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Free Pick: Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics u176.5 (-110)
Wed May 14 ‘08 8:05p - Click Here for Odds
The first two games between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers in this building produced just 148 and 162 points respectively, and we look for another snooze-fest as this series once again returns to Boston.

It is no secret that the Celtics have been like night and day home and away in the playoffs, and it all begin with their defense. Boston is allowing just 75.5 points per game in six home playoffs games, as opposed to a whopping 99.6 points per game in five road games! As a result, their home playoff contests are averaging a combined 171.2 points, and you could probably shave a few points off of that already low total here given Cleveland methodical style.

The Cavaliers are on a 12-4 Under run of their own stretching back to the regular season. LeBron James did actually get some support from Cleveland’s role players in Game 4 Monday, but even with that, the Cavs managed just 88 points at home vs. a determined Boston defense. We now all know that the Celtics are more intense defensively at home, and after watching the Cavaliers score 72 and 73 points in the first two games here, we have no reason to believe that they could top 75 here.

Thus, look for an identical pace as the first two games of this series.

NBA Free Pick: Cavaliers, Celtics Under 176.5

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Detroit @ Orlando (Magic -5, O/U 187)
The biggest storyline for Game 4 of the Pistons-Magic series concerns the injury to Detroit point guard Chauncey Billups. Billups went down with a strained right hamstring early in the first quarter of Game 3 and didn’t return. The Magic took immediate advantage of his absence, going on an 18-4 run to take an 18 point lead that they would never relinquish.

Reports on Friday indicate that Billups is expected to suit up and play for the Pistons on Saturday, but his effectiveness is another matter entirely. Head coach Flip Saunders: “I’m concerned because (Billups is) our quarterback; he runs our team. You saw our first two games. He’s been a huge part of why we’ve been successful—that matchup has been huge for us.”

Without Billups to defend, Orlando point guard Jameer Nelson enjoyed one of his best games of the postseason, spurring the Magic offense to 111 points on 53% shooting. Billups backup, rookie Rodney Stuckey, had a decent offensive game, but he was able to keep Nelson out of the paint, driving and dishing to open teammates.

The Magic had lost nine straight in the playoffs against the Pistons prior to Wednesday’s victory. Orlando center Dwight Howard: “It felt real good, finally getting a chance to beat those guys. The main thing is we played the way we know how to play—run and try to cut the turnovers down. We can beat anybody.”

Boston @ Cleveland (Cavs -1.5, O/U 176)
The Boston Celtics were the best team in the NBA during the regular season in large part due to their defense. The numbers don’t lie. The Celtics ranked #1 in the NBA in defensive field goal percentage allowed by a wide margin, holding foes to 42% shooting for the season – far better than the defensive minded Spurs, Pistons and Rockets.

Boston was equally adept at shutting down opposing teams from the perimeter, holding foes to a 31.6 shooting percentage from beyond the arc, also best in the NBA by a wide margin. Kevin Garnett won the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award in a landslide vote, and KG’s defensive intensity has certainly carried over to his teammates. When a team doesn’t give up fast break baskets, perimeter jumpers or points in the paint out of halfcourt sets, it makes them a very difficult team to beat.

Cleveland found that out the hard way in Games 1 and 2. The Cavs scored only 72 points in the first game of this series, held to 31% shooting. In Game 2, they improved: 73 total points scored on 36% shooting. The Cavs didn’t hit much from the perimeter, just 6-31 from three point range. And most important of all, Cleveland’s ‘Big One’ (in sharp contrast to the Celtics ‘Big Three’) was completely stymied by the Celtics defensive approach, hitting just 8 of his 42 shot attempts in the first two games of the series, while committing 17 turnovers.

We’ve seen one team after the next return home facing an 0-2 deficit and respond with their best game of the series: San Antonio, Utah and Orlando already here in Round 2; Toronto, Dallas and Atlanta in the first round. The Celtics are 0-3 SU and ATS in their three previous road games here in the playoffs, losing all three games at Atlanta by a combined 42.5 points against the spread.

New Orleans @ San Antonio (Spurs -6, O/U 186)
The Spurs completely changed their gameplan against the Hornets for Game 3 after losing the first two games of the series in blowout fashion at New Orleans. San Antonio head coach Greg Popovich changed his defensive gameplan, putting shutdown defender Bruce Bowen on Peja Stojakovic instead of Chris Paul. The result: Paul had another huge game — 35 points, nine assists – but the contributions of the Hornets supporting cast were minimized.

