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June 17, 2010 at 12:10 pm | Basketball, NBA, Qualified Picks, Soccer, Sports Betting
By: Player to be Named Later

Well, since the USA-England match ended in a draw (luckily, which is essentially a win for the US) I’m not going to count it in the Sportsbook standings. It would just look sloppy. Everybody except for Stormnin Norman picked the Celtics to win Game 4 of the NBA Finals. There’s a reason why he is in last. For your online sports betting this week, we take a look at the next USA match and game 7 of the NBA finals. Good stuff.

Thursday 6/17 Game 7 NBA Finals Boston Celtics @ LA Lakers – 8 PM

StevieY19 (30-17) Lakers over Celtics: Shocker, this one went seven games. I’ll take Kobe to win the title. Let me know what happens.
His Jesusness Shuttlesworth (16-11) Celtics over Lakers: The staples center will be rowdy but the Celts should still manage to play lights out defense. I picked the Lake Show to win it all in May, but as I have mentioned many times, the mean green has won me a lot of money this playoffs. Ray ray has been cold; he’s due for a performance more like game 2 then games 3 and 4.
South Side Sheik (25-22) Celtics over Lakers: Every Celtic player has his knees drained for that added boost, Big Baby’s drool overpowers Pau Gasol’s perma-sheen of sweat, and still the game will be close to the end. No blowouts for this last game. Chalk this up to my Eastern Conference bias.
Player to be Named Later (11-10) Lakers over Celtics: I picked them to win at the beginning of the series and I’m sticking to my guns. With Perkins out for the Celtics, expect Pau to have a good game. He won’t take the spotlight away from Kobe though, who will lead them to victory and get MVP honors.
Stormin Norman (23-24) Lakers over Celtics: the Lakers are a different team at home, as was apparent in Game 6. Pau and Ron-Ron play like the all-stars they are (or should be) and Kobe is just Kobe. The Celtics miracle run has been impressive, but barring some sort of mammoth defensive effort by every single player on the team, this game, series, and championship belongs to the Lakers.

Friday 6/18 World Cup Group C Slovenia vs USA – 9 AM

StevieY19 (30-17) USA over Slovenia: Damn, should have picked draw in the first match! Slovenia will be pressing for the win in this match, rather than try and get it vs England, to send them into the second round. Pressing and moving forward is not their style and a more possession-minded US starting 11 will cause problems for Slovenia. Big game for Michael Bradley.
His Jesusness Shuttlesworth (16-11) USA over Slovenia: Check for Altidore to have a huge game. Dude showed a lot of heart as well as skill and speed against England. He’ll be man of the match and help guide the US out of the group.
South Side Sheik (25-22) USA over Slovenia: Algeria had their best striker sent off and all Slovenia could muster was a 1-0 win. The US is better all around and will be able to take full advantage of their depth in the midfield and up front to wear down the Slovenian side.
Player to be Named Later (11-10) USA over Slovenia: USA was lucky to get 1 point in the draw against England as they were outplayed most of the game. However, the US is a better team and they will be playing for the win in this game. Look for US’s biggest stars, Donovan and Dempsey, to lead the US to victory.
Stormin Norman (23-24) USA over Slovenia: This is the big win we need. Coming off the impressive (i.e. lucky) tie with England, a win would give them 4 points and all but ensure they move on to the second round. Howard’s rib may be broken, but it’s nothing a few painkiller shots can’t fix.

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