NBA Finals move to Boston
By Hank Harris • Jun 8th, 2010 • Category: NBAThe Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics clash Tuesday in Game 3 of the deadlocked NBA Finals at the TD Banknorth Garden (9 pm ET, ABC).
Boston is a 2.5-point favorite and the over/under total is 192 in NBA Odds at JustBet.
The best-of-seven NBA championship series is tied 1-1.
Boston knotted the series at a game apiece with a 103-94 victory in Game 2 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday. Boston cashed as 5.5-point road dogs and the score went over the total of 193.
The Celtics’ Ray Allen hit eight of 11 three-point attempts, a new record for the NBA Finals. Allen scored a total of 32 points, a game-high, while Rajon Rondo also had a stellar performance with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.
For the Lakers, Pau Gasol had a team-high 25 points while Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum each scored 21 points.
The Lakers are 11-3 SU in their last 14 games overall, and 4-2 SU in their last six games on the road. The Celtics are 8-3 SU in their last 11 games overall, and 4-1 SU and ATS in their last five games at home.
The total has gone over in 11 of the Lakers’ last 16 games, and over in 13 of the past 19 meetings between the Lakers and Celtics. Conversely, the total has gone under in four of Boston’s last five games at home.
The series will be in Boston For Games 3, 4 and 5, with Game 4 Thursday and Game 5 Saturday.
Hank Harris is a professional writer with more than 25 years experience. He has written on sports betting and gambling for more than a decade of that time. He covers all sports, from the NFL to the NBA to NCAA College.
He is originally from the Boston area and is now based out of Las Vegas.
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