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While the Boston Celtics’ Hall of Fame-bound trio of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen often got much of the national attention for the Boston Celtics’ reversal of their franchise fortunes, there is one aspect of the Celtics’ title run that routinely fails to get mentioned – defense!

Most casual basketball fans may not know it, but the unglamorous task of playing defense, is the main reason why the Celtics won their first NBA Championship in 22 years.

The Celtics sliced through the entire league like a hot knife through butter during the regular season and used their ‘lockdown’ defense to prevail in the knock-down, drag-out half court affairs that are NBA playoff basketball.

I’ll also say that I find it quite ironic that my top five teams to win the 2008-09 NBA Championship finished one through five in overall defense last season.

Even better for my beloved BetUS NBA basketball wagering fanatics, is the fact that three of the five teams used their prolific defenses to finish in the top five in ATS wins, including the Celtics, (52-28-2 ATS), New Orleans Hornets, (50-30-2 ATS) and Houston Rockets, (47-33-2 ATS).

So remember NBA online betting enthusiasts, while playing solid defense undeniably leads to championship titles, it also leads to hoops bettors’ covering the spread more often than not.

Here is a look at the top five defensive teams in the NBA last season and our genuine top five selections to win the 2008-09 NBA Championship.

1. Detroit Pistons - 90.1, 43.7

2. Boston Celtics - 90.3, 42.0

3. San Antonio Spurs - 90.6, 44.4

4. Houston Rockets - 92.0, 43.3

5. New Orleans Hornets - 95.6, 46.0