NBA Betting – Series Picks – Boston Celtics vs Orlando Magic
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Boston vs. Orlando Series Betting Odds:
3313 CELTICS SERIES +240
3314 MAGIC SERIES -290
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Celtics vs. Magic Playoff Schedule – Eastern Conference Finals
Game 1 – Sunday, May 16 at Orlando, 3:30 EST
Game 2 – Tuesday, May 18 at Orlando, 8:30 EST
Game 3 – Saturday, May 22 at Boston, 8:30 EST
Game 4 – Monday, May 24 at Boston, 8:30 EST
Game 5 – Wednesday, May 26 at Orlando, 8:30 EST
Game 6 – Friday, May 28 at Boston, 8:30 EST
Game 7 – Sunday, May 30 at Boston, 8:30 EST
NBA conspiracy theorists are is disarray today. The Kobe Bryant-LeBron James Guaranteed NBA Finals are in shambles, courtesy of the Boston Celtics, who apparently have been lying in the reeds for the entire regular season and are now ready to completely destroy any and all assumptions we had about the playoffs.
What’s certain is that the Cavaliers and James are in ruins by Lake Erie and sometime Saturday the Celtics will board a plane and head for Orlando and Sunday’s Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Magic in what should be a fascinating series featuring superstars, loads of 3-point shooters, the best defensive big man the NBA has seen since Bill Russell, and TV shots of Boston’s Charles River.
There will also be sideline scenes of Stan Van Gundy, but you have to take the good with the bad.
Anyway, this has the makings of a great series as Orlando finally runs up against an opponent which won’t crawl into the fetal position as soon as real bullets start flying. Charlotte was able to hang in for a while and Atlanta tried to be the first team to play basketball without a spine, but in the end both were taken out in 4.
The Celtics are another story.
They have veterans who don’t fold when things don’t go right, they are as good as it gets on the road, they are finally healthy after a season-long battle with one injury after another, and they have a point guard who has become nearly impossible to handle. 
Rajon Rondo opened eyes coast to coast when he torched the Cavs for 29 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists in Boston’s Game 4 victory, and in the process completely disrupted Cleveland’s defensive rotations. The Cavs never recovered from that and wound up losing Games 4, 5 and 6 by a total of 51 points.
Last season Orlando took out the Celtics in 7 in the Eastern semifinals, taking advantage of a Celtics team that was without injured defensive force Kevin Garnett and exhausted by a 7-game opening round series against the Bulls in which four of the seven games went into overtime. By the time Game 7 vs. Orlando came around, the Celts were running on fumes.
Garnett is now back and motivated, though two years older and maybe just 85 percent of the Garnett that led the Celtics to their 17th championship two years ago. That moves Glen Davis, who hurt Orlando as a starter in the playoffs last season, to the bench. Other than that, the Celtics cast is pretty much the same, though Ray Allen and Paul Pierce don’t come off screens as quickly as they used to.
Orlando rolled the dice with Vince Carter and it paid off. Carter and back-from-injury Jameer Nelson are a huge upgrade over last year’s playoff backcourt of Courtney Lee and Rafer Alston.
Then there is the Dwight Howard Factor. After limiting the damage done by Dwyane Wade and James in Rounds 1 and 2, Boston has to figure out how to defend and attack Howard. Howard points out that Boston Kendrick Perkins, who has both the size and mobility of an F-250, plays him as tough as anyone in the NBA.
Celtics vs. Magic Prediction:
We may have seen the last of the blowouts, although the rested Magic have a huge edge in Game 1 and could make things nasty for the Celtics who have a short rest and a long plane ride ahead of them. Boston might preserve its strength for Game 2 in Orlando, figuring that one win in Florida followed by a 3-day rest next week will put the Magic back on their heels.
It’s hard to see this series ending quickly, and there is good value in taking the Celtics.
Totals players should note that 5 of 7 playoffs games between the Celts and Magic went under last season.
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Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.
