It’s night 7 of the 2017/18 NBA Playoffs, here are our NBA tips 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 @ Indiana
- Eastern Conference – Game 3
- Series Tied 1-1
H2H Trends –
Under is 4-0-1 in the last 5 meetings.
Cleveland are 5-15-1 ATS in the last 21 meetings.
Cleveland are 3-8-1 ATS in the last 12 meetings in Indiana.
Season Series –
| GAME 2 | Cleveland | Indiana | 100 : 97 |
| GAME 1 | Cleveland | Indiana | 80 : 98 |
| 27.01.18 | Cleveland | Indiana | 115 : 108 |
| 13.01.18 | Indiana | Cleveland | 97 : 95 |
| 09.12.17 | Indiana | Cleveland | 106 : 102 |
| 02.11.17 | Cleveland | Indiana | 107 : 124 |
Win/Loss
| TEAM | W | L | HOME | AWAY |
| Cleveland | 50 | 32 | 29-12 | 21-20 |
| Indiana | 48 | 34 | 27-14 | 21-20 |
Season Points +/-
| TEAM | PPG | OPP PPG | DIFF |
| Cleveland | 110.9 | 109.9 | +0.9 |
| Indiana | 105.6 | 104.2 | +1.4 |
Picks against the spread
| Spread | O/U Points | Result |
| Indiana | Under | Indiana |
| +1.0 | 209.5 | 92-90 |
The Cavs ran out to an early 15 point lead in Game 2, before making it hard for themselves in the second half, holding on for a 100-97 win, LeBron with 46 points.
This is a tough one, and the Cavs will need LeBron to engage beast mode again to take this one out in Indiana.
Indiana missed 16 of their 22 three-point attempts and shot 53 percent from the field and if they should shoot a little better from long range in this on, we’ll be confident to take them at the line.
Unders best.
Best Bet = Indiana WIN
Toronto @ Washington
- Eastern Conference – Game 3
- Toronto Lead Series 2-0
H2H Trends
Toronto are 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Washington.
Toronto are 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
Season Series
| GAME 1 | Toronto | Washington | 130 : 119 |
| GAME 2 | Toronto | Washington | 114 : 106 |
| 03.03.18 | Washington | Toronto | 95 : 102 |
| 02.02.18 | Washington | Toronto | 122 : 119 |
| 20.11.17 | Toronto | Washington | 100 : 91 |
| 06.11.17 | Toronto | Washington | 96 : 107 |
Win/Loss
| TEAM | W | L | HOME | AWAY |
| Toronto | 59 | 23 | 34-7 | 25-16 |
| Washington | 43 | 39 | 23-18 | 20-21 |
Season Points +/-
| TEAM | PPG | OPP PPG | DIFF |
| Toronto | 111.7 | 103.9 | +7.8 |
| Washington | 106.6 | 106.0 | +0.6 |
Picks against the spread
| Spread | O/U Points | Result |
| Toronto | Over | |
| +2.0 | 218.0 |
DeRozan went off in Game 2 with 14 of 23 and 37 points after a disappointing outing in Game 1, with big man Valanciunas outplaying the Wizard’s big men on his way to 19 points and 14 rebounds.
With the traffic cone like defense that leader John Wall and a few others have been bringing to the table we don’t have a lot of confidence in the Wizards.
Raptors at the line best.
Best Bet = Toronto +2.0
Boston @ Milwaukee
- Eastern Conference – Game 3
- Boston Lead 2-0
H2H Trends –
Over is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
Boston are 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
Boston are 7-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings in Milwaukee.
Season Series
| GAME 2 | Boston | Milwaukee | 120 : 106 |
| GAME 1 | Boston | Milwaukee | 113 : 107 (99 : 99) |
| 04.04.18 | Milwaukee | Boston | 106 : 102 |
| 05.12.17 | Boston | Milwaukee | 111 : 100 |
| 27.10.17 | Milwaukee | Boston | 89 : 96 |
| 19.10.17 | Boston | Milwaukee | 100 : 108 |
Win/Loss
| TEAM | W | L | HOME | AWAY |
| Boston | 55 | 27 | 27-14 | 28-13 |
| Milwaukee | 44 | 38 | 25-16 | 19-22 |
Season Points +/-
| TEAM | PPG | OPP PPG | DIFF |
| Boston | 104.0 | 100.4 | +3.6 |
| Milwaukee | 106.5 | 106.8 | -0.3 |
Picks against the spread
| Spread | O/U Points | Result |
| Boston | Over | |
| +6.5 | 203.5 |
The 7th seed Bucks won 25 of their 41 home games during the regular season and will need every inch of that home court advantage to draw back from their 0-2 start to the series.
Terry Rozier, filling in Kyrie’s spot in the starting lineup scored 23 points in the first two games, however not everybody seems to have taken notice, with Eric Bledsoe stating that “he doesn’t know who Terry Rozier is”.
He’d want to start taking notice, because if Rozier can spark the Celtics like he did over the first two games, it could be an 0-3 start for the Buck and lights out.
Not a lot of faith in either at the Moneyline, overs are best.
Best Bet = Boston +6.5
