Tomorrow, we have the Nuggets vs. Lakers game 2.
The spread is -5.5 in favor of the home team, with a total of 227 points.
Last time, it resulted in a push as the Nuggets were -6 during game time. However, this time, I don't think the line will move, so it's better to choose our sides now. I'm thinking the Nuggets will still win at home and might cover the spread. I know the Lakers were able to find a solution to their problem in the second half of game 1, but I'm also confident that the Nuggets will make adjustments.
Regarding the total score, I'm going under.
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Playoffs Jimmy Butler was at it again, and today it was against the Boston Celtics, the team that eliminated the Heat last, in the finals, so taking game one at the TD Garden is quite very advantageous to the Heat, If the Heat can defend their home court and get the 2 wins they'll play on home court, then that be theirs first step towards the regardless of what happens in the conference final, I definitely they'd stand more than a decent chance against either of them, if they can see off the Boston Celtics, but it's rather just too early to make any form of concrete assertions.
Cheat mode activated with playoff Butler, taking control in the 2nd half we witness how he really influenced his teammates. I like the
way he takes charge as he's finding the right plays, either taking a shot or passing the ball.
Though not just him but the whole squad, they are all bringing everything to win the game. Boston needs the right adjustments not to allow Jimmy
to take that control.
His passing skills are exceptional. I like Butler because he does not force the issue. In Game 1, we again witnessed the long pass from Kevin Love that led to an easy 2 points. There are a lot of things that the Celtics will have to keep in mind when they are playing the Heat, as they are very unpredictable. If they cannot attack inside, they will shoot outside, and their shooting percentage is quite high.
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Too early to conclude these series, Boston still has the winning chance as we also know them in terms of good adjustments.
I agree with you because, until now, they are still the favorites to win. However, if they lose in Game 2, then I guess it might be over for them.
Playoffs Jimmy Butler was at it again, and today it was against the Boston Celtics, the team that eliminated the Heat last, in the finals, so taking game one at the TD Garden is quite very advantageous to the Heat, If the Heat can defend their home court and get the 2 wins they'll play on home court, then that be theirs first step towards the regardless of what happens in the conference final, I definitely they'd stand more than a decent chance against either of them, if they can see off the Boston Celtics, but it's rather just too early to make any form of concrete assertions.
Cheat mode activated with playoff Butler, taking control in the 2nd half we witness how he really influenced his teammates. I like the
way he takes charge as he's finding the right plays, either taking a shot or passing the ball.
Though not just him but the whole squad, they are all bringing everything to win the game. Boston needs the right adjustments not to allow Jimmy
to take that control.
Too early to conclude these series, Boston still has the winning chance as we also know them in terms of good adjustments.
Playoffs Jimmy Butler was at it again, and today it was against the Boston Celtics, the team that eliminated the Heat last, in the finals, so taking game one at the TD Garden is quite very advantageous to the Heat, If the Heat can defend their home court and get the 2 wins they'll play on home court, then that be theirs first step towards the regardless of what happens in the conference final, I definitely they'd stand more than a decent chance against either of them, if they can see off the Boston Celtics, but it's rather just too early to make any form of concrete assertions.
Boston only shot 34% compared to the impressive 52% shooting from the Heat.[/b]
That's a huge advantage for the Heat in that area. If I'm not mistaken, the Heat are not ranked in the top 10 in terms of best percentage on 3-point shooting. However, when Tyler Herro got injured, players like Vincent, Strus, and Martin were given significant minutes. Not only are they good defenders, but they are also great 3-point shooters, which allowed the Heat to spread the floor very effectively.
I heard from the announcers during the game that these three players were undrafted, so I'm impressed with the way they played and how the Heat have trained their players to be very competitive. It must be the Heat culture that has contributed to their development.
Celtics should find a way how they will make Jayson Tatum open. He should not hide as the offensive player of the team, demand the ball, lead the team, and create space for everyone.
