NBA PLAYOFFS:
Game of the Month in Massachusetts
2012 NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS
Monday, May 14, 2012 | 7:10 PM, EDT | TNTTD Garden | Boston, Massachusetts
GAME 2 | EAST SEMIFINAL8 PHILADELPHIA 76'ERS4 BOSTON CELTICS
(Boston Celtics lead Series 1-0)
Celts escaped Game 1 by the skin of their well-worn front teeth Utilizing every ounce of Vet experience & GritNot to mention, conventional home-cooking To eek out a classic Celtic 1-Point WinVery much what we’d expect from Boston, C’s Now 3-1 in 2012 Playoff Close Games
Taking a deeper look at the Game 1 numbers Reveals many things about trends that a rusty Celts Team should improve upon &Great many Philly Playoff shot-selection trendsESPECIALLY, Game 1 Sixers’ trends on offensive end Give 6’ers exceedingly little wiggle room for Game 2 success
So, we come full circle…back to our $-Making Premise:
“What are the odds that…” ODDS: BOS 11% from deep? ODDS: BOS “Other-than-Ray” going 0-Fer from deep (0-11)? ODDS: BOS is outscored in PAINT AGAIN (40-38)? Answer is, of course, UNLIKELY
ODDS: BOS Matches PHI Bench Again? (Pretty GOOD, here w/Ray Allen continuing to fuel BOSTON'S 2ND SHIFT)
Bringing Ray Allen off the Boston Bench is another beautiful move by Rivers
As PHI had led the NBA in Bench Production all season NOW, Ray Allen JUST TWO MADE THREES (2-7)Still forces PHI’s Hand, Causes an unenviable decision for HC Collins To Keep Turner/Igudaula/Holliday in Game Adding more Minutes to an already overworked PHI Backcourt,
Or, Does Philly Double Ray Allen; only to have BOS is really making their push, BOS Made 4 Multi-Possession Point (+) Moves w/Ray Allen in Game; since PHI played the %’s & BOS Xtra Passing allowed C’s to stay in Game
BOS HC Rivers doesn’t necessarily have more Coaching acumen than PHI HC CollinsRivers simply knows his Team so much better, and used these players masterfullyBOS escaped the Rust & Sixers’ GREAT SHOT at a StealPHI blasted Bulls in Game 2 Last time thru - I do NOT think this will occur here
Boston is alert; They have the knowhow to counterpunch PHI
Moreover, BOS did BETTER JOB THAN ANY TM IN RECENT MEMORY vs. PHI, in Getting to Paint
BOS 4 DUNKS (+2)BOS 16-23 FG AT RIM
Look like ‘good not great’ Paint work
Reality: FOR BOS vs. PHI? These are outstanding numbers
WHY?BOS #30 (Reg) % of Points-in-Paint (34.5%)PHI #1 (Reg) Fewest Allowed Made Shots at Rim/Gm 'D' (11.2/Gm)
This may seem to be a long string of circumstantial numbersI cannot stress enough how this IS NOT THE CASE
BOSTON – QUITE SIMPLY, MAKES DELIBERATE EFFORT TO ATTACK OPPOSING TEAMS STRENGTH(S)
KG’s got mucho miles on them spindly beans Yet, frankly, Dude looks awfully freaking strong Game-in, Game-out(As does another ‘OLD’ Player out West, Tim Duncan)
Boston’s Vets’ – reportedly (According to Jackie McMullen)Is “pissed & disgusted” at their nearly pissed away Game 1
PHI hit so many deep, low-% shots Similar to PHI’s multiple 30’s (FG%) Gms in Rd 1 vs. CHILikely to see Sixer Mid-30-‘s Gm from tonight in Beantownw/history as our consistent indicator
Also, BOS Ray Allen will almost certainly get some perimeter help from: BOS Paul Pierce (8-24 Deep in Playoffs till Gm 1 vs. PHI) BOS Kenyon Dooling (5-9 Deep in Playoffs till Gm 1 vs. PHI) BOS Mickeal Pietrus (2-13 Deep in Playoffs till Gm 1 vs. PHI) BOS Rajon Rondo (3-6 Deep in Playoffs till Gm 1 vs. PHI)
Really like Boston to fly over this number & win 92-81 Type Game
Game-of-the-Month4 UNIT PHILADELPHIA BOSTON -4 (Bet Online)___________________
Huge week aside from Playoffs ahead,Lots of Travel & more, thrilling new-work opportunities waitWe’ll hopefully get a moment to Throw some explanation of this Spurs/Clips Pick Teasers have killed (4-1)
2012 NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | 9:35 PM, EDT | TNTAT+T Center | San Antonio, Texas
GAME 1 | WEST SEMIFINAL5 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS1 SAN ANTONIO SPURS
1½ UNIT | 4½-POINT TEASER LOS ANGELES CLIPPERSSAN ANTONIO SPURS -6½ ToLOS ANGELES CLIPPERSSAN ANTONIO SPURS | OVER 187 (-120 | Sportsbook)___________
All the best, guys
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All the best, Steven!
Was thinking celtics too,philly came close first game but came up short,got to be disapointed,maybe a letdown coming in game two knowing a home game coming,B.O.L.
Agreed Stevie, GET MONEY!!!! Love this game under the total as well; Doc Rivers is about as good as it gets in Series game to game adjustments!
"EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY"
TonyAtlas so the pick is boston? sorry just your writing style is confusing
so the pick is boston? sorry just your writing style is confusing
Game-of-the-Month4 UNIT PHILADELPHIA BOSTON -4 (Bet Online)Yes, the play is BOSTON to Win by more than 4 Points.
I appologize if these writeup stylistics are confusing...they are not meant to be
Great job BEAV Doug Collins is doing a great job with this Sixers team and I think they will be motivated.I don't know if this is enough for me to play the 76ers. I can't grasp why the line is only 4 I thought it would be around 6. Best of luck bro, thanks.
I agree w/Collins...just like Boston w/their re-calculations to force PHILLY to play much the same as they did in Game 1; where the Sixers hit an abnormally HIGH number of very deep shots, (11-33 from 10-23 Feet) EXACTLY how & where C's would want them to do so; in the Bermuda Triangle of the NBA Shot Chart; 16-23 Feet..& Sixers' shooting many of them OFF-THE-DRIBBLE, where Coaches insist the average shooters' FG% drops by 8-15% per attempt. (vs Catch-&-Shoot). Sixers - regardless of Coach-Speak, are so young & inexperienced, the memory of hitting so many of those inevitably leads to tendancies to jack em up more & more...they just don't statistcally drop at that Rate (PHI Jumpers 23-58 | 40%)
Should be a good one, PW2U
Bad call. No excuses. -4 Units ... Unacceptable number of bad losses since 6-0 start to playoffs. (7-7 since) Vow to take a step back & reassess the numbers & hit it that much harder till the end of the Finals. Onward