Cavs -7.0 :box2: :box2:
I see Shaq and James containing Rondo the Great by making him shoot outside where he's a measly 30%
:director: Cleveland Cavs.... Double Down !!
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Se?or Capper's NBA Attempt 5/11
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Cavs -7.0 :box2: :box2:
I see Shaq and James containing Rondo the Great by making him shoot outside where he's a measly 30%
:director: Cleveland Cavs.... Double Down !!
Stats To Ponder
- No. 1 seeds off a loss as a favorite are 19-7-2 ATS, including 7-1-1 off a double-digit loss in Round 2.
- Cleveland is 11-20 ATS at home versus conference foes this season.
- Boston is 11-28-1 ATS versus an opponent off a loss this season
- No. 1 seeds off a loss as a favorite are 19-7-2 ATS, including 7-1-1 off a double-digit loss in Round 2.
- Cleveland is 11-20 ATS at home versus conference foes this season.
- Boston is 11-28-1 ATS versus an opponent off a loss this season
Here's a Write-up if anyone wants to kill time before tip-off ........
The top-seeded Cavaliers, who got a split of Games 3 and 4 in Boston to reclaim home-court advantage in this best-of-7 conference semifinal series, return to Quicken Loans Arena for Game 5 against the fourth-seeded Celtics. Cleveland followed Friday?s 124-95 blowout win in Boston with Sunday?s 97-87 loss as a 1?-point favorite in Game 4. LeBron James, who had 38 points in the Game 3 rout, was held to a modest 22 points, along with nine rebounds and eight assists, and he committed seven turnovers. The Cavs were also outrebounded 47-33.
Rajon Rondo keyed Boston?s bounce-back win with a prolific triple-double of 29 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists, and Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett added 18 points apiece. The Celts shot 44.7 percent (34 of 76), despite a lousy 1-for-14 effort from three-point range (7.1 percent). Cleveland was humbled in Game 2 at home, losing 104-86 as a six-point chalk, but is still a solid 39-7 SU at the Q this season (3-1 in the postseason. However, the Cavs are a meager 19-27 ATS at home (2-4 in the playoffs), averaging 102.7 ppg on 49.4 percent shooting and giving up 94.5 (44.1 percent shooting). Boston is 28-17 on the highway (23-21-1 ATS), netting 98.0 ppg (47.7 percent shooting) while allowing 94.4 ppg (44.4 percent shooting). The Celts have split their two postseason roadies both SU and ATS.
These rivals have split eight meetings this season, with the SU winner covering every time, and the SU victor has cashed in 11 straight clashes overall. Against the Celtics, Cleveland is on ATS runs of 20-9-2 overall, 8-3 in the playoffs and 7-2 at home, though the underdog has cashed in four of the last five meetings, including the last three in a row. The Cavaliers are 19-8-1 ATS in their last 28 second-round playoff games, 8-4 ATS in their last 11 starts against Atlantic Division foes and 4-1 ATS in their last five following a non-cover. That said, they remain on ATS slides of 6-13 overall, 3-8 at home, 0-5 after a day off, 2-8 against winning teams, 4-11 as a chalk and 4-9 following a SU loss. The Celtics are on pointspread purges 6-15 in the second round, 2-9 coming off a SU win and 2-8 following a spread-cover, but they are on a 24-11 ATS run as a road pup of five to 10? points and are 11-4-1 ATS in their last 16 as a playoff ?dog of any price. The under is 19-7 in Cleveland?s last 26 conference semifinal contests and 4-1 in its last five games after a day off, but the Cavs are otherwise on ?over? surges of 4-0 after a non-cover, 12-3 against the Atlantic Division and 6-1 as a playoff chalk of five to 10? points. Likewise, Boston is on ?over? sprees of 12-6 overall, 5-2 on the road, 8-3 against the Central Division, 5-0 after either a SU or an ATS win and 7-3 as a pup, though the under has hit in six of its last eight second-round playoff starts. Finally, in this rivalry, the total has stayed low in two of the last three games, with Game 4 failing to hit the 195-point price. However, but the over is still 6-2 in this season?s eight head-to-head meetings.
