Philadelphia at Boston

The second round of the NBA Playoffs gets underway in Beantown, as two unlikely teams square off. The 76ers knocked off the No. 1 seed Chicago Bulls, while the Celtics overcame a home-court disadvantage to take out the Hawks in six games. The Sixers took three of the last four from the Bulls and you can say they won it on the defensive end, as Chicago averaged less than 78 points per game over the last four. The offense did very little, but just enough as they managed just 79 ppg themselves. Boston won in similar fashion, holding the Hawks to 81.5 ppg in their six-game series and never letting them get to even 90 points the entire series. Both of these teams know the road to the NBA crown is paved on the defensive end of the court. Boston has followed that course as a playoffs favorite where they are now 9-2 to the UNDER over their last 11, and both times the total went over required overtime, so without overtime they would be 11-0 in this spot. Play on the UNDER.