Crystal Ball Time: NBA Finals Picks

The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics tip off the NBA Finals Thursday in Boston (no Amy Lawrence, Game 3 isn't being played at The Forum).

The Lakers and Celtics, who have been to the Finals 47 times and combined to win 30 titles, played just twice during the regular season with Boston taking both meetings.

The WCBias.com crew is again split on our predictions, just like in the Western Conference Finals where GSlim and Ryantific went with the Lakers. Here’s how we see the series in our convoluted crystal balls:

GSlim: Boston in 7. Ray Ray has got his swagger back, Pierce and KG have tons of heart, and the Celtics have the role players in Perkins, Posey, and Rondo to hang with the Lakers. Epic series but karma gets the best of Kobe in this one. Let's not forget Laker fans, he cheated on his wife and kid, ran Shaq out of town, and is an all around (insert favorite expletive here).

Ryantific: Lakers in 7. Whoever gets the defensive assignment of Paul Pierce is gonna be the hero of this series. If the Lakers can stop him then they have a chance. Who is that hero going to be?

BG: Lakers in 4. L.A. in a clean sweep, Doc Rivers calls his own number and takes the floor at the 2 in game 4 and goes 1-3 from the field. How's that for a specific prediicyion?

BSlim: Boston in 7. Home court. Home court. Home court. I've been screamin' it since Day 1, so I guess I have to stick with it. The 2-3-2 format will benefit the Cs when it counts most (early and late). ... Say all you want about the East, but Boston is 25-5 against the West and better defensively. KG, Allen and Pierce will do whatever it takes to get that first ring. Kobe's already got three rings, and Mom of the Year Vanessa has a fourth worth $4.3 million. The Bryants don't need no more bling.

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Guest blogger, Beau-C: Since the WCBias.com staff was split on this one, we had to go to the tiebreaker, aka "The Wombat." Beau-C, for those who don't know, is a betting fool who knows the lines better than Doc Gooden. Wait, not those lines. Anywho, here's his take on the Lakers-Celtics series: "Lakers in 6 at the Garden with Paul Pierce crying at half court. KG will get his, but Allen will fold under the pressure and Paul Pierce will run out of gas in the first quarter if he has the task of guarding Kobe. Kobe will show all that he doesn't need a wannabe rent-a-cop to win a ring, just a little something to take some of the pressure off. Lakers in 6 at the Garden, Game 6 score being Lakers 101, Celtics 95."