Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics Betting Odds


Opening Betting Lines: Cavaliers -1 / Celtics +1 O/U 196.5

Time: 3:30 PM EST Sunday May 8, 2010 on ABC

Today the Boston Celtics host the Cleveland Cavaliers and are down 2-1 in this series and suffered their worst home playoff loss in history in Game 3. The Celtics grabbed home court advantage with a surprising win in Cleveland in Game 2, but in Game 3 on Friday night the Cavs got home court back by crushing the Celtics by 28 points.

In Game 3 the Cavs shot lights shooting just under 60% from the floor and every Cleveland starter scored in double figures. The Celtics have to play better D today or they will be going back to Cleveland down 3-1 in this series.

The Cavaliers lead this best of 7 series 2-1

This season the Celtics are 24-17 at home and 32-48-2 ATS and the Cavaliers were 26-15 on the road and 39-42-1 ATS.

The Cavaliers laid a beat down on the Celtics in Game 3 winning 124-95 on Friday night.

Paul Pierce has disappeared in this series only averaging 12.7 ppg on 31% shooting and he has only drained 4 of his 16 3-point shots. In Game 3 Pierce and Ray Allen only combined for 18 points on 6/24 shooting and they obviously need to improve on that today.

The Cavs killed the Celtics on the boards in Game 3 out-rebounding them by 15. Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins have to man up and hit the boards today.

Boston has to play better perimeter defense today, as in Game 3 the Cavs shot just under 42% from beyond the 3-point arc.

In Game 3 the Celtics only had 5 fast break points and only scored 32 points in the paint. They have to attack the rim more today and get the ball inside for easy shots and not depend on the outside J.

The Cavs jumped out to a 19 point lead in the 1st quarter and Boston has to come out and start the game better today, as they are not a team that scores a ton of points and can come back from huge deficits.

Betting Trends

Cleveland is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following an ATS win, 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games as a favorite, and has an Over record of 6-1 in their last 7 road games.

Boston is 8-2-1 ATS in their last 11 games as a home underdog, 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a ATS loss, and has an Over record of 5-2 in their last 7 games.

In the last 4 games between these 2 teams in Boston the total has gone Over every time.

Our Selection : Check back later for our point spread selection for this game.


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