The Magic will be looking to even things up before the series shifts to Boston, but if they do they are going to have to make a number of adjustments.

The Celtics for their part are sitting pretty. They’ve got someone who can guard Orlando’s best player and they’ve got Orlando scrambling to adjust to their game.

The Magic are 6.5-point NBA playoff odds favorites and the over/under is 189.

Lucky Lester picks the Boston Celtics

These teams have played some close games and Boston is playing championship-caliber basketball again so take all 7.5 of that lofty point spread.

PredictEm picks the Boston Celtics

The Celtics will continue to frustrate Dwight Howard and, while the Magic will adjust and use other weapons, the Magic won’t be able to cover the spread in this matchup.

The Sports Geek picks the Boston Celtics

The Magic will have a bounce-back game tonight, but the Celtics are bringing it night-in night-out and this game will come down to the wire.

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The Miami Heat look to take advantage of Kevin Garnett’s one-game suspension as they face the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of their First Round NBA Playoff series.

The Heat dropped Game 1 after a Celtics defensive clinic completely stalled Miami’s momentum in the second half. The Celtics got the cover even though they have a horrible 13-28-1 ATS home record and Miami has a solid 24-18-0 ATS road record.

The Celtics are 1-point NBA playoff odds favorites in this one and the over/under is 183.

Sports Chat Place Picks the Miami Heat

Miami’s kept up with the Celtics in every meeting this season only to let the game slip away late. Dwayne Wade will see his team through this time.

Lucky Lester Picks the Boston Celtics

Glenn Davis and Rasheed Wallace step it up with Kevin Garnett out of the lineup.

Cappers Picks Picks the Boston Celtics and Over

Both teams shot poorly in game 1 dropping the total for game 2, so jump on it now.

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The Boston Celtics are battling with the Atlanta Hawks for the top seed in the Atlantic Division while the San Antonio Spurs are battling with the Dallas Mavericks for top spot in the Southwest Division, so both of these teams need some wins.

The Celtics are on their first game back after a road trip. They lost their last game to Utah giving up a 12-point lead with Paul Pierce going cold shooting just 3 for 11.

But they won their first three and Pierce was on fire averaging 28 points.

The Nuggets have lost two straight to some of the worst teams in the NBA, the New York Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks, although the Bucks are playing pretty well of late. Their coach George Karl is undergoing treatment for throat cancer and isn’t with the team.

Carmelo Anthony continues to score in the losses. The big difference in between their wins and losses seems to be defense right now. They gave up over 100 points in their previous two losses and they gave up less that 90 points in their previous two wins.

The Celtics are 4.5-point NBA odds favorites and the over/under is 205.5.

Lucky Lester: Celtics

The Nuggets need coach George Karl to be with them if they’re going to stop their slide against a good team. The Celtics were playing well until their last loss, so they’ll come out firing again.

Cappers Picks: Celtics

The Celtics have home court and will be better rested so go with the home team.

Sports Chat Place: Nuggets

Most of the trends point towards the Celtics, but they are just 10-22-1 ATS at home so take the points.

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The Boston Celtics host the Cleveland Cavaliers in a clash of division leaders on TNT at 8 PM.

The Cavs have struggled a little after the All Star break, but picked up an important win over New Orleans on Tuesday.

Cleveland’s struggles can be largely attributed to poor defense as they’ve been letting opponents get too many easy baskets.

Boston may not be one of the elite teams in the East any more, but they seem to have put their struggles behind them winning three of five on a recent road trip before picking up a home win against the Knicks.

They’ll be without Paul Pierce which should hurt their defensive game a bit.

The NBA line has the visiting Cavaliers (-135) as 2.5-point favorites over Celtics (+115) with a total of 193 at betED.

Cappers Picks: Over

Without a strong defender like Pierce and with more minutes going to Robinson who doesn’t do defense so much, over looks like the wise play.

Bang the Book: Celtics

Cleveland has struggled in big games recently, so go with the home team.

The Onlinewire: Cavaliers

Boston is going to struggle to stop Cleveland without Pierce while Cleveland has covered in 8 of the last 10 head-to-head matchup.

Lucky Lester: Cavaliers

Same as The Onlinewire. Boston won’t be able to stop LeBron and crew without Pierce. Mo Williams will have a big game against the risk-taking Rajon Rondo.

Tony’s Picks: Celtics

The Cavs are playing poor defense while beating up on weaker Eastern Conference teams while Boston is 9-0 SU at home vs the Cavs.

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