Cleveland Cavaliers vs Boston Celtics Prediction and Betting Pick. Cleveland Cavaliers host Boston Celtics as -6 favorites with a 207.5 line at 7.30 PM ET on Friday, April 10 2015. Cavaliers won both meetings this season, including the last meeting in Cleveland 110-79, covering the -11 spread as the game went under 210.5.
Isaiah Thomas (BOS) scored 34 against Detroit and is averaging 27.3 PPG over the last three games
Cleveland Cavaliers can start resting for the playoffs as they locked up the Central Division and the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a win at Milwaukee on Wednesday. Cleveland won eight of their last nine games. LeBron James is in superb form as he has scored 20 or more points in eight straight games. But he might be rested against the Celtics.
Boston Celtics need to hold on to their No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference and might even make a case for climbing up to No. 6 as they’re two games behind Milwaukee. But Boston need to keep winning as Brooklyn, Indiana and Miami are contenders for two playoff spots.
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Cleveland Record: 51-27 (29-9 Home)
Cleveland Against the Spread: 38-40 (20-18 Home)
Cleveland Last 10: 8-2 (4-6 ATS)
Boston Record: 36-42 (17-22 Road)
Boston Against the Spread: 45-32 (25-14 Road)
Boston Last 10: 6-4 (5-5 ATS)
Cleveland vs Boston Team News
Cleveland will likely rest some players, most notably LeBron James. Anderson Varejao is out for some time now, and Iman Shumpert is questionable. Boston Celtics got no injuries to report.
Cavaliers vs Celtics Lineups
Cavaliers: Tristan Thompson, Kevin Love, Timofey Mozgov, J.R. Smith, Kyrie Irving.
Celtics: Evan Turner, Brandon Bass, Tyler Zeller, Marcus Smart, Avery Bradley.
Boston at Cleveland
7:30 PM ET, Friday, April 10, 2015
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Boston Celtics Prediction. Since Cleveland will be resting some players including their main star, Boston chances of winning this important game increase, but they’ll still need a good shooting night. Can they pull this one off? Sure they can, Boston are an unpredictable team and can win when least expected. Cavaliers vs Celtics Betting Pick: Celtics to win. Cavaliers vs Celtics Predicted Score: 95-101