Tatum did great actually, scoring 30 points in this game, and his shooting percentage was acceptable. I think the problem lies in the Celtics' lack of ball movement and defensive weaknesses. We saw how well the Heat played defensively, with everyone contributing and being on the same page. In terms of statistics, the main difference was in the 3-point shooting, as Boston only shot 34% compared to the impressive 52% shooting from the Heat.
I got in late but Bet the Heat+8.5 for second half and Heat over 51.5 total for 2nd half. Both looking good currently since Miami came out on fore and scored 46 points in the 3rd quarter. Never would have thought that turnaround was going to happen at all.
That's a win. Every + for the Miami Heat is a win tonight. Nice catch there and Congratulations. @morvillz7z congrats on the props.
Admire your guts mate, although it was a good first quarter for them, the Celtics have built a good momentum in the 2nd quarter.
And my instincts were right. 11 point lead by Celtics was gone in the third quarter. Every Heat player offers their contribution to the team. Adebayo, Lowry, Struss, Love, and especially Jimmy Buckets Butler. That man is a damn thief. Bad man! 
6 steals!They just played the same high level of defensive aggressiveness, that's all they did the whole postseason and it's still working so nothing needs to be changed yet.
Perfect bets.
Celtics should find a way how they will make Jayson Tatum open. He should not hide as the offensive player of the team, demand the ball, lead the team, and create space for everyone.
I got in late but Bet the Heat+8.5 for second half and Heat over 51.5 total for 2nd half. Both looking good currently since Miami came out on fore and scored 46 points in the 3rd quarter. Never would have thought that turnaround was going to happen at all.
No one is taking the Miami Heat ML? Fine. I will take it. @4.00
I trust them to put on a great display of defensive awareness against the Boston Celtics. There's no doubt this will be a difficult feat for them against two offensive players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and then there's Malcolm Brogdon who had been phenomenal as their 6th man.
When it comes to offense for the Heat, Butler, and Adebayo must be aggressive on the paint if they want to answer back if the Celtics will score.
Let's go! Take Game 1 Jimmy Buckets!
Good luck everyone.
Admire your guts mate, although it was a good first quarter for them, the Celtics have built a good momentum in the 2nd quarter. @4.00I trust them to put on a great display of defensive awareness against the Boston Celtics. There's no doubt this will be a difficult feat for them against two offensive players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and then there's Malcolm Brogdon who had been phenomenal as their 6th man.
When it comes to offense for the Heat, Butler, and Adebayo must be aggressive on the paint if they want to answer back if the Celtics will score.
Let's go! Take Game 1 Jimmy Buckets!
Good luck everyone.
So I'm talking the -6.5, still good odds at 1.80 during the half-time. And just what you have said, the trio of Butler, Adebayo and Lowly might make this game very close. But I'm leaning towards the Celtics because they have the depth and have for me the best duo in Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
And just like that, the game is already tied. As expected, Miami had a great run in the 3rd quarter, and it's shaping up to be a close game heading into the fourth quarter. It seems like the Celtics might be overrated, as Miami is showing a good chance of winning on the road.
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Plus I read from interviews that Brogdon says that he will play hard against the Heat and yes, so far 29 minutes with 12 points.
This guy always plays hard, and there's no question about his contribution to the success of the Celtics so far.
No one is taking the Miami Heat ML? Fine. I will take it. @4.00
I trust them to put on a great display of defensive awareness against the Boston Celtics. There's no doubt this will be a difficult feat for them against two offensive players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and then there's Malcolm Brogdon who had been phenomenal as their 6th man.
When it comes to offense for the Heat, Butler, and Adebayo must be aggressive on the paint if they want to answer back if the Celtics will score.
Let's go! Take Game 1 Jimmy Buckets!
Good luck everyone.
