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Lakers and Celtics Will Go the Distance

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Al has seen it all in the NBA playoffs this season but he finally thinks he’s sure of one thing, the NBA Finals will go to a seventh game. Boston to take charge This has been a typical Celtics performance in the series so far. A balance of dominance and disaster to make sure they...

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Lakers vs. Celtics – This One is Going All the Way

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Look over there Kobe, it’s your legacy in the window but the Lakers need to win Game 6 before Black Mamba gets to go shopping for immortality. LA can take heart Just like I predicted last week, Black Mamba came good in Game 5 but it wasn’t enough to stop Boston from winning and taking...

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All Hail King Kobe, the Greatest Laker of Them All

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It was a Game 7 to remember and Al Dannity says the Lakers and Celtics finally delivered a classic worthy of the NBA Finals We remember the good times As a Best-of-7 series this was hardly breakneck stuff or drama of the highest order, well not for six games. Up until the deciding game in...

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NBA Preview: Celtics and Spurs to Continue Streaks

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Hawks travel to Boston in a bid to break the Celtics’ 11-game winning streak while the Spurs defend their own 6-game streak at Denver. Tired Celtics can keep winning This has been a strange double-digit streak for the Celtics. Sure it’s getting talked about but Boston haven’t played like a team obsessed with setting...

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NBA Preview: Heat and Lakers Top Christmas Bill

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The NBA has some huge match-ups lined up for Christmas Day, none bigger than the meeting of the Miami Heat and LA Lakers in the Staples Center. Heat can burn Lakers The return of Andrew Bynum from injury will help Los Angeles down the stretch but it could have a detrimental effect in the short-term....

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NBA Preview: Knicks Host Heat and Blazers Battle Celtics

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Thursday night’s double-header on TNT gives the New York Knicks the chance to earn a morale boosting win over the Miami Heat. The second half sees the Boston Celtics head west to take on Portland. Knicks can top battered Heat Every NBA team has to deal with periods where its stars are injured and the...

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NBA: Celtics Win the Mental Battle in Los Angeles

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Lakers’ poor fourth quarter against Boston shows that LA will need to step up big time to keep their three-peat dreams alive. Kobe can’t do it all A 41-point effort from Kobe Bryant wasn’t enough for LA to win at home against the Celtics on Sunday night. Black Mamba was forced to carry the...

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NBA: Pumped Celtics Focussed on Contenders

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Boston may have one of the oldest teams in the NBA but these Celtics are playing with youthful vigor against the league’s elite. Orlando became the latest victim of the charging Celtics on Sunday afternoon. Taking care of business Wins over the Spurs, Lakers, and now two over Orlando since the start of January have...

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NBA: Bulls Continue Stampede Through the Eastern Conference

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Chicago notched up their 41st win of the season last night, matching their win-total for last year. Al Dannity says the Bulls deserve as much attention as the Celtics and Heat. Bulls just keep on winning After going 41-41 last year and tamely exiting the playoffs in the first round, the Bulls are on a...

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NBA: Two Big Days in Eastern Conference Action

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Three of the Eastern Conference’s four playoff series stand at 2-0 but Al Dannity says the next set of games could have implications deep into the post-season. Heat and Bulls can build momentum What if the process was real? That’s the question fans of the 15 teams not called the Miami Heat are asking themselves...

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NBA: Heat Can Exorcise Demons Against Celtics

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

LeBron has never beaten Boston in a playoff series. Bosh doesn’t know what a deep post-season run feels like. D-Wade and the rest of the Heat are also hurting for payback after last season’s 4-1 loss to the Celtics. Whatever else you might say about Miami’s big three, don’t question their thirst for victory when...

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NBA: Time for the Heat to Finish Off the Celtics

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Al Dannity says Boston’s day is done. Having won Game 4 in OT, the Miami Heat should finish the job at home tonight. Heroism only goes so far Rajon Rondo’s decision to re-insert himself into Game 3 has been, without question, the gutsiest act of the NBA Playoffs this year. It was up there with...

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NBA: LeBron Emerges From the Shadows for the Heat

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

It’s been a long road but finally LeBron James has delivered the clutch performance he needed to give fans belief in Miami. King James stood tall when it counted, scoring the final 10 points as the Heat ended the Celtics’ season in Game 5. Winning is the best redemption It’s easy for fans and scribes...

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Underdog Raptors Shorthanded in Back-to-Back vs. Boston

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Toronto Raptors caught a break with Oklahoma Thunder star Kevin Durant out of the lineup in Tuesday’s blowout victory. Now they’re the team with roster injuries Wednesday night when they visit the Boston Celtics. Starting centre Jonas Valanciunas was downgraded to doubtful today after suffering a right hand injury and taking a shot to...

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Cavaliers vs. Celtics: NBA Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: May 16, 2017

For the first time since 2012, the Boston Celtics are in the Eastern Conference Finals. Back then they lost to LeBron James and the Miami Heat, marking the end of an era for that Paul Pierce/Kevin Garnett/Ray Allen Celtics team. Now it’s LeBron in the way again, this time with Cleveland. The Cavs are Sports...

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Celtics at Raptors: NBA Picks, Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: February 23, 2017

The Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors both have 25 games remaining in the 2016-17 regular season as they come out of the All-Star break on Friday night. If the Raptors have any shot of catching Boston for the Atlantic Division lead, then Friday is a must win. Toronto is a slight favourite on Sports Interaction...

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Tuesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 10, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Miami at Indiana The Pacers didn’t beat the Heat when they met in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, but they sure scared them. Indiana put more pressure on the two-time Champions than anybody else could manage last year and this year Indiana...

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Friday Night's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 22, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio at Memphis ESPN will have a treat for the basketball connoisseur when they broadcast the Spurs at the Grizzlies tonight. San Antonio swept the Grizzlies in the Western Finals last year when Memphis surprised people by even getting that fair in...

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Wednesday Night's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 20, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Indiana at New York The Indiana Pacers suffered defeat for the first time this season when they lost to the Bulls at the United Center on Saturday, 110-94. Paul George was shut down and Derrick Rose unpicked the Pacers’ previously rock-solid defense to...

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Tuesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 19, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Atlanta at Miami The best chance Atlanta has tonight at Miami is if the Hawks were to sprout actual wings and fly to the baskets. It’s hard to see them getting any change out of Miami otherwise. Miami has dominated Atlanta in recent...