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What has actually happened in the opener of the Best of Seven series between those two? What kind of the result is 76-72 when you have on court scoring monsters like LeBron James and Paul Pierce? How did Ray Allen managed not to score for the first time in 852 games? It was a combination of both: the great defense and the poor offense. Boston Celtics have turned the ball 23 times! Boston shot at 40% and Cleveland at 30.7%. Those numbers - as well as 2 shots made out of 18 from the field by James and combined 2 out of 18 by Pierce and Allen - are highly irregular and are not likely to happen again. Even with two top defenses like Celtics and Cavaliers have, it is still a very low score. Although, the games between the teams in the Boston Garden have ended up in lower game totals than in Cleveland - we had 80-70 in Celtics favor too - still, this time the score was low not because the teams did not run, but because of poor shooting and turnovers.

Ok, now we have established that the total points scored in tonight's game number 2 will be higher than 148. But the line on the game totals stands at 177 points. This is a 29 point difference. How did bookies got to those numbers? Well, they took a regular season game totals (average 191 points combined for a game) and mixed it with game totals between the teams and added up for a good taste an average from games played in Boston. Confused? Do not be. No way the game is gonna be as ugly and unattractive as the first one. American audience demands the show and wants it from their Superstars. That is why either 93-84 or 91-86 are the projected results based on averages and those represent the lines of 177 U/O and 8.5 point spread set by the bookies.

The great athletes who also can analise and improve their actions are called Superstars. We have quite a few here. James has declared that neither, him or Pierce and Allen can have such bad games again - and we believe him. I would not put all my eggs on it, but it seems definitely over 177 point game.

Pick : Over 177 points
Odds : 1.94
Stake : 6 / 10
Bookmaker : Canbet
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Date : 2008-05-08
Match Result : 89-73
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