[LUNT101]

Boston -8

For Toronto, this will be their 3rd road game in 4 days. On Friday, they lost convincingly at Atlanta...following that, last night they played down to Charlotte's level the entire game until Bosh (who played 43 minutes) scored 14 in the 4th to pull out a win. This will not happen on the road against the champs. Other than maybe the Lakers, Boston is the deepest team in the NBA; their bench is averaging almost 44 points per game the last 2 games. Toronto had to work extremely hard to beat a crappy Charlotte team, haven't been home in almost a week, and now have to come play Boston who handily beat the 2nd best team in the conference in Detroit. Boston minus the points is the play and I will be going large on it.

[Wilforth]

And for the records, Boston is 6-1 ATS against Toronto.
Final note: Boston plays better against good teams.

[csimmalavong]

agreed...celtics are just the better team, and they are home.

[WestsidePete]

Lunt,

Which do you think is better Boston -1 or Toronto +15 on a teaser leg?

[LUNT101]

Celtics -1 definitely. There is always the possibility of Toronto getting completely blown away.

[Casperwaits]

As a Celtic fan, I would be apprehensive laying the points this game. Granted, Toronto has no business being in this game if you go by what has transpired this year so far, but my gut is telling me this game has letdown written all over it. Would not surprise me if Celtics lost.

[dwaechte]

All depends how Bosh and Calderon play after yesterday's game. Both have been logging heavy minutes and are needed for the Raps to have any chance.