Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics NBA Picks Review
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The Boston Celtics host the Cleveland Cavaliers in a clash of division leaders on TNT at 8 PM.
The Cavs have struggled a little after the All Star break, but picked up an important win over New Orleans on Tuesday.
Cleveland’s struggles can be largely attributed to poor defense as they’ve been letting opponents get too many easy baskets.
Boston may not be one of the elite teams in the East any more, but they seem to have put their struggles behind them winning three of five on a recent road trip before picking up a home win against the Knicks.
They’ll be without Paul Pierce which should hurt their defensive game a bit.
The NBA line has the visiting Cavaliers (-135) as 2.5-point favorites over Celtics (+115) with a total of 193 at betED.
Without a strong defender like Pierce and with more minutes going to Robinson who doesn’t do defense so much, over looks like the wise play.
Cleveland has struggled in big games recently, so go with the home team.
Boston is going to struggle to stop Cleveland without Pierce while Cleveland has covered in 8 of the last 10 head-to-head matchup.
Same as The Onlinewire. Boston won’t be able to stop LeBron and crew without Pierce. Mo Williams will have a big game against the risk-taking Rajon Rondo.
The Cavs are playing poor defense while beating up on weaker Eastern Conference teams while Boston is 9-0 SU at home vs the Cavs.
