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Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics Preview & Picks – Celtics To Clinch At Home In NBA Playoffs

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14 May 2024
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Leigh Copson 14 May 2024
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  • Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics picks for Wednesday, May 15
  • NBA Playoffs game is taking place at TD Garden
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Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics Preview & Picks

Boston are tipped to cover as they wrap up this series at home.

The Celtics have been a reliable double digit favorite, and they could be facing a banged up and potentially short-handed Cavs team.

  • Boston Celtics are 5-2-0 ATS in their last 7 games
  • Boston Celtics are 4-1-0 ATS as a double digit favorite in the 2024 playoffs
  • Cleveland Cavaliers are 1-4-0 ATS on the road in the 2024 playoffs
  • 6 of the 7 meetings this season have produced over 206.0 total points

Head To Head

  • Boston Celtics lead the all-time series 164-102
  • Boston Celtics lead this NBA Playoffs series 3-1
  • Boston Celtics won 109-102 when the two teams last met on May 13

Cleveland Cavaliers Form

Cleveland head to Boston knowing that one more defeat in this series will bring an end to their season.

The Cavaliers, who went 48-34 in the regular season, needed seven games to get past Orlando in the first round.

The team playing at home won all seven games during that series, with Cleveland wrapping things up with a 106-94 victory at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.

Cleveland now require another seven-game series after they failed to build on a 118-94 win in Boston, which came on the back of a 120-95 loss in Game 1.

The Cavaliers lost their first two home games of the series, 106-93 and 109-102, and now trail 3-1 as they head back to the TD Garden.

Boston Celtics Form

Boston return home with an opportunity to clinch this series and book their place in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

The Celtics, who compiled a league-best 64-18 record, overcame a lacklustre Game 2 showing to beat Miami 4-1 in the first round.

They opened the series with a 114-94 win at home, and then responded to a 110-101 defeat with 104-84 and 102-88 victories on the road, and a series-sealing 118-84 win at home.

Boston took the opening game of this series with Cleveland, 120-95, only to again slip up in the second game of a series, this time losing 118-94 to the Cavaliers.

But just like in the previous round the Celtics responded on the road, taking control of the series with 106-93 and 109-102 victories on the road.

Verdict

Boston have taken control of the series and are now backed to wrap things up at home.

They have been a reliable double digit favorite in the postseason so far, and Cleveland’s road record in the 2024 playoffs is ugly.

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