Tuesday night will be Game 3 of the NBA Finals betting with the Lakers and the Boston Celtics. Since the finals are a 2-3-2 format, it will be the first of 3 straight games in Boston. The teams split their first two games in Los Angeles with the Lakers winning effortlessly in Match 1 while the Celts rebounded behind Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo on Match 2. On Tuesday night, in a match that can be seen on ABC, the series lead will be at stake.
With a total of 192.5 at SBG Global, Boston is a 2.5 point favorite.
Allen and Rondo carried the Celts on Sunday in their 103-94 win. The Lakers were suffering from foul trouble and they basically could not stop Allen or Rondo. The Celts got an NBA Finals probabilities record eight three-pointers from Allen in the Game 2 win and they needed them. Kevin Garnett was unseen again and Paul Pierce isn’t the player he used to be. The Celts won thanks to Allen’s shooting and Rondo’s all around match and considering Kobe Bryant and several of the other Lakers were in foul trouble all night. Now the series switches to Boston where the Celts have been very good throughout the playoffs after struggling throughout the regular season.
Here are Tuesday night’s NBA betting stats. In their previous 5 NBA Championship games, the Lakers are 4-1 ATS. The Lakers are 4-1 ATS in their previous 5 games as a road underdog. In the previous 6 meetings in Boston, the Lakers are 1-4-1 ATS. The underdog is 3-1-1 ATS in the previous 5 matches between the two teams and the road team is 3-1-1 ATS in the previous 5 matches.
The Celts are 4- ATS in their previous four Tuesday games. In their previous 8 NBA Tournament games, the Celts are 7-1 ATS. The Celtics are 4-1 ATS in their previous 5 home games. The Celts are 6-2 ATS in their previous 8 playoff games as a favorite.
The Over is 8-2-2 in the Los Angeles Lakers previous 12 in total. The Over is 6-2-1 in the Los Angeles Lakers previous 9 road games. The Over is 3–1 in the Celts previous 4 NBA Tournament games. The Under is 5-2 in the Celts previous seven Tuesday games.
The Celts and the Lakers have met 11 times previous to this, with the Celts taking it 9 of those meetings. The Celts beat the Lakers in a series that went 4-2 in their latest win in 2008. After that win, Boston Celtics enthusiasts famously pelted the Lakers bus with rocks. Now, Boston ought to be a pretty inhospitable place for the Lakers to find themselves playing in the next 3 games. They won’t be going back to Los Angeles if Boston manages to take those 3 games. And since the Celts are going to have home court edge and history on their side, that’s a chance. It’s not a substantial one, but don’t say that to the Boston Celts’ Paul Pierce. In the last moments of their Game 2 win, he shouted “We ain’t coming back to LA!”
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