Over\/Under: 182<\/strong><\/p>\nIf this is the way there are going about trying to get Dwyane Wade to stay in south Florida, it\u2019s not working. <\/p>\n
The Heat figured to have one advantage on the Celtics in this series \u2013 athleticism. But coach Erik Spoelstra has drained that pool quickly with a take-no-chances, walk-it-up-the-court offense that is a mirror image of the Charlotte Bobcats. <\/p>\n
Miami\u2019s offense has allowed the Celtics to walk back on defense and do what they do best \u2013 defend as a team, instead of having to deal with Wade in the open court.<\/p>\n
More problems. Jermaine O\u2019Neal is 4 for 28 from the field in this series. Think about that for a minute. O\u2019Neal is a former All-Star who like Rasheed Wallace has shown all the life of a pile of dirt. Quentin Richardson talks a good game but has been taken apart on both ends of the court. <\/p>\n
Carlos Arroyo? Mario Chalmers? Michael Beasley? Did this entire team miss its wakeup call? <\/p>\n
Take Wade out of the equation and the rest of the Heat roster is shooting 32 percent from the field. ![\"Online](\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/impressions.asp?btag=a_3953b_41\")
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Granted, Spoelstra\u2019s sleep-inducing offense has taken some of the spirit out of a team that is dead last in scoring among all playoff teams (Charlotte, the next-closest, is averaging almost 8 points a game more than the Heat). But the players also have to step up a bit.<\/p>\n
Miami has defended Boston well at times, but the Heat have caved when Boston gets on a run. Ray Allen drained seven 3-pointers (all of them from right in front of the Miami bench) in Game 2 and no one was even closing on him most of the time.<\/p>\n
Gut check time for the entire Heat organization Friday night.<\/p>\n
FREE BOSTON CELTICS VS. MIAMI HEAT GAME 3 PICK<\/strong><\/p>\nOVER 182<\/strong><\/p>\nThe O\/U was a ridiculously low 179 in Game 2, and the Heat\u2019s stagnant offense almost took the number under even at that. It\u2019s up to 182 for Game 3, and the over play looks good. <\/p>\n
Miami scored in the high 90s in most home games late in the season. <\/p>\n
Teams usually play with a lot of energy in their first home game of the playoffs, and everyone up and the down the East Coast knows that this is Miami\u2019s last chance to get back in the series. <\/p>\n
Hesitate to lay the points on a team that has played so poorly, but an OVER play here is reasonable.<\/p>\n
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\nLawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our experts weigh in with this week\u2019s best Round 1 NBA Playoff picks for gambling on all the action\u2026Friday on the hardwood we get the Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat for game 3 of their 7 game series…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[11552,28156,28151,28152,28153,28154,28155,4045,5595,24569,24570,3319,13109,20992,20991,12357,9273,9921],"class_list":["post-21504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-boston-celtics-vs-miami-heat","tag-boston-miami-picks","tag-celtics-heat-odds","tag-celtics-heat-picks","tag-celtics-heat-spread","tag-celtics-vs-heat","tag-celtics-vs-heat-predictions","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-friday-night-nba","tag-friday-night-nba-picks","tag-game-3","tag-game-two","tag-nba-parlay-betting","tag-nba-parlay-picks","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-nba-selections","tag-online-nba-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21504","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\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107150,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21504\/revisions\/107150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}