Heat-Celtics Game 7 picks, best bets: How Boston can pull off historic comeback against Miami

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Now that we’re in the thick of the NBA playoffs, the basketball betting market is hotter than ever. CBS Sports will be providing daily picks for the duration of the postseason. Sam Quinn will make at least one pick for every game between now and the NBA Finals. All lines courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook.

Featured Game | Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat

We’ve covered this frequently: Game 7’s are low-scoring. The last 16 Game 7’s have averaged a total of 195.6 points. The Celtics have already played one Game 7 this postseason, and the total came in at 200 total points. The Heat are a worse offensive team than the Sixers were, and that doesn’t even account for the injuries that they’re dealing with. If you take one lesson from all of the picks we publish every postseason, it should be this: take Game 7 unders. The Pick: Under 203

Game 7’s may be low-scoring… but are they close? We’ve had five of them in the past two seasons. Four were decided by at least 20 points each. The fifth? Heat-Celtics… from a season ago… which came down to one Jimmy Butler 3-pointer. Miami and Boston just played an almost exact replica of that game on Saturday. Boston had a big fourth-quarter lead. Miami stormed back. The Heat missed a 3-pointer that could have swung the outcome (this time by Duncan Robinson). The Celtics ultimately broke Miami’s heart on a thrilling game-winning putback by Derrick White. But keep in mind that Games 4 and 5 were…

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Author : Sam Quinn

Publish date : 2023-05-29 01:10:51

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