CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NBA WEEKLY PLAYOFF GAMBLING TIPS & FREE NBA PREDICTIONS!! \u2014><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Team records:<\/strong> The worst team in the league in offensive rebounding, the Celtics would kill for a 7-footer off the bench who could bring energy against the deep Cleveland Cavaliers. Someone who could stretch the defense with an occasional 3-pointer but also play with his back to the basket.<\/p>\n Matchup: CELTICS vs. CAVALIERS<\/strong><\/p>\n Time<\/strong>: Monday 8 ET Someone who could defend both Zdrunas Ilgauskas on the perimeter and Shaq O\u2019Neal on the block.<\/p>\n Someone like Rasheed Wallace.<\/p>\n Check that \u2013 someone like Rasheed Wallace who actually gives a damn.<\/p>\n The Celtics basically had to beg Wallace to sign on last summer, and the 3-year deal was praised in New England. When Wallace was a dog early in the year, everyone said wait until after the All-Star Game and he would kick it in gear. When he was a dog in March and early April, everyone said wait until the playoffs when the games really matter.<\/p>\n Now Celtics Nation has had a glimpse of Wallace 2.0, and the Playoffs Wallace has turned out to be not much different than Regular Season Wallace.<\/p>\n If anything, worse: Five games, 3.5 points a game, 7 for 20 from the field, 0 for 3 from beyond the 3-point line, and 14 personal fouls. His playing time has dwindled to about 10 minutes a game (Celts management originally had him pegged for about 25-30), and he is being compared to Pervis Ellison, one of the all-time Celtics bowsers, who stole paychecks during the Rick Pitino era in Boston.<\/p>\n The media in Boston called out Wallace in mid-season, but the team \u2013 mindful of the albatross that his 3-year contract will be and the fact that the limited Shelden Williams is the only alternative \u2013 is reluctant to dump on Wallace publicly. What\u2019s being said to him behind closed doors is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n Wallace, it appears, will play a smaller and smaller role in the offense, and defensively he figures to just use his 6 fouls a game on O\u2019Neal.<\/p>\n It\u2019s apparent that he either can\u2019t \u2013 or won\u2019t \u2013 supply much else.<\/p>\n Celtics vs. Cavaliers Game 2 Free NBA Prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n The Celtics\u2019 poor play in the 4th quarter of Game 1 has people scratching their heads. Boston had actually built a double-digit lead before deciding that they could hold off the Cavs with jump shots. Sorry.<\/p>\n All that did was produce a loss, both for the Celtics and for bettors who were getting 7. Even a quiet 4th quarter couldn\u2019t preserve the under, and over bettors cashed.<\/p>\n Liking the under here as the Celtics don\u2019t figure to shoot as well over the first three periods.<\/p>\n <\/strong> Our experts weigh in with this week\u2019s best Round 2 NBA Playoff picks for gambling on all the action\u2026Monday on the hardwood we get the Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavs for game 2 of their 7 game series…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":22041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[8377,28589,28586,28524,8379,28587,24960,4045,5595,2886,13109,28588,22393,20992,20991,12357,9273,9921],"class_list":["post-22139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-boston-celtics-vs-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-boston-cleveland-picks","tag-celtics-cavaliers-odds","tag-celtics-cavaliers-picks","tag-celtics-vs-cavaliers","tag-celtics-vs-cavaliers-predictions","tag-cleveland-cavaliers-vs-boston-celtics","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-free-nba-predictions","tag-game-2","tag-game-two","tag-monday-afternoon-nba-picks","tag-monday-night-nba","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\/22139","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=22139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22329,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22139\/revisions\/22329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBoston: 50-32 SU, 33-48-1 ATS
\nCleveland: 61-21 SU, 37-43-2 ATS<\/p>\n
\nVenue<\/strong>: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
\nSpread<\/strong>: Cavaliers -6.5
\nOver\/Under<\/strong>: 192.5<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/media.partners.betus.com\/BANNERS\/basketball\/sportsbook_basketball_250x250_banner1.gif\")
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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":"