Your free pick in the NBA for Thursday is on the Celtics +6.5 at Miami from Matt Rivers.
Why not back the defending Eastern Conference champions? Yes the Heat have a score to settle after the dreadful opener in Beantown and are the superior overall team in terms of talent with Lebron, D-Wade and Chris Bosh but things have not been as smooth as some expected and right now Erik Spoelstra’s team has been nothing better than good. At some point these guys are too good to not go on a monster run and win 10 or 11 in a row but until that happens I’ll certainly grab the points with a highly motivated Boston squad.
The Celtics are a veteran laden club led by KG, Rondo, Pierce and Allen and have been there and done that. Doc’s squad is getting up there in age and therefore may take a night or two off every now and then in a letdown type situation but traveling to South Beach is anything but that. The men in green are going to once again look to make a statement here against the team that has been getting all of the hype and therefore to get a touchdown or so back is a total must play in some capacity.
The C’s just competed very hard in Oklahoma City and Dallas. Against any other team we could see a bit of a subpar effort in this spot but no way no how tonight. The Heat players have a huge target on their chests and frankly are a bit overrated and snake bitten right now. What the Jazz were able to do in that amazing comeback win on Tuesday was mind boggling and until we see the Heat crank up that heat I will gladly take back this generous number with what is clearly still an elite Boston team.
The pick: Boston +6.5.
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