Admire your guts mate, although it was a good first quarter for them, the Celtics have built a good momentum in the 2nd quarter. @4.00I trust them to put on a great display of defensive awareness against the Boston Celtics. There's no doubt this will be a difficult feat for them against two offensive players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and then there's Malcolm Brogdon who had been phenomenal as their 6th man.
When it comes to offense for the Heat, Butler, and Adebayo must be aggressive on the paint if they want to answer back if the Celtics will score.
Let's go! Take Game 1 Jimmy Buckets!
Good luck everyone.
So I'm talking the -6.5, still good odds at 1.80 during the half-time. And just what you have said, the trio of Butler, Adebayo and Lowly might make this game very close. But I'm leaning towards the Celtics because they have the depth and have for me the best duo in Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
Plus I read from interviews that Brogdon says that he will play hard against the Heat and yes, so far 29 minutes with 12 points.
No one is taking the Miami Heat ML? Fine. I will take it. @4.00
I trust them to put on a great display of defensive awareness against the Boston Celtics. There's no doubt this will be a difficult feat for them against two offensive players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and then there's Malcolm Brogdon who had been phenomenal as their 6th man.
When it comes to offense for the Heat, Butler, and Adebayo must be aggressive on the paint if they want to answer back if the Celtics will score.
Let's go! Take Game 1 Jimmy Buckets!
Good luck everyone.
@4.00I trust them to put on a great display of defensive awareness against the Boston Celtics. There's no doubt this will be a difficult feat for them against two offensive players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and then there's Malcolm Brogdon who had been phenomenal as their 6th man.
When it comes to offense for the Heat, Butler, and Adebayo must be aggressive on the paint if they want to answer back if the Celtics will score.
Let's go! Take Game 1 Jimmy Buckets!
Good luck everyone.
I'd like to share some thoughts about the game. Personally, I'm considering betting on the Heat. They have a history of surprising as underdogs, so at the moment (though I haven't made a decision yet), I'm leaning towards taking the Heat +7.5 on the spread and considering the moneyline as well. What are your thoughts?
I'm leaning on the Heat spread as well, as I think they can easily cover 8 points since they can thrive in the second half, and it's not easy to trust the Celtics in covering the spread if you've watched their home games previously.I'll skip the spread on this game and instead go with the over 210.5 because the total seems too low, and all of their meetings (in Boston) during the regular season have gone over.
+8 seemed very attractive to me, and I don't think it's a trap because the Heat have consistently been underdogs against teams with a good standing, especially in the first round. So, the Heat should be no different from the Bucks, and the spread now feels like a 50/50 situation. Of course, bookies know their job well, and they won't make it easy for bettors to win, but I still favor the Heat +8.
I'd like to share some thoughts about the game. Personally, I'm considering betting on the Heat. They have a history of surprising as underdogs, so at the moment (though I haven't made a decision yet), I'm leaning towards taking the Heat +7.5 on the spread and considering the moneyline as well. What are your thoughts?
I'm leaning on the Heat spread as well, as I think they can easily cover 8 points since they can thrive in the second half, and it's not easy to trust the Celtics in covering the spread if you've watched their home games previously.I'll skip the spread on this game and instead go with the over 210.5 because the total seems too low, and all of their meetings (in Boston) during the regular season have gone over.
So I just rolled the money that I won with my Nuggets beat, it was just ML though, so it's not a big win, at 1.4x but I will take it. But my strategy is to just roll it with the Boston Celtics beat at -7.5 against the Heat game 1 in their series.
I agree with @ morvillz7z, it's a hard read games that involved Miami Heat, someone they will just show themselves whether in road or home games. But I think the Celtics has the advantage in this game 1 and probably just like the Nuggets, will feed from the energy of the home crowd to take a good lead and then hold on for maybe a double digit winning.
So best of luck, just one hour to go before game 1.
I agree with @ morvillz7z, it's a hard read games that involved Miami Heat, someone they will just show themselves whether in road or home games. But I think the Celtics has the advantage in this game 1 and probably just like the Nuggets, will feed from the energy of the home crowd to take a good lead and then hold on for maybe a double digit winning.