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anudder one.............
Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers (-7.5, 193.5)
Unlike the Phoenix Suns winning their second-round series in a four-game sweep, No. 1 seed Cleveland finds itself in a battle with Boston with the series knotted at 2-2.
Ragin? Rondo
Rajon Rondo?s accomplishment in Game 4 will certainly go down in Celtics lore as one of the best playoff performance?s ever.
His 29 points, 13 assists and 18 rebounds led Boston to a 97-87 victory Sunday at the Garden. All this from a 6?foot-1 point guard.
Rondo?s 18 boards were more than half of the Cavaliers? total of 33.
?His definitely dominating this series at the point guard position," Cleveland?s LeBron James told reporters.
With 21.8 points, 13 assists, 8.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals in four games, that much is obvious.
Rondo?s game is also creating serious matchup problems for the Cavs. Putting LeBron on Rondo leaves Paul Pierce with a substantial size mismatch against Cleveland smaller guards, Mo Williams or Delonte West. And the last thing the Cavs want to do is rouse Pierce, who's having a dreadful series (11.8 PPG, on 32 percent shooting).
Don?t be surprised to find James play Rondo straight up and the Cavs defend Pierce with Antawn Jamison or Anthony Parker.
"If the opportunity presents itself, I would take the challenge," James said.
"I would love to. Maybe it's something we should explore? I have no problem with taking Rondo for the entire game. But they kind of counter what we put on the court so I can't switch off on him."
Trouble In Paradise
James took a subtle swipe at head coach Mike Brown after Sunday?s game.
He said it was "kind of surprising" that Shaquille O'Neal didn't return to the game after picking up his fifth foul with over 11 minutes left in the fourth and Boston leading 76-72. The Celtics immediately went on an 8-0 run with Shaq out of the game.
If it wasn't for Shaq's solid 17-point performance in 28 minutes the final 10-point deficit might have been worse.
It was evident that Cleveland entered Sunday?s game thinking that the 29 points they won by Friday night was enough to win both games.
Strangely, aside from instituting a poor offensive game plan, Brown refuses to allow 7-foot-3 center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who together with O?Neal combine to average 12.1 rebounds per game, to get off the bench. As a result the Cavs continue to be out-rebounded by a smaller, less-athletic Celtics team.
Mark it down.If the Celtics take Game 5 in Cleveland, Brown can kiss his job - and LeBron?s future in Cleveland - good-bye.
Lone Ranger
Most NBA champions feature a superstar and a sidekick. An MVP alone cannot cut down the nets.
From the Lakers? glory days of Magic Johnson and James Worthy, to Boston?s Bill Russell and John Havlicek, or Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, and on to Chicago?s Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, every legendary championship team possessed a terrific tandem.
The question that LeBron James struggles with these days is, ?Who is my Tonto??
It?s certainly not Mo Williams or Antawn Jamison. Bettors know that, for sure.
If James is to win an NBA championship in Cleveland, O?Neal needs to become the Robin to his Batman.
Celtic Green
The Celtics made NBA history last week ? just not the good kind.
When general manager Danny Ainge was fined $25,000 for throwing a towel in Game 2 while trying to distract J.J. Hickson as the Cavaliers forward attempted a free throw, the Celtics became the first team in league history to have a player, coach and GM fined in the same season.
The NBA didn't start keeping records on its fines until the early 1990s.Back in the day, Ainge's towel toss probably would have drawn scorn at the most.
If no one else makes a contribution to the league's unnamed charity fund, the Celtics will have paid out a league-leading $175,000 in fines this season, led by Rasheed Wallace's $100,000. Ainge ($25,000), coach Doc Rivers ($25,000) and Glen Davis ($25,000) round out the list.
When informed of the team's unusual trifecta, Davis commented, ?I don't feel so alone anymore.?
Wallace, though, has a problem with the fact the league doesn't name the charities that benefit from the fine money.
