It’s night 20 of the 2017/18 NBA Playoffs, here are our NBA picks for tonight’s games.
*Original betting lines and lineups taken game morning, adjust accordingly.
The original lines for each game are taken a couple of hours prior to the tip-off, so adjust your picks accordingly should a line change.
Tonight’s NBA Playoff Picks
Cleveland @ Toronto
- Eastern Conference Semi Finals – Game 2
- Cleveland Lead Series 1-0
H2H Trends –
Cleveland are 6-1-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
Cleveland are 5-1-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Toronto.
Over is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
Season Series –
| GAME 1 | Toronto | Cleveland | 112 : 113 (105 : 105) |
| 04.04.18 | Cleveland | Toronto | 112 : 106 |
| 22.03.18 | Cleveland | Toronto | 132 : 129 |
| 12.01.18 | Toronto | Cleveland | 133 : 99 |
Win/Loss
| TEAM | W | L | HOME | AWAY |
| Toronto | 59 | 23 | 34-7 | 25-16 |
| Cleveland | 50 | 32 | 29-12 | 21-20 |
Season Points +/-
| TEAM | PPG | OPP PPG | DIFF |
| Toronto | 111.7 | 103.9 | +7.8 |
| Cleveland | 110.9 | 109.9 | +0.9 |
Picks Against The Spread
| Spread | O/U Points | Result |
| Toronto | Over | Cleveland |
| -6.5 | 212.5 | 128-110 |
Cleveland caused a big upset in Game 1 as +6.0 underdogs, with the help provided to Lebron by Smith (20), Korver (19), Green (16) and Tristan Thompson (14) finally giving The King some backup.
The Cavs hoodoo over the Raptors continued and you’d have to be certain at this point that Toronto are battling their own demons with a horror regular season and Playoff history against Cleveland in recent times.
The Raptors allowed the Cavs to slow down the tempo in Game 1 and will need to push the pace hard tonight to swing the state of play in their favor.
Like Toronto to pull one back tonight the Overs the best play, with 4-1 Over in the lst 5 meetings and Toronto expected to find 4th gear tonight.
Best Bet = Over 212.5
Philadelphia @ Boston
- Eastern Conference Semi-Final – Game 2
- Boston Lead Series – 1-0
H2H Trends –
Philadelphia are 1-4 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
Over is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings.
Over is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings in Boston.
Season Series –
| GAME 1 | Boston | Philadelphia | 117 : 101 |
| 19.01.18 | Boston | Philadelphia | 80 : 89 |
| 12.01.18 | Philadelphia | Boston | 103 : 114 |
| 01.12.17 | Boston | Philadelphia | 108 : 97 |
| 21.10.17 | Philadelphia | Boston | 92 : 102 |
Win/Loss
| TEAM | W | L | HOME | AWAY |
| Boston | 55 | 27 | 27-14 | 28-13 |
| Philadelphia | 52 | 30 | 30-11 | 22-19 |
Season Points +/-
| TEAM | PPG | OPP PPG | DIFF |
| Boston | 104.0 | 100.4 | +3.6 |
| Philadelphia | 109.8 | 105.3 | +4.5 |
Picks against the spread
| Spread | O/U Points | Result |
| Philadelphia | Over | Boston |
| -4.0 | 206.0 | 108-103 |
The punters expected the 76ers to roll into TD Garden and roll out with the W as -3.0 favorites, however the Celtics handed them their 2nd loss in 22 games, shooting 5 of 26 from three (19.2%) while Boston made 17 threes.
With Embiid a huge task for the Celtics, expect the floor to be spread with the sharp-shooters of Philly to find their mark in Game 2. We haven’t lost any faith in the 76ers after a rusty Game 1.
Overs also worth a look.
Best Bet = Over 206.0