So best of luck, just one hour to go before game 1.
∆ J. Butler 20+ points / J. Butler 1+ steals / A. Horford @1.75 ∆ won
I cannot seem to get any bets to hit whenever the Heat are involved, it's either a bad beat or some awful read on my part. I'm trying to unjinx myself here...lol
I don't see anyone on the Heat roster taking more shots than Butler in this series. He's had a great playoff run thus far, with two stellar opening game 1 performance vs Bucks and Knicks, avg. 60 points (35 and 25). The Heat won both of those game 1s, and they will try to sucker punch the Celtics and steal home court (whether they will succeed is another question). I also like Butler to get at least one steal, 5 total steals in those two games 1s, avg. 1.7 steals in the playoffs, he's hit the line in 7/L10 (had at least one steal in each of the two regular season games he's played against the Celtics).
I've got Horford at 2 assists today, something he has done in 12/L13 postseason games. Horford has been struggling with his shot recently, as he has nearly three times as many assists as FGs made in the last three games. He's a good passer, so two shouldn't be a problem.
I cannot seem to get any bets to hit whenever the Heat are involved, it's either a bad beat or some awful read on my part. I'm trying to unjinx myself here...lol
I don't see anyone on the Heat roster taking more shots than Butler in this series. He's had a great playoff run thus far, with two stellar opening game 1 performance vs Bucks and Knicks, avg. 60 points (35 and 25). The Heat won both of those game 1s, and they will try to sucker punch the Celtics and steal home court (whether they will succeed is another question). I also like Butler to get at least one steal, 5 total steals in those two games 1s, avg. 1.7 steals in the playoffs, he's hit the line in 7/L10 (had at least one steal in each of the two regular season games he's played against the Celtics).
I've got Horford at 2 assists today, something he has done in 12/L13 postseason games. Horford has been struggling with his shot recently, as he has nearly three times as many assists as FGs made in the last three games. He's a good passer, so two shouldn't be a problem.
Here's the updated Lakers vs Nuggets series odds.
You see the betting odds for the Lakers? They are quite high, offering a significant payout if they end up winning the series.
This presents another opportunity for those who have confidence in the Lakers, especially since they are only down 1 game in the series.
Against the Memphis and the Warriors though, the Lakers haven't been down 0-1 as they both win game 1 in the road. But this time, not going to work against the Nuggets, although they made a good comeback and cut the lead to single digits with that Reaves back to back 3's, it's not enough though to win game 1 so the pressure right now for them is greater in the playoff to win at least a game in the road. You see the betting odds for the Lakers? They are quite high, offering a significant payout if they end up winning the series.
This presents another opportunity for those who have confidence in the Lakers, especially since they are only down 1 game in the series.
So it's really hard to put a beat on team, although if you have them at +7.5 the last time, you might have won close to 2.x if I'm not mistaken.
This time around they had a terrible shooting at the start and even with that they still managed to lead, that is important because they had offensive rebounds like crazy. I believe that AD clamping down on Jokic made Jokic not that bad, but it caused Lakers rebounding a lot worse, normally AD would have gotten those rebounds if he wasn't marking Jokic so closely, and not like that worked, Jokic still had an unbelievable game.
I agree. The only reason it wasn't a blowout was because the Nuggets top players were all in foul trouble. They stayed on the court but had to play a little passive at the end. To the point that coach had to challenge a call just to get the foul call switch from Murray to jokic. That was a huge call since that would have been his fifth early in the fourth quarter. Think game 2 plays out the same but that's why they play them right?
Here's the updated Lakers vs Nuggets series odds.
You see the betting odds for the Lakers? They are quite high, offering a significant payout if they end up winning the series.
This presents another opportunity for those who have confidence in the Lakers, especially since they are only down 1 game in the series.
