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It would be an exciting and thrilling second round National Basketball Association playoff match-up between the Miami Heat and arch-rival Boston Celtics.The second-seeded NBA Eastern conference team Miami Heat is picked to win over the Boston Celtics in their best of seven NBA playoff match-up.

Holding the home-court advantage in this playoff match-up, the Miami Heat has a slight advantage over the Boston Celtics due to strong playoff performance of its so called big-three.In the first round playoff match-up against the Philadelphia Sixers, the Heat big-three consisting of superstar guard Dwayne Wade, versatile forward Lebron  James and reliable power-forward Chris Bosh has good scoring output that lead to their win over the former.

The key for the Miami Heat to defeat the veteran laden Boston Celtics is to once again get solid scoring from its big-three.To bring down the Celtics, the Heat also need to play tough on defense and put handcuffs on the big-three of the former consisting of sharpshooter Ray Allen, versatile forward Paul Pierce and veteran power-forward Kevin Garnett.

If the Heat can slow-down the big-three of the Celtics there is a big chance they can defeat the latter in their playoff match-up.To topple the Celtics, the Heat also need to get solid scoring from veteran point-guard Mike Bibby and young point-guard Mario Chalmers who must do their best not be outplayed by Celtics star point-guard Rajon Rondo.

Although much slower than Rondo, Bibby must contribute big in scoring outside shots for the Heat with his patented booming three pointers on the left or right wing of the court.Chalmers for his part must do his best to penetrate inside to score and drew fouls from the Celtics to defeat the latter in their playoff match-up.

The odds of winning this series is on the side of the Heat all they have to do is to execute their plays well and play tough defense against the Celtics.The veteran laden Celtics for its part can topple the Heat if its own big-three can continue with their good scoring against the star-studded Miami team.

Rondo also need to sustain his good performance on their New York Knicks playoff series to defeat the Heat.The key for the Celtics in this game is to play tough on defense and not allow the Heat superstars from having a scoring parade in their match-up.

The big-men of the Celtics, veteran center Jermaine O’Neal also need to provide inside scoring and defense to defeat the Heat.The odds of winning might not be on the side of the Celtics but they can still defeat the Heat if they play their hearts out and come-up with a good game-plan against the latter in this playoff series.