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Basketball Free Picks - June 03, 2010The Finals for the NBA Playoffs start tomorrow and we have two picks in the game. During the playoffs, our NBA picks are 97-78 for +21.2 units over the past three months. Hey racing fans! Pre-order your Belmont Stakes tip sheet! The Running of the Belmont Stakes is this Saturday. Pre-order your sheet for $20 here and have it in your hands as soon as it is released Friday afternoon. We are coming off our win at The Preakness Stakes with Lookin at Lucky, and are chomping at the bit to get back out there for the Belmont!
 Today's NBA Basketball Picks: It's finally here and I am psyched! Lakers-Celtics - it doesn't get any better in the NBA. The Lakers will try and redeem their 2007-08 NBA Finals loss to the Celtics, where they dropped the series 4-2. Boston out-toughed LA that series but since then, LA has gotten tougher, and better and are coming into this one as the reigning champs. It looks to be a good series, with the two meetings this season resulting in one point wins for the visitor. The Lakers have scored 100+ in ten straight playoff games, but the defense of the Celtics is a lot more like Oklahoma City than the defenseless Jazz or Suns. The Lakers were limited to 95 ppg in that series and may be hard pressed to achieve that vs. a Celtics defense that has come to life in the playoffs. Boston is allowing just 81 ppg in 17 playoff games. I would expect the curtain to rise here to teams making a defensive statement early. Good teams (69%-75%) that are off of a lot of rest, playing just for the second time in seven days, have played the first-half UNDER to a winning mark of 28-9 with a total in this range. When instilled as a road dog of 3 points or less, the Celtics are 34-20 UNDER in the first-half the past three seasons. Los Angeles is 43-24 UNDER in the first-half this season when coming off a win. That includes 32-14 UNDER if they are off back-to-back wins. I like this one to start with defense and a feeling out process resulting in a low-scoring first half.Game: Boston at Los Angeles Lakers (9:05 PM Eastern) Pick: 3 units on Game Total UNDER 192 -110 (risk 3 to win 2.7) Defense wins championships. Both of these teams know that. In 2008, the high-flying Lakers were supposed to beat the Celtics. Boston outplayed Los Angeles, especially on the defensive end, and won that series. The Celtics know what got them here - 91.4 ppg allowed in the playoffs (vs. 94.8 in the regular season). Boston will play defense. Los Angeles knows what hurt them in 2008 - soft defense. They saw the Celtics win that series by manning up. Los Angeles will play defense. The result, I believe will be a low-scoring game one. When facinga very good team (.700 or better), Boston is 37-22 UNDER the past three seasons. Los Angeles has a similar resume, going 27-18 UNDER this season vs. teams that outscore their opponents by 3+ ppg. I like this game to go UNDER the total. NBA Basketball Picks Resources:
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