this group of Celtics reserves scored on the first nine possessions of the final quarter Thursday night and largely cemented the game away against the Lakers regular starters. Coach Doc Rivers took a gamble, not calculated, but heart-felt and emotional, that this contingent had just a bit more to give with over 240 seconds left in Game 4 and his team leading by nine points and waved back his starting subs back to the bench. “Hell, Rondo and all of them were begging me to keep guys in. ‘Don’t take them out. Don’t take them out,’” Rivers recalled. “It was great. That was the loudest I’ve seen our bench, and it was our starters cheering from the bench. I thought it was terrific.” This enabled the Celtics to tie the series and moved their record to 8-3 SU and ATS at TD Garden in the postseason with one more to go. Boston could be gaining some advantages as the series is wearing on. Pierce was much more efficient in running off screen and roles, getting Ron Artest out of his face, scoring 19 points and handing out five assists. The player formerly known as “Big Baby” has been a man, as Davis’ internal flame has him continually outhustling the Los Angeles big men. In Game 4 he found a way to not let his height be a detriment in the paint against the taller L.A. players, making 7 of 10 shots and collecting five boards (four offensive). The Lakers give the appearance of being in control, but cracks are formulating. Andrew Bynum’s knee not only limits him, but forces Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom to log more minutes against the physical Boston frontline. Though Kobe Bryant scored 33 points in last conflict, the Allen Gang (Tony and Ray) are making life difficult, as witnessed by his seven turnovers. Bryant said, “They got all the energy points, the hustle points, the second-chance points … “ ” … points in the paint, beat us to the loose balls,” Bryant continued. “I mean, that’s how the game turned around.” For the third time in this year’s playoffs, Los Angeles is 2-2 and they are 19-6 ATS when a series is tied and 18-6 ATS in road games having lost two of their last three tilts. The extra day off should help Bynum and the exhausted looking Lakers should be fresher. Sportsbook.com has Boston as three-point home chalk with ‘total’ dipping to 188 after a pair of ‘unders’ covered. The Celtics are 8-2 ATS in last 10 NBA Finals’ affairs and 5-0 ATS with two days off. They are 6-0-1 UNDER in last seven home assignments. The Lakers are still a potent 37-21 as an underdog, including 5-2 ATS in previous seven tries. Phil Jackson must devise ways to get better looks and increase the tempo since his club is 15-6 UNDER as a road underdog of six points or less this season, which has them being outscored 3.9 points per game when this happens. ABC will have Game 5 at 8:00 Eastern and as always, Sportsbook.com will have the most ways to bet the game.
NBA Finals Game 5 Betting Pick
We here at BSR are picking the Lakers to take this game, this series looks like it will be going all the way to game 7 and should be a nail biter. |
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