Brandon Lang
Saturday ...
15-Dime Chicago Bulls
5-Dime Rays
free pick - Bulls-Celtics OVER(see daily video for analysis of this play)
15-Dime Chicago Bulls - Are you seriously telling me you're going to give more than a touchdown in this game tonight? The Bulls have hung in five of the first six games, and have virtually become the darlings of the postseason, and you're giving me a handful of points tonight? No problem.
Chicago's swagger has the Celtics playing scared, believe me, and there was no bigger confidence-builder than that fourth-quarter comeback in Game 6, erasing Boston's 8-point lead.
That momentum and confidence will carry over to tonight's contest, which should come down to the final few minutes once again, and could possibly go into overtime. The young guns have every facet covered, including the team's Rookie of the Year, Derrick Rose, whose blocked shot at the end of Game 6 was as poised as watching Michael Jordan in a Bulls uniform.
If there was ever a seventh-seed ready to make a move, and become the first to eliminate a two-seed, it's this team right here.
I love the points. I love the Bulls to challenge for the outright, I love the underdog in Game 7 tonight.
5-Dime Rays Though knuckle-ball specialist Timmy Wakefield has had his share of success against the Rays during his career, Tampa has had its way with him the last five times he's toed the rubber against it. In those meetings, he's given up 21 earned runs over 23 innings of work, while he's 0-3 in the last four dates against the Rays. I'd much rather side with Tampa Bay, which has won four straight in this rivalry and 15 of the last 21 overall. The Rays have also beaten the Sox in 13 of the last 16 meetings at Tropicana Field.