Against the Memphis and the Warriors though, the Lakers haven't been down 0-1 as they both win game 1 in the road. But this time, not going to work against the Nuggets, although they made a good comeback and cut the lead to single digits with that Reaves back to back 3's, it's not enough though to win game 1 so the pressure right now for them is greater in the playoff to win at least a game in the road. You see the betting odds for the Lakers? They are quite high, offering a significant payout if they end up winning the series.
This presents another opportunity for those who have confidence in the Lakers, especially since they are only down 1 game in the series.
So it's really hard to put a beat on team, although if you have them at +7.5 the last time, you might have won close to 2.x if I'm not mistaken.
This time around they had a terrible shooting at the start and even with that they still managed to lead, that is important because they had offensive rebounds like crazy. I believe that AD clamping down on Jokic made Jokic not that bad, but it caused Lakers rebounding a lot worse, normally AD would have gotten those rebounds if he wasn't marking Jokic so closely, and not like that worked, Jokic still had an unbelievable game.
Here's the updated Lakers vs Nuggets series odds.
You see the betting odds for the Lakers? They are quite high, offering a significant payout if they end up winning the series.
This presents another opportunity for those who have confidence in the Lakers, especially since they are only down 1 game in the series.
You see the betting odds for the Lakers? They are quite high, offering a significant payout if they end up winning the series.
This presents another opportunity for those who have confidence in the Lakers, especially since they are only down 1 game in the series.
Against the Memphis and the Warriors though, the Lakers haven't been down 0-1 as they both win game 1 in the road. But this time, not going to work against the Nuggets, although they made a good comeback and cut the lead to single digits with that Reaves back to back 3's, it's not enough though to win game 1 so the pressure right now for them is greater in the playoff to win at least a game in the road.
So it's really hard to put a beat on team, although if you have them at +7.5 the last time, you might have won close to 2.x if I'm not mistaken.
I looked at betting on the Boston Celtics to beat the Miami Heat in game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, but I was deterred by the odds. While I’m somewhat confident the Celtics will win game 1 at home, the risk/reward factor just didn’t merit betting. So I don’t have any skin in the game on this one, but I am expecting the Celtics to win at home.
For starters, the Boston Celtics does have a good advantage on the first two games because they are playing on their home and when they are on their home, their likelihood to win is indeed huge as their performance will be heavily boosted by their own fans plus Tatum can be so dangerous at home. But I cannot also deny that the Miami Heat offers a different outcome in the first game as they are very unpredictable and quite surprising in any given game.
While for their odds, as of now, the Miami Heat are boasting a 3.80 money line while the favorites are at 1.30 which is the Celtics. I reckon that this is a good opportunity for the Miami believers and I won't doubt if they jump at it right away.
I'd prefer to watch and bet this game in live because in situations like this, watching it will help me to analyze which team is suitable to bet on especially now that the favorite doesn't have any good odds on their side, even if we give them a higher spread, profits doesn't sound reasonable at all and it is more risky doing that knowing that the Miami Heat mainly Jimmy Butler can easily flip the table in their favor.
I looked at betting on the Boston Celtics to beat the Miami Heat in game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, but I was deterred by the odds. While I’m somewhat confident the Celtics will win game 1 at home, the risk/reward factor just didn’t merit betting. So I don’t have any skin in the game on this one, but I am expecting the Celtics to win at home.
For starters, the Boston Celtics does have a good advantage on the first two games because they are playing on their home and when they are on their home, their likelihood to win is indeed huge as their performance will be heavily boosted by their own fans plus Tatum can be so dangerous at home. But I cannot also deny that the Miami Heat offers a different outcome in the first game as they are very unpredictable and quite surprising in any given game.
While for their odds, as of now, the Miami Heat are boasting a 3.80 money line while the favorites are at 1.30 which is the Celtics. I reckon that this is a good opportunity for the Miami believers and I won't doubt if they jump at it right away.
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