2010 NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Celtics game 7 Results

2010 NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Celtics game 7 on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA. Lakers won the final match against Celtics with 83-79 and won the second Consecutive NBA Title.

Lakers opened the lead by winning first game in the Best of Seven Series but Celtics leveled in the Game 2. Again Lakers back to the lead by winning Game 3 after that Celtics won back to back games Fourth and Fifth and leads the series with 3-2. Lakers are won the important Sixth game to get back into series and finished the series with a win in the Game 7. It leads not only Series, the 2010 NBA Championship.

Celtics played well in the first quarter and finished with the lead of 23-14 but from the second quarter Lakers took the lead and finished the game with 83-79.

Kobe Bryant was named NBA Finals MVP, finished the game 7 with 23 points, 15 rebounds and two assists, but he also went just 6 of 24 on the ground.

Bryant won his fifth title with the Lakers, who repeated as NBA champions for the first time in three games straight from 2000-02.

Los Angeles had the worst NBA Finals shooting percentage with 32.5%, for a winning team in the shot-clock era.

Top Performers
Boston: R. Rondo - 14 Pts, 8 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 1 Stl
Los Angeles: P. Gasol - 19 Pts, 18 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Blk

NBA Finals Betting – Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers Live Odds

It was one of their most disappointing performances of the playoffs. The Boston Celtics had a glorious oppportunity to grab momentum and an NBA finals betting series lead on Tuesday night. It was not to be, as the Los Angeles Lakers were consistent throughout the game and played strong defense down the stretch. Sports Betting has the odds on Game 4 NBA playoff betting.

Coming in to NBA finals betting, no one expect Derek Fisher to be a determining factor in the series. Well, if we didn’t think so going in, we certainly are aware of the possibility now. Fisher was big in the Suns series and has come up even bigger in this series. His three-point play (layup and the foul) in the final minute sealed the deal in Game 2. Boston has to start accounting for his shot from the outside and his ability to get to the basket. But most importantly, Fisher is drawing key fouls on the Boston starters. He really has been the x-factor thus far.

As for the Boston, the Celtics basketball betting odds aren’t going to get better unless Paul Pierce starts being a factor. The 2008 NBA finals MVP has not dominated for any stretch yet in this series. The Celtics desperately need some outside scoring to draw out the Lakers defenders. Despite being the hero of Game 2, Ray Allen had a horrible Game 3 performance, routinely missing open shots. If neither Pierce nor Allen are going to score, it will be a short series.

Sports Betting features the Celtics as -3.5 NBA betting favorites. The Lakers are +150 on the basketball moneyline, while Boston is -170 for basketball betting aficionados.

On the plus side for Los Angeles, they got more out of Lamar Odom in Game 3 than they did in the first two games combined. In addition, they didn’t need Kobe Bryant to take over the fourth quarter, either.

As for Boston, they got the best effort of the postseason from Kevin Garnett. He led the Celtics in scoring in Game 3 and will look to keep his strong play going in Game 4.

Expect a close game coming down the wire. And expect a desperate Boston club to play their best game of the series. Bet the Celtics on the money line.