Cleveland (3-1) at Boston (1-3)
When: Thursday, May 25th 2017
Where: TD Garden, Boston, MA
Time: 8:35 ET | TV: TNT
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are one win away from giving everyone the NBA Finals matchup they want. Standing in their way are the Boston Celtics, who have a lot of fight in them, but not enough talent to match-up against Cleveland. The Cavaliers go back on the road for Game 5 on Thursday after a 112-99 win in Game 4 on Tuesday in which Kyrie Irving took over. The superstar point guard took over in the second half and finished with 42 points to lead Cleveland one step closer to a third straight meeting with Golden State in the Finals. Irving stayed on the floor despite rolling his left ankle in the third quarter, when he scored 19 in less than five minutes, and LeBron James shook off early foul trouble to contribute 34 points. With Cleveland in jeopardy of dropping its second game in a row, Irving took over in the second half with help from a resurgent Kevin Love, who grabbed 17 rebounds and has recorded double-doubles in all four games of the series and is averaging 24.5 points and 12.8 rebounds. James picked-up four first half fouls, but ended up making 15-of-27 shots after a terrible Game 3 in which he scored just 11 points on 4-of-13 shooting.
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The Celtics haven’t found the home floor to be much help against the Cavaliers as they lost the first two games by an average of 28.5 points, including a 130-86 humiliation in Game 2. Guard Marcus Smart was a Game 3 hero with 27 points as he stepped up in the wake of Isaiah Thomas’ season-ending hip injury. Smart was unable to follow up that outing as he had just eight points on 1-of-9 shooting in Game 4 for his third single-digit effort of the series. Jae Crowder battled through a groin injury in Game 4 and recorded 18 points and eight rebounds and is averaging 15.5 points and 7.8 rebounds in the series. Avery Bradley led the C’s with 19 points on Tuesday and might have to do even more as backup small forward Jaylen Brown (hip pointer), who is averaging 9.5 points in the series, is questionable for Game 5. Backup Center Kelly Olynyk averaged 15 points in the two games at Quicken Loans Arena after scoring just two total points in the first two home games.
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I can’t see Cleveland losing this game. Boston will fight hard, but the Cavs have too much and right now, the big three (James, Irving, Love) are rolling. Cleveland wins by 15.
Pick: Cavaliers -10.5
ATS TRENDS
| Cleveland |
- Cavaliers are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Cavaliers are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 road games.
- Cavaliers are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Cavaliers are 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 games following a straight up win.
- Cavaliers are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 games overall.
- Cavaliers are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Cavaliers are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up win of more than 10 points.
- Cavaliers are 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Cavaliers are 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Cavaliers are 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 vs. NBA Atlantic.
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| Boston |
- Celtics are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games following a ATS win.
- Celtics are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 vs. NBA Central.
- Celtics are 11-4 ATS in their last 15 games overall.
- Celtics are 11-4 ATS in their last 15 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Celtics are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games following a straight up loss of more than 10 points.
- Celtics are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games.
- Celtics are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Celtics are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Celtics are 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games.
- Celtics are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
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OU TRENDS
| Cleveland |
- Over is 7-1 in Cavaliers last 8 games following a ATS loss.
- Under is 3-1-1 in Cavaliers last 5 Thursday games.
- Over is 12-4 in Cavaliers last 16 games following a straight up win.
- Under is 9-3 in Cavaliers last 12 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Over is 25-9-1 in Cavaliers last 35 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 14-6 in Cavaliers last 20 overall.
- Over is 25-11-1 in Cavaliers last 37 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 36-16-1 in Cavaliers last 53 vs. Eastern Conference.
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| Boston |
- Over is 8-1-1 in Celtics last 10 home games.
- Under is 5-1-1 in Celtics last 7 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Over is 8-2 in Celtics last 10 games following a straight up loss.
- Under is 6-2 in Celtics last 8 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Over is 5-2 in Celtics last 7 Thursday games.
- Over is 7-3 in Celtics last 10 Conference Finals games.
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HEAD TO HEAD
- Under is 7-1 in the last 8 meetings in Boston.
- Cavaliers are 6-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Boston.
- Road team is 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
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