YTD: 0-0
Okay so at first blush the Celtics as a 1.5 dog smacks of a trap. I mean, it is absolutely screaming trap game, what with the deluge of media hype the Cs have received and coming off their Friday night blow out.
But I managed to talk myself into them anyway.
It is no secret that Toronto is a very good team. Without expounding too much on how good they are, they are a legitimately good team with star players, great chemistry, great depth, and they're at home of course. So maybe this line isn 't so unreasonable after all.
Not that preseason games matter much, but Tor only lost by 4 to the Celtics in Rome with the crowd heavily behind Tor and Bargnani. Thing is, I watched that game, and it wasn't nearly as close as the score indicated. Toronto was trying hard to win, and the Celtics were literally toying with them. There was a stretch where every single time down the court the Celtics kept running the same identical play (feed Garnett in the post, rotate to the weak side open shooter, re-feed the post if the defense collapses), and Toronto still couldn't stop it even though they knew it was coming. It really was comical to watch.
So, bottom line, I am hoping (and praying) that this is one of those early season square plays that works out.
Celtics +1.5 -115 6x
Okay so at first blush the Celtics as a 1.5 dog smacks of a trap. I mean, it is absolutely screaming trap game, what with the deluge of media hype the Cs have received and coming off their Friday night blow out.
But I managed to talk myself into them anyway.
It is no secret that Toronto is a very good team. Without expounding too much on how good they are, they are a legitimately good team with star players, great chemistry, great depth, and they're at home of course. So maybe this line isn 't so unreasonable after all.
Not that preseason games matter much, but Tor only lost by 4 to the Celtics in Rome with the crowd heavily behind Tor and Bargnani. Thing is, I watched that game, and it wasn't nearly as close as the score indicated. Toronto was trying hard to win, and the Celtics were literally toying with them. There was a stretch where every single time down the court the Celtics kept running the same identical play (feed Garnett in the post, rotate to the weak side open shooter, re-feed the post if the defense collapses), and Toronto still couldn't stop it even though they knew it was coming. It really was comical to watch.
So, bottom line, I am hoping (and praying) that this is one of those early season square plays that works out.
Celtics +1.5 -115 6x
