The Lakers and Boston Celtics will play Game 3 of the NBA Finals betting on Tuesday night. It will be the first of 3 straight matches in Boston since the finals are a 2-3-2 format. The teams divided their first two matches in LA with the Lakers winning easily in Game 1 while the Celtics bounced back behind Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo on Game 2. On Tuesday night, in a game that can be seen on ABC, the series lead will be at stake.
With a total of 192.five at SBG Global, Boston is a 2.five point fave.
Allen and Rondo carried the Celtics on Sunday in their 103-94 win. The Lakers were plagued by foul trouble and they simply could not stop Allen or Rondo. The Celtics got an NBA Finals odds record 8 three-pointers from Allen in the Game 2 win and they required them. Kevin Garnett was silent again and Paul Pierce is not the player he was once. The Celtics won because of Allen’s shooting and Rondo’s entire game and because Kobe Bryant and many of the other Lakers were in foul trouble all night. The Celtics have been quite good during the playoffs at home after battling during the regular season, and now the series moves to Boston.
Here are Tuesday night’s NBA betting stats. In their last five NBA Championship matches, the Lakers are 4-1 ATS. In their last five matches as a road underdog, the Lakers are 4-1 ATS. In the last six meetings in Boston, the Lakers are 1-4-1 ATS. The underdog is 3-1-1 ATS in the last five meetings between the two teams and the road team is 3-1-1 ATS in the last five meetings.
In their last 4 Tuesday matches, the Celtics are 4- ATS. The Celtics are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 NBA Tournament matches. In their last five home matches, the Celtics are 4-1 ATS. The Celtics are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 playoff matches as a fave.
The Over is 8-2-2 in the Los Angeles Lakers last 12 total. In the Lakers last 9 road matches, the over is 6-2-1. The Over is 3–1 in the Celtics last 4 NBA Tournament matches. The Under is 5-2 in the Celtics last seven Tuesday matches.
The Celtics and the Lakers have met 11 times before this, with the Celtics winning it 9 of those meetings. The Celtics defeated the Lakers in a series that went 4-2 in their most recent win in 2008. Celtics fanatics famously pelted the Lakers bus with rocks following that win. Now, Boston will be a pretty inhospitable place for the Lakers to find themselves playing in the next 3 matches. They won’t be going back to Los Angeles if Boston manages to take those 3 matches. And since the Celtics are going to have home court advantage and history on their side, that’s a possibility. It’s not a great one, but don’t say that to the Boston Celts’ Paul Pierce. He shouted “We ain’t coming back to LA!” in the last minutes of their Game 2 win.
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