NBA Playoffs Betting – Monday Picks – Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics
Before nba betting fans turn their attention to more basketball betting events this week, we have some more good NBA Playoff gambling matchups to pick on tap, and our man Lawrence weighs in with his picks for game 2 of the Celtics vs. Heat . It’s time for our weekly Playoff hoops picks for NBA gambling action.
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HEAT vs. CELTICS
Time: Monday 7 p.m. EST
Venue: TD Garden, Boston
Spread: Heat -1
Over/Under: 181
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Think the Celtics could use Kendrick Perkins much tonight?
Tonight’s Game 4 would be right in Perk’s wheelhouse. Especially if his BFF Rajon Rondo is unable to play.
Not much was said publicly on Sunday, but it’s a lock that the Celtics feel that Dwyane Wade’s takedown of Rondo was a dirty play. In fact, there is the general feeling among the Celtics that Wade gets away with a lot of chippy stuff because he is one of the league’s elite, and if it’s anything the NBA wants, it’s its elite players on the court.
Rondo, he of the dislocated left elbow, will reportedly be a game-time decision tonight, and if he is limited only one arm, like he did in the fourth period in Game 3 on Saturday night, you can be sure that the Heat will be ready for him this time and won’t let him operate without defensive pressure.
Doc Rivers would prefer a scoreboard retaliation, but that’s not really how players roll in the NBA, and the Celtics are already plenty pissed about the Paul Pierce Game 1 incidents. Throw in the preening that the Heat players participated in in the waning moments of the first two games, and this one has the potential to get nasty – especially if Rondo is a scratch and the Heat go up big in the second half.
As for the series itself, this one is starting to look it will go the distance, and the only thing that could prevent that is a road team starting to show some intensity. Boston (Games 1 and 2 at Miami) and the Heat in Game 3 at Boston all seemed content to keep their powder dry and go all-out at home.
NBA Trends:
MIA are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 road games.
BOS are 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 Mon. games.
Under is 6-2-1 in BOS last 9 vs. NBA Southeast.
Under is 19-7-1 in BOS last 27 overall.
Under is 16-5-1 in the last 22 meetings in Boston.
MIA are 5-11 ATS in the last 16 meetings.
BEST BET: Interesting that Miami got 3 in Game 3, lost by 16 and now gives 1 in Game 4. Rondo’s injury throws wagering into a tizzy and makes this game essentially a pick ’em. Figuring here that form holds and the Celtics get it together for another 48 minutes, making this a 3-game series with two in Miami.
Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling expert from Massachusetts.
