Boston Celtics Cleveland Cavaliers Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 53-29 Cleveland Cavaliers play host to the 40-42 Boston Celtics in this first of a 7 game playoff series at Quicken Loans Arena tonight April 19, 2015, tip off time is scheduled for 3:00PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Point Spread: Cleveland -11.5
O/U Total: 203
The Celtics are set to take on the Cavaliers tonight in the first round of this 7 game series. Super Star LeBron James has played many tough games against the Celtics in the past and now that he is back with the Cav’s he is going to have to play his best games to take the Cleveland through this series. This is going to be a rough series for Boston as they are about to face James and company but they still have reasons to feel confident considering they have won 2-4 games against Cleveland already this year.
Boston has undeniably the best bench in the NBA with their backups scoring an average of 41.4 points per game while in contrast Cleveland’s bench production is almost half of that. The Celtics are 12th in the league in scoring and 4th in assists with an average of 101.3 points per game and 24.3 assists per game. The Cleveland Cavaliers have the dream team in their starting lineup lead by the brilliant LeBron James as well as all-star teammates Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. Although James has a ton of playoff experience Love and Irving are new to the post season game and hopes are this doesn’t cost them at crunch time.
The Cav’s will be banking on the King of Cleveland to take them further into the post season.
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Boston vs Cleveland Betting Trends
Boston is 4-0 against the spread when playing a team with a winning percentage over .600
The game has gone under 7 of 8 times when the Celtics have played in Quarterfinal games.
The Celtics are 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games against Boston
Cleveland is 6-1 against the spread when playing opponents who score more than 100 points.
The Celtics are 2-5 against the spread in their last 7 games in Cleveland.
Celtics vs Cavaliers Playoff Schedule
Game 2 — April 21, 7:00 PM ET, Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers
Game 3 — April 23, 7:00 PM ET, Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics
Game 4 — April 26, 1:00 PM ET, Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics
Game 5 — April 28, Time TBD, Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers
Game 6 — April 30, Time TBD, Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics
Game 7 — May 2, Time TBD, Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers
Injury Report
BOSTON
Kelly Olynyk
CLEVELAND
Anderson Varejao
Consensus Betting
Boston: 41%
Cleveland: 59%
Free NBA Pick
The Celtics swept the Cavaliers in back to back last week and beating them 99-90 in Cleveland with Lebron dressed followed by a 39 point shellacking with James on the sidelines in Boston. Neither of those games meant anything to Cleveland and it was obvious that they were not giving it their all so putting much weight into those would probably be unwarranted. However, Boston did play very well down the stretch knocking off Toronto twice Milwaukee and Indiana in addition to the sweep of Cleveland. We’ll take a shot on the underdog Boston squad plus the points to keep the game within double digits.
Take the Celtics +11.5
