Betting Update – NBA Who is Hot and Who Is Not
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Boston still holds the early 2-1 series lead against Cleveland heading into Monday night’s Game 4 and Golden State just took the 2-1 series lead on Houston with Sunday’s win at home. The prevailing theme of this season’s best-of-seven conference finals is making the most of home court advantage.
Celtics Stepped-Up, Got Stepped-On – Where is the Smart Money?
The Celtics won the first two games against Cleveland at home both straight-up and against the spread. They took the series opener 108-83 as slight one-point underdogs before beating the Cavaliers 107-94 in Game 2 with BetAnySports setting that matchup as a PICK. No team in this year’s playoffs have been as hot as Boston when it comes to winning at home. It now has a perfect 9-0 record both SU and ATS through its first nine postseason games at TD Garden. The total has gone OVER in six of those nine games.
Rockets Embarrassed Can they make it A Series?
Cleveland comes into Game 4 of this series as a 6.5-point favorite at home with the total set at 206.5 points. The Cavaliers cut the series deficit to one game with Saturday’s 116-86 victory as 6.5-point home favorites. They are now 6-1 SU in seven previous home games this postseason while going just 2-5 ATS. The total has stayed UNDER in five of those seven games. Game 5 of this series back in Boston is set for Wednesday night in an 8:30 p.m. tip on ESPN.
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The Western Conference Finals move to Game 4 this Tuesday night in a scheduled 9 p.m. start on TNT. The top-seeded Houston Rockets salvaged a split at home in the first two games with a 127-105 victory in Game 2 as two-point favorites after dropping the series opener 119-106 as 2.5-point favorites on many sportsbooks closing line. Houston moved to 6-2 SU at home in the playoffs with that split. It is an even 4-4 ATS in those eight games with the total evenly split 4-4 as well.
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Golden State made the most of a switch in venues in this series with a lopsided 126-85 victory in Sunday’s Game 3 as a 7.5-point home favorite with online Bookies. The Warriors have been opened as 8.5-point favorites at home for Game 4. They are a perfect 7-0 SU at home this postseason with a 4-3 record ATS. The total is set at 223 for Tuesday night’s contest and it has stayed UNDER in seven of their previous 10 games.
