Celtics at Lakers Game 7 Odds 2010 NBA Finals Picks: The Boston Celtics (50-32) suffered a huge blow in game 6 of the NBA Betting Finals on Tuesday night at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. No it wasn’t the 22 point, 89-67 loss handed to them by the Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers (57-25), but the critical injury that will keep Boston center Kendrick Perkins out of game 7 (Thursday 8pm ET, on ABC). Hammerhead Sports always offers the best free sports picks from our NBA predictions experts. Find our winning NBA Finals Picks selections below.

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The team that has won the rebound battle has been the winner of all 6 NBA Finals games so far. Surely Perkins’ absence will affect the Rebounding game, but it’s the things that don’t show up in the box score that will be missed even more. The Celtics lose out on all those solid picks set up by their center, and probably one of their toughest teammates. To add insult to injury, the Lakers have learned what is needed by their bench in order to help their star guard, Kobe Bryant. Bodog.com has the Los Angeles Lakers (-7) as a strong home favorite in game 7. The under has gone 3-1-1 during The Finals as both teams have tightened defensively as the series has progressed. The NBA Betting Odds total is 187.

Glen “Big Baby” Davis and Rasheed Wallace must both step up to the task of dominating the paint defensively, and will try and provide some assistance on the offensive glass.  The Eastern Conference Champions will need significant offensive contributions from everyone, as it has proven difficult for Davis to go up and finish strong against the Length of Pau Gasol, and Lamar Odom. The biggest carryover from game 6 aside from the loss of Perkins, is the fact that with a twenty point lead for almost the entire game, The Los Angeles Lakers were able to limit Andrew Bynum to 16 minutes played.

Look for the Los Angeles Lakers (-110) to close it out in game 7, but the Boston Celtics (-110) will cover that 7 point spread as they are 7-1 against the spread following a straight up loss and  4-0 in games following a loss by ten or more points.