Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics Betting Odds - Free NBA Pick
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<strong>Eastern Conference Finals – Game Five</strong>
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The Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to Beantown to take on the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden for Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals. The game is scheduled for an 8:30 PM tip-off and is scheduled to be broadcasted for national audiences on both TSN and TNT. The Cavaliers now own a 3-1 lead after defeating the Celtics 112-99 in Game Four where the Celtics covered as a lofty underdog.
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Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics Overview<br />
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After a collapse in Game Three where the Celtics notched a shocking win in Cleveland, the Cavaliers abruptly responded with a Game Four victory to put them in position to knock out the Celtics and punch their ticket to their third-straight NBA Finals appearance with a win.
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Cleveland at Boston Key Betting Trends<br />
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The Cavaliers come in at 62-32 straight up, but they are just 43-47-4 against the spread.
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After their Game Four defeat, the Celtics fell to 62-37 straight-up.
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Against the spread, the Celtics stand at 51-46-2.
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In the TD Garden, the Celtics may have an edge indeed as Cleveland is just 26-21 SU away from home despite being undefeated on the road in post-season games.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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Out of the gate, 82% of the public fancy the Cavaliers against the spread and are willing to spot the road points. In this market, the Cavs are priced at -105 while the Celtics are priced at -115. Initially this market had opened at -8.5 but action on Cleveland has pushed this market to its current state, 1.5 points later. On the Money Line, Cleveland comes in a -585, while the Celtics are a +438 home dog. In this market, the same 82% of the betting public have taken Cleveland on the Money Line. 73% of the public like the Over for the Over/Under market remaining at 215.5.
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Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics Prediction
Boston is a team that prides itself on being a scrappy club that does not yield to anyone or anything. It was this attitude that powered the Celtics to a #1 seed in the NBA Playoffs and afforded them a chance to pull off the stunning defeat in Cleveland in Game Three without their best player Isaiah Thomas. Before a home crowd, expect the Celtics to go off on their shield in this contest and give King James and his merry men everything they can handle in the TD Garden. Given the fact so many are expecting Cleveland to win this contest, the debate is over the final result and not whether Boston has a chance. This is a very dangerous position to take as many takers may be overlooking a very talented Boston team that likely has more than enough wiggle room to come in under the number, if they don’t send this series back to Cleveland.