Celtics Vs Heat Eastern Finals NBA Betting Preview
The Boston Celtics enter a decisive Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat as 8-point favorites. The playoff matchup on Thursday starts at 8:30 PM ET on TNT from TD Garden. The Heat are ahead in the series 3-1. The matchup’s point total is set at 215.5.
Celtics Vs Heat Betting Odds
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Injury Report as of May 24
Celtics: None
Heat: Victor Oladipo: Out (Knee), Tyler Herro: Out (Hand)
Computer Picks
Predictions are calculated by a data-driven algorithm (raw power score) that ranks head-to-head matchup results within a closed network of games. Prediction confidence is determined by the delta between each team’s raw power score.
Celtics Vs Heat Stat Rankings
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Betting Trends
- Against the spread, the Celtics are 45-36-1 this year.
- As 8-point favorites or more, Boston is 17-15 against the spread.
- There have been 39 Celtics games (out of 82) that went over the total this season.
- Boston and its opponent have broken the 215.5-point mark 62 times this year.
- The total for this game is 215.5, 13.9 points fewer than the average total in Celtics games thus far this season.
- The Heat have 30 wins in 82 games against the spread this year.
- As a 8-point underdog or greater, Miami has one win ATS (1-1) this year.
- Out of 82 Heat games so far this season, 41 have hit the over.
- So far this season, 49 Miami’s games have featured over 215.5 points scored.
- The average total points scored in Heat games this year (215.5) is 3.8 points higher than the total for this matchup.
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