Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Although the day will be dominated by the NFL, you won’t want to miss the NBA clash between the Boston Celtics (4-5) and the Indiana Pacers (7-3).
The game will tip off at 7:00 PM ET and the home-team Pacers are 3.5-point favorites after opening up at -2.
The total has also shifted and currently sits at 180 after debuting at 180.5.
The Pacers have won the last 2 head-to-head meetings between these teams, including an 87-74 win as 6-point road underdogs earlier this year.
Indiana will be the home team this time and they were 107-100 winners as 1.5-point underdogs the last time they hosted Boston.
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It might look like the Pacers are dominating this series at this point, but the Celtics were winners in the 5 previous matchups and covered in 4 straight before the 2 recent setbacks.
The under has been a great bet when these two teams meet up and has hit in 4 of the last 5 meetings.
In addition to the under historically being a winning wager, the total was also bet down because Indiana and Boston have combined to go under the total in 12 of their 19 games this season.
The Celtics love to slow the action down to a crawl while moving the ball around for an opening, while Indiana has just shot terribly for much of the year.
These teams both play great defense as well, so many are expecting this game to be a low-scoring affair.
The Pacers haven’t always been consistent this season, but they know how to win at home.
Indiana will be putting their 4-0 record at home on the year up against a Celtics team that has gone just 1-3 away from Boston.
Indiana’s 6-4 record against the spread odds best the 5-4 mark that the Celtics have amassed.
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