?They say that's where it goes, but I'm not so sure,'' said Wallace.
The top-seeded Cavaliers, who got a split of Games 3 and 4 in Boston to reclaim home-court advantage in this best-of-7 conference semifinal series, return to Quicken Loans Arena for Game 5 against the fourth-seeded Celtics. Cleveland followed Friday?s 124-95 blowout win in Boston with Sunday?s 97-87 loss as a 1?-point favorite in Game 4. LeBron James, who had 38 points in the Game 3 rout, was held to a modest 22 points, along with nine rebounds and eight assists, and he committed seven turnovers. The Cavs were also outrebounded 47-33.
Rajon Rondo keyed Boston?s bounce-back win with a prolific triple-double of 29 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists, and Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett added 18 points apiece. The Celts shot 44.7 percent (34 of 76), despite a lousy 1-for-14 effort from three-point range (7.1 percent). Cleveland was humbled in Game 2 at home, losing 104-86 as a six-point chalk, but is still a solid 39-7 SU at the Q this season (3-1 in the postseason. However, the Cavs are a meager 19-27 ATS at home (2-4 in the playoffs), averaging 102.7 ppg on 49.4 percent shooting and giving up 94.5 (44.1 percent shooting). Boston is 28-17 on the highway (23-21-1 ATS), netting 98.0 ppg (47.7 percent shooting) while allowing 94.4 ppg (44.4 percent shooting). The Celts have split their two postseason roadies both SU and ATS.
These rivals have split eight meetings this season, with the SU winner covering every time, and the SU victor has cashed in 11 straight clashes overall. Against the Celtics, Cleveland is on ATS runs of 20-9-2 overall, 8-3 in the playoffs and 7-2 at home, though the underdog has cashed in four of the last five meetings, including the last three in a row. The Cavaliers are 19-8-1 ATS in their last 28 second-round playoff games, 8-4 ATS in their last 11 starts against Atlantic Division foes and 4-1 ATS in their last five following a non-cover. That said, they remain on ATS slides of 6-13 overall, 3-8 at home, 0-5 after a day off, 2-8 against winning teams, 4-11 as a chalk and 4-9 following a SU loss. The Celtics are on pointspread purges 6-15 in the second round, 2-9 coming off a SU win and 2-8 following a spread-cover, but they are on a 24-11 ATS run as a road pup of five to 10? points and are 11-4-1 ATS in their last 16 as a playoff ?dog of any price. The under is 19-7 in Cleveland?s last 26 conference semifinal contests and 4-1 in its last five games after a day off, but the Cavs are otherwise on ?over? surges of 4-0 after a non-cover, 12-3 against the Atlantic Division and 6-1 as a playoff chalk of five to 10? points. Likewise, Boston is on ?over? sprees of 12-6 overall, 5-2 on the road, 8-3 against the Central Division, 5-0 after either a SU or an ATS win and 7-3 as a pup, though the under has hit in six of its last eight second-round playoff starts. Finally, in this rivalry, the total has stayed low in two of the last three games, with Game 4 failing to hit the 195-point price. However, but the over is still 6-2 in this season?s eight head-to-head meetings.
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anudder one.............
Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers (-7.5, 193.5)
Unlike the Phoenix Suns winning their second-round series in a four-game sweep, No. 1 seed Cleveland finds itself in a battle with Boston with the series knotted at 2-2.
Ragin? Rondo
Rajon Rondo?s accomplishment in Game 4 will certainly go down in Celtics lore as one of the best playoff performance?s ever.
His 29 points, 13 assists and 18 rebounds led Boston to a 97-87 victory Sunday at the Garden. All this from a 6?foot-1 point guard.
Rondo?s 18 boards were more than half of the Cavaliers? total of 33.
?His definitely dominating this series at the point guard position," Cleveland?s LeBron James told reporters.
With 21.8 points, 13 assists, 8.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals in four games, that much is obvious.
