mTbaKer's NBA Picks- Monday

Bobcats +4.5 (-111) to win 5 units

There are many reasons to like the Bobcats tonight.  The Celtics starters played a lot of heavy minutes against the Magic in a huge home victory.  The Celtics will not be up for this game as they go to Charlotte for only a 1 game road trip before having huge home games with the Lakers and Heat on the horizon.  The Celtics are not good b2b losing at Phoenix, Washington, Chicago, only beating the Bucks in OT at home, losing at Detroit, winning by only 1 at Philadelphia.  The only match they covered was against the Hawks in Boston.  The Bobcats played the Heat and Mavericks in their last two home games and have been exposed to good competition.  They played admirably against the Heat and came back in the Mavericks game after a rough start.  The Bobcats covered in Boston when Boston had Rondo and Shaq in the lineup two weeks ago.  Now Shaq likely won't play and Daniels is out thinning the bench and making Allen and Pierce have to log more minutes against a scrappy and talented pair in Wallace and SJax.  The Bobcats play good defense and as kaponofor3 mentioned have done well after losing two games in a row ATS.  The Bobcats want to prove they are for real with a win tonight.  The last time these two teams played in Charlotte the Celtics won 93-62 when Larry Brown was coaching the Cats.  I am sure Charlotte remembers that and will not let it happen again.  76% is on the Celtics, which is also alarming.  I'm a Celtics fan, but I know you have to bet with your brain and not your heart and these are the reasons I am on Charlotte plus the points tonight.

GL