NBA Basketball Betting Picks & Odds: October 28th 2008

Basketball Picks: Cleveland Cavaliers +6.5 NBA Odds - Tue October 28th ‘2008 8:05p
The defending NBA champion Boston Celtics open up defense of their title this Tuesday night in the TDBanknorth Garden against super star LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers. The Celtics are once again the most loaded team in the East and are the early season front runners for another 1st place finish. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Cavaliers after taking the Celtics to 7 games in last years playoffs, are now ready, to contend for Eastern conference dominance themselves. With James coming into his prime, and the off season acquisition and addition of top tier offensive component Mo Williams to the line up , the Cavaliers become an extremely dangerous adversary for all comers. Look for these two rivals to go head to head in a hard fought closely contested battle this evening. Final notes & Key Trends: Cleveland has covered 5 straight meetings in this series, and 5 of of the L/6 here in Beantown. The underdog is 10-4 ATS L/14 meetings. Projected score: Boston 90 Cleveland 89 Cavaliers to cover - Courtesy of Alex Smart

NBA Betting Picks: Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics u179.5 (-110) Basketball Odds - Tue October 28th ‘08 8:05p
The World Champion Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers played a slew of low-scoring games last season, and we do not see tonight being any different. These clubs faced each other 11 times including their seven-game playoff series, and those 11 meetings averaged only a combined 177.5 points. Furthermore, the six meetings here in Boston averaged just 168.8 points. Of course, one reason that the Celtics won the title was that they played some of the best defense in the league, and this was especially true in Beantown, as they limited their home opponents to a miniscule 87.9 points per game during the regular season with the Under going 23-16-2, 59.0 percent. Then again, another reason these teams played so many low-scoring games was that the Cavaliers were also an Under-friendly team. The Cleveland peripheral players had a very bad habit of feeding the ball to :LeBron James and then standing around and watching him in admiration, so when King James is a bit off, the Cavs offense becomes very stagnant. The Celtics ate expected to make his job as uncomfortable as possible tonight, so look for yet another low scoring affair. NBA Free Picks: Cavaliers, Celtics go Under 179.5 (-110) - Courtesy of LT Profits