<p>After rolling late to a victory in Game 1 of this NBA championship series on the road Thursday night the Celtics shoot for a 2-0 lead when the teams meet for Game 2 Sunday night in San Francisco.</p>
<p>Boston began this series as a +135 underdog to win it, with the Warriors giving -155 as the favorites. Now, after stealing home-court advantage, the Celtics are chalked at -175 to win this NBA championship series, with Golden State now getting +150 as the underdog.</p>
<p>Here's how we homeworked Game 2 of this Finals series, with our <b>free NBA playoffs betting pick</b>.</p>
<h2>NBA Betting Odds</h2>
<p>The NBA playoffs betting lines opened Golden State as a four-point favorite for Game 2, with an over/under of right around 215.5. Today's betting has driven the line up to GS -4.5 and the total down and half point to 215.</p>
<h2>Celtics-Warriors Game 2 NBA Betting Preview </h2>
<p>Boston took the opener of this NBA championship series Thursday night 120-108. The Celtics actually saw Golden State come out hot in Game 1, trailed by four points after one quarter but fought back to lead by 56-54 at the half. Boston then fell down by 15 late in the third quarter and still trailed 101-97 with just over six minutes to go. But the Celtics kept hitting shots and closed out the game with a 23-7 run for the outright victory as underdogs of 3.5 points.</p>
<p>Boston also cashed in on the Game 1 money line at a price of +140.</p>
<p>Also, Game 1 played over a total of 214.</p>
<p>On the night the Celtics shot 51 percent from the field, hit 21/41 from 3-point range, held the Warriors to 44 percent FG shooting, outscored Golden State in the paint 34-26 and won the turnover battle 14-13.</p>
<p>At one point during its rally Thursday night Boston hit seven 3-pointers in a row.</p>
<p>With Thursday's victory/cover the Celtics are now 13-6 SU, 12-6-1 ATS this postseason.</p>
<p>With Thursday's loss the Warriors are now 12-5 SU, 9-8 ATS this postseason.</p>
<p>Golden State finished two games ahead of Boston in the regular-season standings but the Celtics managed to split the season series with the Warriors SU 1-1 and played 1-0-1 ATS. But we should point out that Golden State G Steph Curry missed most of the game the Warriors lost due to a foot injury.</p>
<p>Actually, going back to 2019 Boston is now 7-1 SU, 6-1-1 ATS over its last eight meetings with Golden State.</p>
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<h2>NBA Playoffs Betting Trends </h2>
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<li>The Celtics are 8-2 SU, 8-1-1 ATS on the road this postseason.</li>
<li>The Warriors are 9-1 SU, 7-3 ATS at home this postseason.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The unders are 10-9 in Celtics games this postseason.</li>
<li>The overs are 11-6 in Warriors games this postseason.</li>
<li>The unders are 8-3 over the last 11 meetings between these two teams.</li>
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