IC's Saturday NBA Playoff Research!

by: IndianCowboy

NBA Playoff Saturday Research

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Detroit vs. Orlando

I noted that I believed that Orlando would win game 3 and the game would go over and it panned out. I look for a similar effort from the Magic as although the Pistons should come out strong today, keep in mind that the Magic should have won game 2 in my opinion as they were cheated with that 3 pointer given the clock malfunction, it wasn't the Pistons' fault as they simply used the current situation to their benefit as any team would do, but the referees simply should have put the time on the clock and let them replay those seconds rather than award a shot in which they were uncertain if it actually went in given the time, the call makes no sense to award 3 points to a team given the fact you are not sure if they even made those 3 points within the given time period. Do note that Billups is questionable, Pistons sit at -450 to win the series while the Magic sit at a comfortable +325 to win the series. In fact, I think the price on the Pistons to win the series at this rate is very comfortable given that they have shown they can win on the road and Chauncey is a bit banged up, but I do expect him to play today. The public perception of the ballgame is of interest always, as nearly 60% favor the Magic in this game, I lean on the over once again in this ballgame as if I am not mistaken, if the Magic do win this game, this will be the first series this year that outside of the Hawks vs. Celtics series to actually go to a 2-2 tie, I look for the Magic and the over here a rare favorite/over combo. Not sure if I am taking a play though, although I am taking a play in the Cleveland vs. boston game for certain. After all, the Pistons are on a bounce-back officially and this team does not like to lose and is still a veteran team at the end of the day.

Boston vs. Cleveland

Do not count out the Cleveland Cavs, after all, look, this team was down 0-2 to the Pistons if you remember last year and stormed back to a 3-2 lead and eventually won game 4 as well, this team took 4 straight games off the Pistons, so do not believe that the Cavs cannot do the same - of course, these aren't the Pistons, these are the Celtics, but then again, the Hawks took the Celtics took game 7 looking to hold serve. Let me lay out all the cards, the Cavs have a great deal of revenge in this game, the Cavs did win both times at home against Boston outright and both games consequently went over, did the Cavs receive friendly officiating, sure, but so did the Hawks in Atlanta and so did Boston in Boston, just like the Lakers did in Utah, just comes with the territory. Do I think Cleveland shows up to this game, yes, do I think this game likely goes over today, yes. Bear in mind that if Cleveland is to win a ballgame in this seires, it is right here and now similar to the Hawks, but of course, taking an over with Cleveland is a pain in the *** and not to mention that the Celtics are still looking for their first playoff road win and they are cognizant of that and would love to get some rest as they realized tha the Magic vs. Pistons series might take some time given the Magic's ability to win on the road, and if the Magic make this a 2-2 series by winning today, thus winning on the road would be of great benefit to Boston today to take a commanding 3-0 lead. I do think Cleveland scores more overall today which sends the total over the posted total.

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