Cleveland (1-0) at Boston (0-1)
When: Friday, May 19th 2017
Where: TD Garden, Boston, MA
Time: 8:35 ET | TV: TNT
Open an Account at Bovada Sportsbook Now! Sign up at Bovada.lv to get up to a $250 Deposit Bonus and to bet all the Web’s best NBA Basketball odds and props!
The Cleveland Cavaliers are making this postseason look too easy and can take the first two games in Boston from the Celtics when they meet Friday night. LeBron James embarrassed every defender Boston threw at him and Cleveland picked up where it left off following a long layoff, rolling to a 117-104 victory in Game 1 on Wednesday night. James had 38 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists, while Kevin Love added a playoff career-high 32 points to go along with his 12 rebounds. The Cavaliers improved to 9-0 in the first three rounds of the playoffs. They opened 10-0 last season en route to their first NBA title. James scored at will in the first half as the Cavs built a 26-point lead and never looked back. Love averaged a quiet 13.8 points in the first two rounds, the broke out against Boston, a team that knocked him out of the 2015 playoffs when he dislocated his shoulder. Love opened the floor for James by burying outside jumpers and forcing Boston to leave defenders 1-on-1 with James. Tristan Thompson recorded a career playoff-best 20 points on 7-of-7 shooting.
Bet on basketball at Bovada and get a 50% bonus.
Avery Bradley and Jae Crowder led the Celtics with 21 points each but the Celtics, who were coming off a Game 7 victory over Washington on Monday, missed 11 of their first 14 shots. Star guard Isiah Thomas was limited to just 17 points and knew who the better team was on Wednesday. “They were the better team tonight. They hit us first. They were more physical,” Thomas said. “We can’t let that happen again.” It was the fourth time in the past six games Thomas scored fewer than 20 points. As the game got away from Boston, rookie forward Jaylen Brown made a case for more time in the series by producing 10 points (on 5-of-7 shooting) and nine rebounds in 20 minutes and going toe-to-toe with James after more experienced Celtics were exposed. Backup center Kelly Olynyk scored just two points in the opener after scoring a playoff career-high 26 in the final game of the series against the Wizards on Monday.
[ad id=’52352′]
Game 1 is where Boston had the best chance to win a game in this series. They just don’t have enough to compete with Cleveland. The long layoff had no effect on Cleveland other than giving them more energy. I’ll give Boston a slightly better chance in this one, but the Cavs will win outright.
Pick: Celtics +5.5
ATS TRENDS
| Cleveland |
- Cavaliers are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Cavaliers are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a straight up win.
- Cavaliers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Cavaliers are 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS win.
- Cavaliers are 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Cavaliers are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 road games.
- Cavaliers are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall.
- Cavaliers are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Cavaliers are 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 vs. NBA Atlantic.
- Cavaliers are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Cavaliers are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 Conference Finals games.
- Cavaliers are 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up win of more than 10 points.
- Cavaliers are 21-8 ATS in their last 29 Friday games.
|
| Boston |
- Celtics are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games.
- Celtics are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 vs. NBA Central.
- Celtics are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games following a straight up loss of more than 10 points.
- Celtics are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Celtics are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games overall.
- Celtics are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Celtics are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Celtics are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Celtics are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Celtics are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
|
OU TRENDS
| Cleveland |
- Over is 7-1 in Cavaliers last 8 Friday games.
- Over is 4-1 in Cavaliers last 5 games following a straight up win.
- Over is 4-1 in Cavaliers last 5 vs. NBA Atlantic.
- Over is 7-2 in Cavaliers last 9 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Over is 24-7-1 in Cavaliers last 32 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 8-3 in Cavaliers last 11 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Under is 8-3 in Cavaliers last 11 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Over is 24-9-1 in Cavaliers last 34 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 5-2 in Cavaliers last 7 road games.
- Over is 5-2 in Cavaliers last 7 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Over is 35-15-1 in Cavaliers last 51 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Over is 14-6 in Cavaliers last 20 Conference Finals games.
- Over is 34-16-1 in Cavaliers last 51 overall.
- Over is 34-16-1 in Cavaliers last 51 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
|
| Boston |
- Over is 7-1 in Celtics last 8 games following a straight up loss.
- Over is 6-1 in Celtics last 7 Conference Finals games.
- Over is 5-1-1 in Celtics last 7 games following a ATS loss.
- Over is 4-1 in Celtics last 5 overall.
- Under is 4-1 in Celtics last 5 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Under is 8-2 in Celtics last 10 Friday games.
- Under is 4-1-1 in Celtics last 6 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Over is 12-3-1 in Celtics last 16 home games.
- Over is 4-1 in Celtics last 5 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Over is 5-2 in Celtics last 7 when their opponent scores 100 points or more in their previous game.
|
HEAD TO HEAD
- Under is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings in Boston.
- Cavaliers are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings in Boston.
- Road team is 8-2-1 ATS in the last 11 meetings.
|
CLICK HERE TO BET THE CAVALIERS VS CELTICS GAME
