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The Celtics-Pacers total is currently at about 180 or 181. The OVER makes a lot of sense.
Ron Artest, the league's defensive player of the year, is out with a suspension. He would have spent most of the night guarding Paul Pierce. Pierce has to carry the Celtics for them to have a shot. I expect Pierce to have a very big night scoring-wise.
On the other hand, Boston can't stop anybody. In thier last ten games they have given up more than 100 points eight times! The only two games they gave up fewer than 100 was when they were playing the low-scoring Nets who didn't have either Martin or Kidd. With Pierce putting up a lot of shots for Boston, Indiana should respond with lots of points of their own against a porous defense. The Pacers have scored over 100 each of their last three games. Further, the two teams combined for 192 points in game one, which is 12 more than toinight's total and tonight figures to have more scoring than the first game. I look for about 198 points, which would be WAY over tonite's total.
Ron Artest, the league's defensive player of the year, is out with a suspension. He would have spent most of the night guarding Paul Pierce. Pierce has to carry the Celtics for them to have a shot. I expect Pierce to have a very big night scoring-wise.
On the other hand, Boston can't stop anybody. In thier last ten games they have given up more than 100 points eight times! The only two games they gave up fewer than 100 was when they were playing the low-scoring Nets who didn't have either Martin or Kidd. With Pierce putting up a lot of shots for Boston, Indiana should respond with lots of points of their own against a porous defense. The Pacers have scored over 100 each of their last three games. Further, the two teams combined for 192 points in game one, which is 12 more than toinight's total and tonight figures to have more scoring than the first game. I look for about 198 points, which would be WAY over tonite's total.
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