Posted on 3/20/2008
NBA Basketball Sportsbook Wagering Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks
While the Boston Celtics, (54-13 SU, 41-24-2 ATS, 30-36-1 O/U), are thriving better than they have all season in winning their last two games in particular, the Dallas Mavericks, (44-24 SU, 30-24-4 ATS 33-33-2 O/U), are showing exactly why they are not in the same elite class as many of the league’s top-flight teams.
The Celtics are coming off solid back-to-back wins over the San Antonio Spurs, (93-91) and Houston Rockets, (94-74), on Monday and Tuesday nights that has fueled talk that they are headed to the NBA Finals this season, while the Mavericks fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 102-100 on Tuesday despite the fact that the Lakers were without either of their seven-footers in Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum and had to rely almost exclusively on Kobe Bryant at the offensive end of the floor to create opportunities for himself and his teammates.
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