OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a winner Thursday and it is on the LA Lakers (+2.5) at Boston.
Boston seems a tad easy here at home don’t they? This game reminds me of the other night when the superior Hawks at Philips Arena were laying a similar number of four to the decent but nothing more 76ers. We all know what happened there as the dog won by a bazillion as the oddsmaker knew what was up there and he knows what’s up here as well.
Doc’s boys have been really, really good this season and may represent the Eastern Conference when all is said and done. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo form a ferocious foursome that is experienced and hard to guard. These guys have been more consistent than the Lakers and frankly better than the Lakers this season. If the number was half a dozen plus I wouldn’t have been surprised in the slightest and that is telling me a ton. I can once again see Joe Square be all over the Celtics believing they are so easy and they will win going away and blah, blah, blah. After all Boston just went to Staples and took care of business therefore this thing back east will be a cakewalk so says the novice.
I have the feeling that tonight is where Kobe and the Lakers get some revenge for the thumping they took last week at home by these same Celtics. Los Angeles still has a height advantage with Gasol, Bynum and Odom and even if they aren’t as tough and physically strong maybe as the Celtics bigs this is a great spot for them to man up and show the league how this team is not done and can win another title with or without the potential of Carmelo Anthony coming to town.
The Lake Show are still the defending champions and a team that has failed a few times thus far in a big game spot. They lost to the C’s and Heat at home and I really think that going on the road against these teams is going to prove fruitful for Phil Jackson’s squad and as the dog I am more than fine with that while backing the Black Mamba in a big game spot.
Top expert pick on this game: LA Lakers
For more information: When you’re a four-point dog and are up by 32 at the half and win outright by 34 you feel pretty good!
It’s now a 10-3 overall run after the 76ers did what they did. This comes on the heels of the 13-4 season ending football run and I’m now ready to raise that bar and smack around the Crookie one more time. A pair of hump day winners including a major 400,000* release from Boulder between a couple of struggling clubs in Texas A&M and Colorado along with a bonus 300,000* with Louisville-Notre Dame. Tuck the kids and wife in, grab a few cold ones and put on the U tonight and watch the cash roll in. Click now to purchase