The last spot in the NBA Finals is going to be up for grabs on Saturday night in South Beach, and we are set to make our NBA picks for the pivotal Game 7 between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics.

NBA Matchup: #4 Boston Celtics @ #2 Miami Heat Game 7
Date: Saturday, June 9th, 8:30 ET
Location: American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
NBA Playoffs Odds: Miami -8
NBA TV Schedule: ESPN

They say that a series doesn’t start until a team wins on the road. Now, both Miami and Boston know what it feels like to win a game in this series on the other team’s court. The Celtics are going to have to do it again if they are going to make it to the NBA Finals after blowing that home court advantage on Friday night at home. Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce absolutely have to play better than they did in that game to keep this one remotely close, and it is going to take another Herculean effort, probably for right around the full 48 minutes for Rajon Rondo as well. But of course, if LeBron James plays like he did on Friday, there isn’t a man that is going to be able to stop him. He was just remarkable in that 45-point outing, but it looked a lot like the LeBron that had to carry the Cleveland Cavaliers for all those years around him and not this Miami team that was assembled to do nothing but win and win right now. In the end, we expect this game to be close. We wouldn’t be all that surprised if the Celtics found a way to pull off the upset, and we definitely want the points on our side.

NBA Free Pick: Boston Celtics +8

The Boston Celtics can make their way to the NBA Finals betting festivities on Thursday night on their home court, as they have pushed the Miami Heat to the brink. Join us for our NBA free picks for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals!

NBA Matchup: #2 Miami Heat @ #4 Boston Celtics Game 6
Date: Sunday, June 7th, 8:30 p.m. (ET)
Location: TD Garden, Boston, MA
NBA Playoffs Odds: Miami -1.5
NBA TV Schedule: ESPN

The Celtics really know that this is the game that they have to win. They fought hard just to make it to this point in this series, and after finally winning the elusive game on the road in South Beach, this is one that cannot be choked away. Miami is expecting to put Chris Bosh back in the starting lineup, which really might help for a team that has been badly beaten in the paint for most of this series. This is the game that LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were brought to South Beach for. The Heat need them and need them badly, or they could really put up under a big time microscope. Remember all those titles that they promised? Yeah… not so much. Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett are playing out of their skulls right now, but we still think that the Heat are the beasts of the East. They’ll come out and beat the C’s at the TD Garden, and then come back home and find their way into the NBA Finals to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder.

NBA Free Pick: Miami Heat -1.5

On Tuesday night, the NBA playoffs continue with Game 5 of the much anticipated Eastern Conference Finals. Join us for our free NBA picks for the fifth duel of the Eastern Conference Finals in South Beach between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics.

NBA Matchup: #4 Boston Celtics @ #2 Miami Heat Game 5
Date: Tuesday, June 5th, 8:30 ET
Location: American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
NBA Playoffs Odds: Miami -8
NBA TV Schedule: ESPN

We have seen a bunch of points scored in this series over the course of the last few games, yet we have not really seen the ‘total’ take all that much of a rise. In this one though, we are convinced that the two defenses are going to once again step it up. The two teams haven’t been shooting the ball all that well, and there aren’t a ton of second chance opportunities. Neither team is stroking it from beyond the arc all that well, and there have to be some tremendously tired legs after playing Game 4 on Sunday night and then traveling all the way back to South Beach. These are two teams that have been through a grueling season, and this series has to really be taking its toll on both squads. After watching six different players go through 43+ minutes on the court between the two sides on Sunday, this one should stay beneath the ‘total’.

NBA Free Pick: Boston/Miami Under 179.5

After watching the Western Conference Finals get leveled at two games apiece, the Boston Celtics are going to look to do the exact same thing in the Eastern Conference Finals in NBA betting action this weekend against the Miami Heat. Join our expert NBA handicappers at Cappers Info for our Game 4 Eastern Conference Finals picks!

NBA Matchup: #2 Miami Heat @ #4 Boston Celtics Game 4
Date: Sunday, June 3rd, 8:30 p.m. (ET)
Location: TD Garden, Boston, MA
NBA Playoffs Odds: Miami -1
NBA TV Schedule: ESPN

The Celtics really have done everything that they can over the course of the last two games to just barely stick around with the Heat. Were they the better side in Game 3? Absolutely. But do we think that Ray Allen is going to be able to play 38 minutes without being a humongous defensive liability? Do we think that Paul Pierce is going to go off for 24 points again? Do we think that Kevin Garnett is going to be able to take care of the bigs for the Heat on both sides of the court? No. No. And no. In the end, Miami is still the better of these teams, and Dwyane Wade probably isn’t going to go the entire game without getting to the charity stripe. LeBron James isn’t going to shoot 1-of-5 from the stripe either, and the team as a whole won’t go 10-of-20. Even going 17-of-20 would have made that game a heck of a lot closer on Friday night. In the end, Miami is the better team for sure, and we think that the oddsmakers are spot on with the fact that the Heat have become the favorites for this game after being mediocre in Game 3.

NBA Free Pick: Miami Heat -1

The Boston Celtics tried everything that they could to take a game in South Beach in the Eastern Conference Finals. Join us for our NBA playoff picks for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night, as the C’s take on the Miami Heat.

NBA Matchup: #2 Miami Heat @ #4 Boston Celtics Game 3
Date: Friday, June 1st, 8:00 p.m. (ET)
Location: TD Garden, Boston, MA
NBA Playoffs Odds: Boston -2
NBA TV Schedule: ESPN

We have been backing the Heat every step of the way in this series, and we have no reason to not continue doing just that. Without the heroic efforts of Rajon Rondo on Wednesday night, the C’s would have been blown out of the water. Rondo scored 44 and nearly logged his 10th career triple-double in the postseason. That being said, the rest of the team for Boston just looked old and slow once again, and it showed at a lot of times in those first two games. Now, there is just one day off to travel back up to Beantown, and the Heat aren’t going to take their foot off of the gas pedal like they did two nights ago after going up by 15. The oddsmakers have to be kidding us if they think that Miami should be an underdog in this game. The Heat are going to take at least one of these two games at the TD Garden, and we wouldn’t be surprised if this series never goes back to South Beach.

NBA Free Pick: Miami Heat +2