Celtics Hope Change Of Scenery Turns The Tides

The Boston Celtics are hoping that a home court will help turn the momentum in their favor in their series with the Cleveland Cavaliers who led 2-0.

The Cavs are looking to go up 3-0 in the series and put themselves in a position to sweep the series on Sunday.

The Cavs are the +5-point favorites against the Celtics. Things could be a lot worse for Boston in terms of the odds, however, they have been playing very competitively in the series.

The Celtics have lost 113-100 and 99-91 in Games 1 and 2, respectively. In their last outing, they were +9.5 points as underdogs. They covered the spread.

The Cavs are 2-6 against the spread over their last eight games dating back to the regular season, however they have won four straight games over that time period. They are 6-3 over their last nine road games.

Boston is 7-1 against the spread over it last eight games and won six of those games. Boston has be a reliable team to bet on at home going 12-5 over their last 17 home games.

The total for Game 3 is set at 204 points. In the last game of the series the total went UNDER. Boston has hit the under in four of its last six games. While the Cavs normally favor the OVER, they have hit the OVER in six of their last nine road games, they trend toward the UNDER when they play against Boston. They have hit the UNDER in four of their last five meetings with the Celtics.

The game starts at 7 p.m. ET. You can watch it on TNT.