{"id":37539,"date":"2011-04-23T21:29:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T04:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=37539"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:58:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:58:37","slug":"game-4-boston-celtics-vs-ny-knicks-playoff-picks-odds-23411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/game-4-boston-celtics-vs-ny-knicks-playoff-picks-odds-23411\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics vs. Knicks Free NBA Game 4 Pick | Gambling Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA Playoffs Betting \u2013 Sunday Picks – Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Before\u00a0nba betting<\/a> 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 1 of the Knicks vs. Celtics<\/strong>. It\u2019s time for our weekly Playoff hoops picks for NBA gambling action. <\/p>\n

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CELTICS vs. KNICKS
\nTime: Sunday 3:30 p.m. EST
\nVenue: Madison Square Garden, New York
\nSpread: Celtics -2
\nOver\/Under: 195<\/strong>
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The post-season is just getting started, but if there is an early favorite for MVP of the playoffs it\u2019s just might be someone who can\u2019t shoot 3s \u2013 hell, can\u2019t shoot at all. The ball is not in his hands in tight late-game situations because he is capable of damaging rims while taking free throws. <\/p>\n

And we\u2019re not talking about Dwight Howard here.<\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s Rajon Rondo is the most curious dominant player in perhaps the league\u2019s history. Comparing him to anyone else in the league is futile \u2013 there are no other point guards like him, and there may never have been. <\/p>\n

He is that unique. Rondo scored 30 on the Knicks in Game 2 by just driving to the basket possession after possession against the beleaguered Toney Douglas. <\/p>\n

Rondo made Douglas his bitch again Friday night in Game 3 in New York \u2013 dishing out 20 assists while basically mocking what passed for the Knicks defense by dribbling wherever he wanted whenever he wanted. <\/p>\n

By the time the dust had settled, Ray Allen had 32 points, Paul Pierce 38 and the series was all but in the books after Boston waltzed off the court with a 17-point win that wasn\u2019t even that close. \"Sports<\/p>\n

Knicks fans will likely point to the injury to Chauncey Billups as the reason Rondo has been able to go off, and there is some validity to that \u2013 Rondo had 10 points and 9 assists, shooting 5 for 14 from the field in Game 1, when Billups was hurt in the final minutes. <\/p>\n

Laying off Rondo and inviting him to take as many 15-footers as he wants works for only so long, though, and the Knicks will likely go down again Sunday without Billups.<\/p>\n

NBA Playoff Trends:<\/strong>
\nUnder is 7-1 in BOS last 8 Sun. games.
\nUnder is 7-2 in BOS last 9 vs. NBA Atlantic.
\nUnder is 10-3-1 in BOS last 14 road games.
\nOver is 7-1 in NY last 8 home games.
\nNY are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 Sun. games.
\nUnder is 6-2 in NY last 8 overall.
\nUnderdog is 6-2 ATS in the last 8 meetings.<\/p>\n

The pick<\/strong>: New York fans have to be beyond frustrated as the Billups and Stoudemire injuries have destroyed the Knicks\u2019 business model and poured sugar in their gas tank just as they were gaining momentum. <\/p>\n

With Carmelo Anthony the only offensive threat, Boston\u2019s swarming defense can concentrate on keeping him under control. <\/p>\n

Boston -2 on the play, then it\u2019s time to focus on the Heat. [One note: The total continues to fluctuate significantly, moving from 191.5 to 195. Time to hook on to the Under.]<\/p>\n

Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling expert from Massachusetts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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