At the offensive end, Popovich started Manu Ginobili, who normally comes off the bench. He also instructed Tony Parker to be more aggressive in transition, taking the ball to the basket with authority. The result? 62 points and 17 assists for the duo, by far their best games of the series.

Popovich: “We made shots, and we made better decisions. They only had [six] points off turnovers instead of the 22 they’ve been averaging. We had 28 assists, which is great, so if you can get 28 assists and not make turnovers, that makes your offense look a whole hell of a lot better…..I probably got [Parker] all screwed up [in Games 1 and 2] trying to get him to make perfect decisions. We know he’s better when he’s aggressive and trying to score. That’s the approach he took.”

For Game 4, we have to wonder if San Antonio is going to be capable of playing as well as they did in their last outing. Manu Ginobili, following Thursday’s win: “Tonight was like a Game 7 for us.” We’ve already seen the Hornets bounce back from a bad road loss in Game 3 of their series against Dallas with a resounding Game 4 victory. And let’s not forget that the Hornets were one of the strongest teams in the NBA on the road this season, 25-16 ATS, including a 24 point blowout over the Spurs in San Antonio back in January.

LA Lakers @ Utah (Jazz -5, O/U 210.5)
The Lakers are a tough team to bet against as underdogs in Game 4. LA is 6-1 SU and ATS here in the playoffs. They were one of the four teams to beat the Jazz in Salt Lake City during the regular season; the only team to do it after the All Star break. The Lakers were the single best road team in the NBA against the spread during the regular season, and they won and covered both first round games at Denver. To top it off, LA is on a 13-3 ATS run as underdogs of six points or less, consistently cashing in this role.

But Utah is not an easy team to fade here either. The Jazz were an NBA best 37-4 at Energy Solutions Arena during the regular season, and they beat the Rockets twice on this floor in their first round series. Utah has legitimate matchup edges over the Lake-show in the paint – they’ll continue to win the battle of the boards, and get easy second chance opportunities off the offensive glass, just as they have in the first three games of this series. Carlos Boozer was able to avoid foul trouble in the Jazz Game 3 victory, pacing the team with 27 points and 20 boards, while maintaining a physical presence in the paint that LA simply doesn’t have without the injured Andrew Bynum.

Here are some pertinent quotes following the Jazz Game 3 win. Jazz point guard Deron Williams: “It was just a solid game for us tonight. We pushed the ball in transition and got some easy things going. Guys were hitting shots and our confidence kept carrying over.” NBA MVP Kobe Bryant, following the loss: “We clawed back but you can’t turn the ball over so many times. We had a lot of open looks and you can sustain a game like that if you don’t turn the ball over.” Kobe’s teammate, Lamar Odom: “This team is good enough for us to lose to and we have to understand that and play our best game at all times. We could have lost to anyone playing like that.” Lakers coach Phil Jackson: “I told the guys they made a good comeback but they just couldn’t make the plays at the end.”

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Free NBA Pick: San Antonio Spurs -6.5 (-110)
Thu May 8 ‘08 9:35p - Click Here for NBA Odds
The New Orleans Hornets have dominated the San Antonio Spurs the first two games of this series, especially in the second half, but we think it will be a different story here in San Antonio.

NBA teams returning home for Game 3 down 0-2 have been a great bet this season, continuing a long-standing pattern in this league. Besides, the Spurs are 37-7 straight up at home this year while winning by an average of +9.1 points. Worse teams than San Antonio have risen from the deck to win Game 3 in this circumstance, so there is no reason to believe the Spurs can’t win by double-digits here.

Now this is in no way a slight toward the Hornets, who have already proven this post-season that they are for real. However, remember that their only playoff loss so far came in Game 3 at Dallas when up 2-0, the identical circumstances as these. The difference though is that the Spurs are a tougher opponent than the Mavericks.

Thus, look for a similar result here as the San Antonio handily closes the series gap to 2-1.

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Free NBA Betting Pick: Detroit Pistons @ Orlando Magic u186.5 (-110)
Wed May 7 ‘08 8:05p - Click Here for Current Betting Odds
The Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic went Over in Game 2 of this series, but we expect tonight’s contest to more closely resemble the pace of Game 1, which the Pistons won 91-72.

