28-21 +17.60 units 57.1%
Didn't have a good Tuesday going 0-2 after what looked like a promising first half-hour on the night..lol. Thats alright though, the ship has been righted and I feel real good where we are at right now in the season. The ship started to sink a bit there 3-4 weeks ago but its been a terrific comeback and lets try and close out 2008 in strong fashion. One play for Thursday night....
Boston -9.5 -110 4 units
Lets look at recent and future scheduling first:
Boston has been off for three full days since the nice overtime win at Indiana where they stifled the Pacers in overtime. They due have a interesting OOC matchup with New Orleans on the back end Friday as Posey gets his ring.
Washington is coming off a very impressive win against Detroit. Obviously beating Detroit isn't what it used to be but they really grinded defensively for two different big stretches and didn't put heads down after getting down 17 in the second quarter. No B2B situation and nothing significant to look forward to.
The reason I think Boston will succeed defensively:
Watching Washington a handful of times this year they are still a perimeter team. Sure, Jamison has his little array of flip-shots inside and Butler will bulldoze to hoop but against a good/great defense they will have to depend on jumpshots. If they want to hit a very high-percentage then I'll take the loss. I think they'll have to work to hard for their shots and tire in the second half. Boston is as good as it gets cutting down driving lanes. The Wizards are sans Daniels now as well to create.
Triple Revenge!:
Prolly the only time you will get to say this this season. This is a triple revenge spot for the Celtics. Last year, the "Big Three" opened up their era against the Wizards and won in convincing fashion. They shut-up Gilbert in that game. The rest of the season series went to the the Wizards. They won a home and home in middle January and then won at home in April as Boton was resting players. Either way, a championship team certainly has their eye on a situation like this. It's hard after you repeat to find motivational edges the next season. Your just waiting for the playoffs and the select few big games during the season. That being said, this is one of those spots I believe for the Celtics.
gl
Didn't have a good Tuesday going 0-2 after what looked like a promising first half-hour on the night..lol. Thats alright though, the ship has been righted and I feel real good where we are at right now in the season. The ship started to sink a bit there 3-4 weeks ago but its been a terrific comeback and lets try and close out 2008 in strong fashion. One play for Thursday night....
Boston -9.5 -110 4 units
Lets look at recent and future scheduling first:
Boston has been off for three full days since the nice overtime win at Indiana where they stifled the Pacers in overtime. They due have a interesting OOC matchup with New Orleans on the back end Friday as Posey gets his ring.
Washington is coming off a very impressive win against Detroit. Obviously beating Detroit isn't what it used to be but they really grinded defensively for two different big stretches and didn't put heads down after getting down 17 in the second quarter. No B2B situation and nothing significant to look forward to.
The reason I think Boston will succeed defensively:
Watching Washington a handful of times this year they are still a perimeter team. Sure, Jamison has his little array of flip-shots inside and Butler will bulldoze to hoop but against a good/great defense they will have to depend on jumpshots. If they want to hit a very high-percentage then I'll take the loss. I think they'll have to work to hard for their shots and tire in the second half. Boston is as good as it gets cutting down driving lanes. The Wizards are sans Daniels now as well to create.
Triple Revenge!:
Prolly the only time you will get to say this this season. This is a triple revenge spot for the Celtics. Last year, the "Big Three" opened up their era against the Wizards and won in convincing fashion. They shut-up Gilbert in that game. The rest of the season series went to the the Wizards. They won a home and home in middle January and then won at home in April as Boton was resting players. Either way, a championship team certainly has their eye on a situation like this. It's hard after you repeat to find motivational edges the next season. Your just waiting for the playoffs and the select few big games during the season. That being said, this is one of those spots I believe for the Celtics.
gl
