Heavily favored (6.5 points) Los Angeles Lakers try to stay alive in NBA Finals

Up three games to two, the Boston Celtics are one game away from the NBA title as they play at the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.

The Lakers are a huge favorite at all online sportsbooks, including Brobury Sports and BetUS, and as individuals will have to find a way to live up to Kobe Bryant’s currently underwhelmed expectations.

In game five, the Boston Celtics were able to play their game in getting way too many uncontested shots. The result was 56 overall shooting from the C’s in a six-point win over a Lakers team that had to shoot contested every time. If it hadn’t been for Bryant’s 38 points, this one may have been a laugher.

The sportsbooks still like the Lakers in game six, though, and by a healthy 6.5 points. The Celtics face long odds on a straight-up bet at +245 at Brobury Sports and +250 at BetUS. The over/under of 187.5 implies a final score of 97-90 or so – the Lakers will have to play with more energy in order to surpass 90 points again. Betting the under has resulted in a record of 3-1 in this series with one push, including unders in the last three games.

Perhaps the most important statistic to remember for this game is that the Lakers are 9-1 at home in these playoffs – of course, that one loss was to the Celtics in game two…

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