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Tonight they will go after a trifecta of sorts against the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics (10-2, 5-7 ATS)<\/strong>. Sportsbook.com has Boston as seven point favoriteswith a Total of 183.5.<\/p>\n If anything, Boston has looked better than last season, as the Big Three have the confidence of being champions and Rajon Rondo and the bench players are more experienced.<\/p>\n The Celtics won and covered against New York on Tuesday, ending a string of four games without a cover and they are 23-11 ATS after failing to cover three of their last four against the spread since 2006.<\/p>\n Since 2008 began, Boston has had their way with Detroit, winning seven of nine, covering the spread six times. The C\u2019s are 21-9 ATS when playing only their second game in five days and is 27-10 ATS versus good teams outscoring their opponents by three or more points a game over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n This is the largest margin Detroit has been an underdog in the last eight years in this series and the Pistons are 21-6 ATS after two or more consecutive Unders, leading one to believe the defensive intensity will be high. After this Eastern encounter is completed, the scene shifts out West for a Pacific Division battle with the Suns four-point underdogs to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n The Lakers (8-1, 6-3 ATS)<\/strong> are playing like most experts thought they would with Andrew Bynum paired with Pau Gasol.<\/p>\n Kobe Bryant seems perfectly content with the new line-up, averaging 24.3 points and 19.3 field-goal attempts, his lowest totals in five seasons. The Lakers are off a 116-point performance against Chicago and L.A. is 25-9 ATS in road games after scoring 110 points or more over the last three seasons.<\/p>\n The Phoenix Suns record looks fine at 8-4 (6-6 ATS)<\/strong>, yet an undercurrent of tension is apparent. Shaquille O\u2019Neal has already been in two altercations, both leading to fines and one dismissal.<\/p>\n Steve Nash seems almost bored in running a traditional offense and the bench often has been as helpful as ice for a scorpion bite. The only person shining for the Suns is Amare Stoudemire, who is a big matchup problem for nearly any team away from the basket.<\/p>\n Phoenix is only 16-30 ATS after failing to cover the spread in two or more consecutive games.<\/p>\n The Suns are a home dog to the Lakers for the first time in five seasons. Phil Jackson\u2019s club is 15-3 ATS vs. division opponents and has seen his team cover six of the last seven in the desert.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a great TNT doubleheader tonight with Detroit at Boston and the L.A. Lakers at Phoenix and we\u2019ve got the inside breakdown for you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,25],"tags":[3941,1979,3945,1597,3944,3938,3939,5041,5012,744,3946,1599,3942,747,3940,2381,3937,3925,1178],"class_list":["post-4516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","category-sportsbooks","tag-2008-nba-betting","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-betting-trends","tag-basketball-handicapping","tag-basketball-lines","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-celtics-vs-pistons","tag-lakers-vs-suns","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-betting-tips","tag-nba-free-picks","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-money-lines","tag-nba-picks","tag-nba-point-spreads","tag-nba-predictions","tag-sportsbookcom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516","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=4516"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106637,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions\/106637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Eleven of the last 14 meetings have gone UNDER.<\/p>\n
NBA Predictions – Celtics by 5, Lakers by 2<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"