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Basketball

The Los Angeles Lakers took Game 3 from the Boston Celtics 87-81, the Celtics covered and the Under hit. The series is now 2-1 Boston, with Game 4 scheduled for Thursday in LA. One thing was made crystal clear for me last night, the Boston Celtics are a better team than the Los Angeles Lakers. This isn’t up for debate, its a fact. It doesn’t mean the Celtics are guaranteed to win the series, but all the things we heard about the Lakers are not true. Pau Gasol has not shown up for 3 games, Lamar Odom has gone back into the shell I thought he had shed during the Spurs series, and the bench is better with the Celtics, it isn’t even close. The difference last night was that Paul Pierce did not contribute offensively; he had 6 points.

The line for Thursday is LA -8 and the Total is set at 192. That is too many points and it is caused by the perception that the Lakers are better than they really are. The Lakers winning last night only adds to the public’s mis-perception of the Lakers.

Baseball

American League: The Orioles scored in bunches, beating the Red Sox 10-6 . . . The Tigers showed a little something yesterday, beating the AL Central leading White Sox 6-4. Is it a changing tide? . . . The Indians kept the Twins sliding down the standings, winning 1-0 . . . The Blue Jays beat the Mariners 3-1 . . . The Rangers beat the Royals 6-5 on the strength of a 4 run 8th inning . . . The Yankees scored in the first and the ninth, beating Oakland 3-1 . . . The Angels beat the Rays 6-1.

National League: The Nationals scored twice in the 9th to beat the Pirates 7-6 . . . The Mets and Diamondbacks were tied at 5 in the 8th, the D-backs won 9-5 . . . The Marlins cooled the Phillies for at least one night, 5-4 . . . The Cardinals took care of the Reds 7-2 . . . The Cubs overcame an early deficit and beat the Braves 10-5 . . . The Astros and Brewers are neck and neck, Houston won last night 6-1 . . . The Rockies beat the Giants 10-5 . . . The Dodgers took care of the Padres 7-2.

Who’s Hot? / Who’s Not?: There are no winning streaks of note . . . The Twins have lost 6 in a row, the Mets have lost 5 and the Braves have lost 4.

Scores

Standings

Football

Nothing here to talk about.

Euro Cup

Spain beat Russia 4-1 and Sweden defeated Greece 2-0. Today the Czechs and Portugal play and in another match the Swiss take on Turkey. A Link to full coverage.