Best NBA Bets for Celtics vs Cavaliers and Knicks vs Raptors
Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Analysis
The league’s most impressive team this season, the Cleveland Cavaliers, has caught the eye of one of our BetUS hoops handicappers, Sean, and he is enthusiastically including them as one of his NBA picks and predictions on Tuesday night.
These two Eastern Conference powerhouses have split the season series, but it should be noted that the Cavs not only covered in both of those contests, including their latest clash, a 115-111 victory on December 1st as 1 1⁄2 point home chalk but also in their last four meetings against the Green.
Cleveland has won their last three straight games at home and boasts a league-leading 24-3 SU mark at Rocket Mortgage Arena. Caris LeVert returns for his second game back after being on the shelf with a wrist injury and will give the Cavs much-needed depth against the reigning world champs.
Here’s the linchpin of why the Cavs should be included in one of your NBA picks today. While the Celtics exhausted every inch of energy rallying from 26 points to defeat the 76ers, 118-110, on Sunday, the Cavaliers were busy setting a franchise record of knocking down 26 three-point shots in a blistering 144-101 win over the Mavericks.
The Cavs have serious mojo entering this Eastern Conference showdown and didn’t have to travel, as this is their third consecutive home game, while the C’s had to hop a plane for their third straight road game and prepare to face the best after barely edging one of the worst in Philadelphia just two days ago.
Back the Cavs on Tuesday night.
Pick: Cavaliers -1 (-110)
New York Knicks vs Toronto Raptors Betting Analysis
It’s always a confidence booster when two of our BetUS cappers align on the same side of a game, and that’s precisely what’s happening here as Alex and Sean have both identified the Raptors as one of their NBA expert picks on Tuesday night.
If you’re a handicapper who clings to trends, then the fact that the Knicks have defeated the Raptors in all three games this season, covering in two, may be a bit of a wet blanket as far as betting the road dog here.
However, what we should be focused on is that New York is playing the second leg of back-to-back games tonight after having to rally from an 11-point deficit entering the fourth quarter in a hard-fought 124-118 win over the Rockets on Monday night.
