Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 40-42 Boston Celtics play host to the 53-29 Cleveland Cavaliers tonight in game 3 of the series at the TD Garden Center, April 23, 2015, tip-off time is scheduled for 7:00PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Point Spread: Cleveland -4.5
O/U Total: 203.5
The Cavaliers are up 2-0 in this series after holding off an aggressive Celtics team to an arm’s length distance in Game 2. Cleveland’s James was on fire scoring 30 points to lead the way to the 99-91 win over Boston. He shot 11-22 for an impressive 50% shooting average, delivering 7 assists and 9 rebounds. This was a historic night for James who now has 4469 points in 160 games surpassing Hall of Famer Jerry West. Youngster Kyrie Irving followed up his sizzling post season debut with an equally solid performance scoring 26 points and 6 assists.
Cleveland’s propensity for turnovers could give the Celtics the edge then need to turn this around. The Cav’s gave up 18 turnovers and the Celtics turned these into 22 points. Boston is at home with a huge deficit on their hands but don’t count them out as they certainly have managed to keep it close and don’t look outmatched.
Boston had at one point in the game a 7 point lead before Cleveland made a late run going into the half time break. Boston’s bench support is key as they managed to outscore their opponents bench 51-7. The Celtics Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points and dished out 7 assists playing one of his best games of this series. The Celtics weakness appears to be the Cleveland defense from the field holding Boston to just a 38.8 %. Boson’s Avery Bradley and Evan Turner both struggled for a combined 17 points, it’s time for the backcourt to step it up or make some adjustments to the starting line-up.
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Cleveland at Boston Betting Trends
The Celtics are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
Cleveland has gone 2-6 against the spread in their last 8 games.
The Celtics are 3-7 against the spread in their last 10 game in Boston
The game total has gone under in 4 of Boston’s last 6 home games.
Boston is 2-4 straight up in their last 5 against Cleveland.
Injury Report
CLEVELAND
Anderson Varejao F Out For Season (Achilles)
BOSTON
No Injuries to report
Consensus Betting
Cleveland: 65%
Boston: 35%
Free NBA Playoff Pick
We’re aware that the Celtics crushed the Cavaliers 117-78 last time these two met at TD Garden, but the game meant nothing to Cleveland who sat out Kyrie Irving, Lebron James and J. R. Smith so it’s a toss away. We’re going to take a different approach on this game. The Cavs have shown us enough to suggest that Boston will be hard pressed to get even a single win in this series and the 4.5 is low enough for us to get aboard the visitor. It’s a squarish play but it’s the right play.
Take the Cleveland Cavaliers -4.5