The thing is, the score may be reversed this time around, as this looks like a perfect spot for the Pistons to come up flat. Truth be told, Detroit did not play particularly well in Game 2 before rallying late, and if you recall their first round series vs. Philadelphia, they lost Game 3 on the road 95-75, and that was with the series tied 1-1. Now that they are up 2-0, this team that has the annoying habit of playing down to the competition until they need to flip the switch really has no incentive to give an all-out effort tonight.

Now the Magic are capable of lighting up the scoreboard, but they have yet to score more than 103 points vs. the Detroit defense this year, and they have come nowhere close to that the first two games. Thus, if the Pistons fail to reach 85 points, which we honestly feel is a very strong possibility tonight, it would be difficult for this game to go Over the total.

Believe it or not, the Under is 25-19, 56.8 percent in all Magic home games this year despite all of their firepower, and we look for that pattern to continue tonight.

NBA Free Pick: Pistons, Orlando Magic Under 186.5 - Selection Courtesy of LT Profits

Free NBA Playoff Pick: Cleveland Cavaliers +9.5 (-110)
Tue May 6 ‘08 8:05p - Click Here for NBA Odds
Let us preface our analysis of this game by saying that we expect the Boston Celtics to win this series vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers fairly easily. That said, we do expect the Cavaliers to stay inside this big number in Game 1.

Cleveland actually covered three of the four meetings with the Celtics this season with the home team winning outright on every occasion, including nice cover here in Boston in a narrow 92-87 loss the last time these teams met. As usual, LeBron James led the way with 26 points in that game, and he scored over 30 points in each of the first three games. Thus, the stiff Boston defense has had as much trouble covering him as the rest of the NBA, and he is certainly capable of single-handedly keeping the Cavs in this game.

Now granted, the Celtics blew away the upstart Atlanta Hawks in all four home games in the first round, winning those contests by an average of +25.3 points. However the Cavaliers represent a step up in class and Cleveland definitely has a huge post-season experience edge over Atlanta, so they should not be intimidated by playing in this building. Remember also that Cleveland won two games on the road in the Washington series, including the decisive Game 6.

Look for the Cavaliers to hang within single-digits to the very end here.

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NBA Playoffs Free Pick: Orlando Magic +6.0 (-110)
Mon May 5 ‘08 7:05p - Click Here for NBA Odds
While we have little doubt that the Detroit Pistons are better than the Orlando Magic, the Pistons have the annoying habit of taking some nights off while the Magic will be in desperation mode tonight.

Several Pistons players have said publicly that they get “bored” very often and they like to play down to the ability of the opposition. They have been getting away with this for several years because they have so much talent that they have indeed been able to flip the switch when they have wanted too, and we saw more evidence of this in the Philadelphia series before their wake-up call at halftime of Game 4.

They were down 0-1 in that series, and now that they are actually up 1-0 in this one, we strongly suspect that they will be less than motivated tonight. Besides, this has been a visitors’ series anyway, with the road team going 15-6-3 against the spread in the last 14 meetings, even with Detroit’s home cover in Game 1.

The Magic have been one of the better road teams in the NBA this season, going 28-16 both straight up and ATS away from home. They did win quite handily in their last regular season appearance here in Detroit 103-85 in February, so they have already proven they could compete in this building when Detroit does not bring their “A” game.

We look for another such occurrence tonight, and we would not be shocked if Orlando evens this series with an outright upset.

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NBA Playoff Pick: Houston Rockets @ Utah Jazz u180.0 (-110)
Fri May 2 ‘08 10:35p - Click Here for NBA Odds
The Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets have gone Under in four of the first five games of this series, and we expect a carbon copy tonight.

In fact, besides Houston’s 94-92 win in the only Over in Game 3, none of the four Unders have exceeded 175 total points scored, with those contests averaging just a combined 170.3 points. Then again, low scoring games are nothing new for the Rockets, as the Under is now 50-36-1, 58.1 percent in all Houston games this season combining regular season and playoffs.

Now the Jazz obviously prefer a faster pace as they are averaging 105.1 points per game for the year. However, they have not been able to solve this Houston defense this series, as the 93 points they scored in Game 1 is still their highest output so far. In fact, going back even further, the Under is 11-5 in the last 16 head-to-head meetings between these teams here in Utah.

Now the Jazz are not nearly as bad as they looked in their 94-69 loss at Houston in Game 5, but they may still be hard-pressed to score much more than 90 points here. Since we still feel that Utah will win this game, this means that we do not expect more than 175 total points at the most.

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