Boston (0-2) at Cleveland (2-0)
When: Sunday, May 21st 2017
Where: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
Time: 8:35 ET | TV: TNT
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The Boston Celtics will look to rebound from their worst home playoff loss in their storied history when they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game 3 of their Eastern Conference finals series. LeBron James scored 30 points, Kevin Love added 21 and 12 rebounds, and the visiting Cavaliers steamrolled the Celtics 130-86 on Friday to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven series. Cleveland tied an NBA record with their 13th straight playoff victory and are 10-0 this postseason. Cleveland led by 14 points after one quarter, by a record 41 at half, and by 46 after three. Kyrie Irving rebounded from a poor performance in Game 1 and poured in 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting. The benches for both teams received a lot of minutes starting in the fourth quarter and Richard Jefferson led the Cleveland reserves with 10 points and five rebounds in 19 minutes of action. James isn’t among the three finalists for NBA MVP honors for the first time since 2008 but he has been unstoppable in the playoffs with averages of 34.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 7.1 assists. James has scored 30 points in eight consecutive playoff games, the top streak since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had nine straight 30-point efforts in the 1970 postseason for the Milwaukee Bucks.
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The Celtics played the second half without their star Isaiah Thomas because of a strained right hip, but by that point, Boston had gone to their bench as well. Thomas had just two points on 0-for-6 shooting before exiting the game. Thomas’ play has dropped over the past week and it turns out the hip was examined after Game 6 of the second-round series against the Washington Wizards, but Boston players are hopeful he will be ready for Game 3. Rookie backup SF Jaylen Brown has been a bright spot for Boston by averaging 14.5 points on 12-of-18 shooting in the first two games. By halftime, the Celtics had their heads down wondering what had just happened. “It’s hard to take,” center Al Horford told reporters. “We’ve worked really hard and put ourselves in this position to be here. It’s been tough for our group. (Game 2) was real rough, there’s no other way to put it. It’s definitely a low point for our group.” Horford has scored 11 points in each of the first two games after averaging 18.0 in the final three games of the Washington series.
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I’m getting burned by taking the underdogs in these Cleveland and Golden State games. The Cavaliers are clearly headed to the Finals once again and with Thomas banged-up, look for this to be another route.
Pick: Cavaliers -14.5
ATS TRENDS
| Boston |
- Celtics are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games.
- Celtics are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Celtics are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games following a straight up loss of more than 10 points.
- Celtics are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games overall.
- Celtics are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Celtics are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Conference Finals games.
- Celtics are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games after allowing more than 125 points in their previous game.
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| Cleveland |
- Cavaliers are 7-0-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a straight up win.
- Cavaliers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 Conference Finals games.
- Cavaliers are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Cavaliers are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS win.
- Cavaliers are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
- Cavaliers are 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 games following a straight up win of more than 10 points.
- Cavaliers are 7-0-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall.
- Cavaliers are 7-0-1 ATS in their last 8 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Cavaliers are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 vs. NBA Atlantic.
- Cavaliers are 6-0-1 ATS in their last 7 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Cavaliers are 7-0-1 ATS in their last 8 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Cavaliers are 5-2-2 ATS in their last 9 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Cavaliers are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 home games following a road trip of 7 or more days.
- Cavaliers are 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games.
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OU TRENDS
| Boston |
- Under is 6-1-1 in Celtics last 8 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
- Under is 5-1 in Celtics last 6 road games.
- Under is 5-1 in Celtics last 6 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Under is 5-1 in Celtics last 6 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Over is 7-2 in Celtics last 9 games after allowing more than 125 points in their previous game.
- Over is 7-2 in Celtics last 9 games following a straight up loss.
- Over is 6-2 in Celtics last 8 Conference Finals games.
- Under is 5-2 in Celtics last 7 games following a double-digit loss at home.
- Over is 5-2 in Celtics last 7 Sunday games.
- Over is 5-2-1 in Celtics last 8 games following a ATS loss.
- Under is 11-5 in Celtics last 16 vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
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| Cleveland |
- Over is 6-0 in Cavaliers last 6 home games following a road trip of 7 or more days.
- Over is 4-0 in Cavaliers last 4 home games.
- Over is 4-1 in Cavaliers last 5 games after scoring more than 125 points in their previous game.
- Over is 24-8-1 in Cavaliers last 33 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 11-4 in Cavaliers last 15 games following a straight up win.
- Over is 13-5 in Cavaliers last 18 overall.
- Over is 24-10-1 in Cavaliers last 35 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Over is 7-3 in Cavaliers last 10 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Over is 35-15-1 in Cavaliers last 51 vs. Eastern Conference.
- Over is 13-6-1 in Cavaliers last 20 vs. NBA Atlantic.
- Under is 81-38-3 in Cavaliers last 122 Sunday games.
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HEAD TO HEAD
- Celtics are 3-1-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Cleveland.
- Favorite is 3-1-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
- Under is 11-5 in the last 16 meetings.
- Celtics are 1-3-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
- Road team is 9-2-1 ATS in the last 12 meetings.
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