Rondo?s game is also creating serious matchup problems for the Cavs. Putting LeBron on Rondo leaves Paul Pierce with a substantial size mismatch against Cleveland smaller guards, Mo Williams or Delonte West. And the last thing the Cavs want to do is rouse Pierce, who's having a dreadful series (11.8 PPG, on 32 percent shooting).
Don?t be surprised to find James play Rondo straight up and the Cavs defend Pierce with Antawn Jamison or Anthony Parker.
"If the opportunity presents itself, I would take the challenge," James said.
"I would love to. Maybe it's something we should explore? I have no problem with taking Rondo for the entire game. But they kind of counter what we put on the court so I can't switch off on him."
Trouble In Paradise
James took a subtle swipe at head coach Mike Brown after Sunday?s game.
He said it was "kind of surprising" that Shaquille O'Neal didn't return to the game after picking up his fifth foul with over 11 minutes left in the fourth and Boston leading 76-72. The Celtics immediately went on an 8-0 run with Shaq out of the game.
If it wasn't for Shaq's solid 17-point performance in 28 minutes the final 10-point deficit might have been worse.
It was evident that Cleveland entered Sunday?s game thinking that the 29 points they won by Friday night was enough to win both games.
Strangely, aside from instituting a poor offensive game plan, Brown refuses to allow 7-foot-3 center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who together with O?Neal combine to average 12.1 rebounds per game, to get off the bench. As a result the Cavs continue to be out-rebounded by a smaller, less-athletic Celtics team.
Mark it down.If the Celtics take Game 5 in Cleveland, Brown can kiss his job - and LeBron?s future in Cleveland - good-bye.
Lone Ranger
Most NBA champions feature a superstar and a sidekick. An MVP alone cannot cut down the nets.
From the Lakers? glory days of Magic Johnson and James Worthy, to Boston?s Bill Russell and John Havlicek, or Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, and on to Chicago?s Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, every legendary championship team possessed a terrific tandem.
The question that LeBron James struggles with these days is, ?Who is my Tonto??
It?s certainly not Mo Williams or Antawn Jamison. Bettors know that, for sure.
If James is to win an NBA championship in Cleveland, O?Neal needs to become the Robin to his Batman.
Celtic Green
The Celtics made NBA history last week ? just not the good kind.
When general manager Danny Ainge was fined $25,000 for throwing a towel in Game 2 while trying to distract J.J. Hickson as the Cavaliers forward attempted a free throw, the Celtics became the first team in league history to have a player, coach and GM fined in the same season.
The NBA didn't start keeping records on its fines until the early 1990s.Back in the day, Ainge's towel toss probably would have drawn scorn at the most.
If no one else makes a contribution to the league's unnamed charity fund, the Celtics will have paid out a league-leading $175,000 in fines this season, led by Rasheed Wallace's $100,000. Ainge ($25,000), coach Doc Rivers ($25,000) and Glen Davis ($25,000) round out the list.
When informed of the team's unusual trifecta, Davis commented, ?I don't feel so alone anymore.?
Wallace, though, has a problem with the fact the league doesn't name the charities that benefit from the fine money.
?They say that's where it goes, but I'm not so sure,'' said Wallace.
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So Wallace with his thug ass thinks the NBA is giving his money to something other than charity.
what a joke:142smilie
maybe he should give 100 K to a charity and then keep his big mouth shut during games.
Cavs -8
they won't lose this game :nooo:
and they will cover the opening line :00hour
they won't lose this game :nooo:
and they will cover the opening line :00hour
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I'd swear I'm watching the hawks vs celtics
James is playing like a true MVP :mj10:
i shoulda gave posted the under too, regardless I lose juice. :sadwave:
Missy beats me again.
You know Boston :toast:
James is playing like a true MVP :mj10:
i shoulda gave posted the under too, regardless I lose juice. :sadwave:
Missy beats me again.
You know Boston :toast:
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:mj07: :mj07: anyone can get lucky now and then {speaking of myself )but u have freaking been awesome so thanks for all your picks:toast:
yes Ray shame on me for factoring in that the whole team wouldn't show :tongue
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