There are three Game 2s on tap for Tuesday's NBA Playoff action, and The Linemakers on Sporting News and our partners at AccuScore are in agreement on a pair of picks:
Celtics at Cavaliers (-11, 207), 7 p.m. ET, TNT
The Linemakers' lean: The Celtics were competitive throughout Sunday's game, barely missing the cover. We expect them to show some more fight tonight and for Cleveland to keep playing lackadaisical defense early in the postseason. The Cavs, in fact, are susceptible to being upset a few times in these early rounds. We'll take Boston +11.
AccuScore: The numbers point to the Celtics covering the spread as 11-point underdogs. The average score after AccuScore ran its 10,000 simulations is 104-97, and Boston has a 63 percent chance to cash.
Mavericks at Rockets (-6, 215.5), 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
The Linemakers' lean: While there's been no real adjustment on the point spread, there's a significant one on the total -- the Game 1 total was 212. The game went OVER, but the result is a bit deceptive. We'll go UNDER tonight's inflated number.
AccuScore: There's nearly a 60 percent chance the total combined score in Mavericks-Rockets Game 2 stays UNDER 215.5, another four-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend.
Our crew in Las Vegas has more leans on tonight's card, including for the Wizards-Raptors game, and all the plays can be found in Mike Robinson's betting preview. AccuScore has more picks, too, and you can read Rohit Ghosh's write-up right here.
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