Larry Ness has been a major figure in the sports betting and handicapping field since 1984. With
the opening of the 2007 football season, Larry enters his 24th year "in the business." Larry
became an original panel member of Proline in 1985, the nation's longest-running pre-game
handicapping show (USA TV Network). In 2000, Larry joined the panel of yet another high-profile
handicapping show, The Winning Edge...
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NBA Postseason: In the Rearviewmirror
On May 30th, the Celtics were in Detroit to play the Pistons in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference
Finals. It had taken Boston seven games to beat the 37-win Hawks in the first round and the Celtics
needed seven more games to get by the Cavs in the semifinals, while going 1-6 ATS. Now in the Eastern
Conference Finals, the Celtics led the Pistons 3-2 in games but entering Game 6, Boston was just 1-7 SU
and ATS in road games in the playoffs to-date and just 3-9 ATS over its previous 12 ...
(read more)NBA: Playoff Notebook-NBA Finals
Could the highly anticipated Celtics/Lakers showdown in this year's NBA Finals end with the Celtics
taking the Lakers in just five games? The Lakers rolled through the Western Conference dispatching of
the Nuggets (50 wins), Jazz (54 wins) and Spurs (56 wins and the defending champs), winning 12 of 15
games. Meanwhile, the Celtics needed seven games to get past the 37-win Hawks, seven more to edge the
Cavs (who owned a minus-0.4 point-differential this regular season) and then ...
(read more)Playoff Notebook-NBA Finals
There is little doubt that the NBA and ABC are thrilled with a Lakers/Celtics matchup in The Finals.
Now, it just has to "live up" to its billing. The Celtics were the NBA's best team (by far) during
the regular season, going 66-16 (that's nine more wins than the Lakers had) with a very impressive
point-differential of plus-10.3 PPG. However, the Celtics needed seven games to get past the 37-win
Hawks in the first round and another seven games to oust the Cavs in the semifinals, a team ...
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