Monday's NBA Playoffs Gambling Favored Celtics to Sweep Orlando

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Boston was favored in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday in NBA Playoffs gambling. However, oddsmakers didn't take into consideration the sheer stubbornness of Orlando. Desperation pushed the Magic to just edge out the Celtics to win, 96-92.

The Celtics lead Orlando three games to none and could have eliminated the Magic with a win on Monday. The basketball betting odds have really gone in favor of Boston since Orlando has been horrible in this series.

NBA Playoffs odds listed the Celtics as 7-point favorites on Monday with a total of 188 in a game that was seen on ESPN. The funny thing about this series is that people may have forgotten Orlando were supposed to win it. Orlando was getting dominated and humiliated instead of being in control as expected. The Magic were blown out in Game 3 and not many people gave them any possibility of winning Game 4 on Monday.

The Magic played about as bad as a playoff team can on Saturday night. Calling them soft and saying they quit are just a few things people said about them. A team can't really suffer a greater insult. Vince Carter hasn't made a strong showing so far, despite being viewed as the traditional playoff choker. Rashard Lewis has always had the reputation of a player that doesn't show up all the time in the playoffs either, and Dwight Howard is now getting that reputation as well.

Said Howard, "We didn't win this game just to win a game and say we were in this series. We want to make this a series and win this series. We all believe that."

Howard had a meager seven points in the Celtic's NBA Playoffs defeat on Saturday. Lewis was invisible as always and Carter was terrible as usual. Lewis scored only 15 points total in all three games, averaging five points in the first three games of the series. Orlando quit just when they needed to play well in the most important game of the season on Saturday.

In Monday's game, Carter was still a ghost. However, Lewis got 13 points by the end of the game, scoring in the double digits for the first time this series. Howard made a more ambitious showing in the game, even slapping the Celtics' Kevin Garnett in the face while fighting for a rebound before getting into a spat with him. Howard finished the game with 32 points and 16 rebounds.

"It wasn't over. Even though we knew we were down -3, you have to win four games to win the series," said Howard. "I kept telling myself, 'Don't give up. Just keep fighting.' I didn't want to give up because I just felt like there was a lot of people pulling for us to keep going. That was it."

Orlando is 6-1 vs. the basketball gambling odds in their last seven road games so oddsmakers knew there was a possibility if they decide to pull together. Boston struggled at home during the regular season but lately they have been excellent going 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as a home favorite.

Celtics gambling fans were surely disappointed by this game, anticipating that their favorite team would easily steamroll Orlando and be escorted into their 21st NBA Finals showing. For their part, Orlando avoided an embarrassing sweep with this win and blocked Boston from completely eliminating them from the series. Stan Van Gundy, Orlando's coach, expressed pride in his team for not giving up on the series.

"When you're down 3-, what you're fighting against is human nature to just sort of let it go," said Van Gundy. "Our guys didn't do that. They stayed in the fight. We made some big plays, and did what we had to do to get a very, very tough win."

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