{"id":10617,"date":"2009-05-06T16:11:25","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T21:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=10617"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:44:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:44:41","slug":"orlando-boston-gm2-free-pick-60509","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/orlando-boston-gm2-free-pick-60509\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando vs. Boston Preview\/Picks (May. 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Parlay Pick &#8211; Magic vs. Celtics in Game 2<\/h2>\n<p>The Boston Celtics (66-24 SU, 46-43-1 ATS, 47-42-1 O\/U) will be looking to even their second-round Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Orlando Magic (64-25 SU, 52-36-1 ATS, 38-51 O\/U) at one victory apiece when the two Eastern Conference rivals square off at TD Banknorth Garden tonight at 8 PM ET.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Magic narrowly escaped with a 95-90 victory in Game 1 on Monday night as forward Rashard Lewis scored a team-high 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help Orlando cover the spread for <a title=\"NBA Betting\" href=\"\/nba\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NBA betting<\/strong><\/a> backers as 1.5-point road underdogs in the BetUS Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>Dwight Howard added a double-double for Orlando with16 points and 22 rebounds as the final score played Under the 188.5-point O\/U total.<\/p>\n<p>All-star forward Paul Pierce led Boston with a team-high 23 points in a losing effort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at tonight&#8217;s key trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Picks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Magic are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a home winning percentage of greater than .600.<br \/>\nThe Magic are 11-3 ATS in their last 14 games as a road underdog.<br \/>\nThe Celtics are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games following an ATS loss.<br \/>\nThe Celtics are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games as a home favorite of 0.5-4.5.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/nba-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a>The Under is 7-0 in Magic last 7 Wednesday games.<br \/>\nThe Under is 4-0 in Celtics last 4 vs. a team with a winning S.U. record.<br \/>\nThe Under is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.<br \/>\nThe Magic are 4-12 ATS in the last 16 meetings in Boston.<br \/>\nThe Underdog is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings.<br \/>\nThe Road team is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orlando Magic -4 -110<br \/>\nBoston Celtics +4 -110<br \/>\nOver 188 -110<br \/>\nUnder 188 -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis:<\/strong> While I like the Boston Celtics to win tonight&#8217;s contest over the Magic, I&#8217;m not necessarily sure they can beat the Magic by five points without team leader Kevin Garnett.<\/p>\n<p>I think the Magic cover the spread again tonight in a losing effort while the Under plays out for the fifth straight game between these ballclubs and sixth in the last seven overall.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Magic +4 Points\/Under 188 Total Points<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/join\" rel=\"nofollow\">GET UP TO $50 FREE ON YOUR NEXT DEPOSIT AT BETUS.COM ONLINE SPORTSBOOK. THIS OFFER EXPIRES SOON FROM CAPPERSPICKS.COM SO GET IN ON IT TODAY &#8211; CLICK HERE!!!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the Wednesday Night game two playoff matchup featuring the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics from Boston&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1979,5344,471,2886,5630,13681,5631,744,4189,1599,4574,745,747,749,13010,10854,3952,5629],"class_list":["post-10617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball-betting","tag-celtics-betting-trends","tag-free-picks","tag-game-2","tag-magic-betting-trends","tag-magic-celtics-odds","tag-magic-vs-celtics","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-betting-trends","tag-nba-free-picks","tag-nba-free-predictions","tag-nba-futures","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-playoff-lines","tag-nba-prediction","tag-nba-props","tag-orlando-vs-boston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10617"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103743,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617\/revisions\/103743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}