The Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers resume this season’s Eastern Conference Finals this Monday night with Game 4 of the best-of-seven series. Tip off from Quicken Loans Arena is set for 8:30 p.m. on ESPN and VietBet has opened the Cavaliers as 6.5-point home favorites with the total set at 206.5 points.

Boston opened this series with a pair of victories at home, but Cleveland trimmed that lead in half with Saturday’s 116-86 decision. The Celtics closed as 6.5-point road underdogs to fall to 1-5 straight-up and 2-4 against the spread in six previous road games in this year’s playoffs. The total stayed UNDER VietBet’s 207-point closing line in Game 3 and it has stayed UNDER in their last four postseason road games.

Team balance and veteran leadership have been two of Boston’s biggest strengths during this playoff run. The roster is six deep with double-digit scorers led by Jayson Tatum’s 18.1-point scoring average over 15 postseason contests. He ended Saturday’s game with a team-high 18 points while going 6-for-10 from the field. The Celtics’ normally stingy defense gave up more than 110 points in that losing effort for just the third time in the last 12 outings.

The current NBA basketball betting odds posted on this game by Elite-rated VietBet have held risen slightly on the favorite since the opening numbers.

Boston Celtics           (+7)
Cleveland Cavaliers   (-7)

Over 205.5 points (-110)
Under 205.5 points (-110)

Cleveland can turn this series into a best-of-three affair on Monday night by duplicating its effort in Game 3. While the Cavaliers have gone 3-4 (both SU and ATS) on the road in the playoffs, they are 6-1 SU in seven previous home games. They are 2-5 ATS in the postseason on their home court with the total staying UNDER VietBet’s closing line in five of the seven games.

LeBron James scored a game-high 27 points in Saturday’s win to help Cleveland open up a 20-point lead at the half that it never relinquished. The Cavaliers shot 48.7 percent from the field and they outrebounded Boston 45-34. More importantly, they connected on 17 of their 34 shots from three-point range to help pace this must-win performance.

I am looking for home court to hold serve again on Monday night as Cleveland ties this series at two games apiece, but I am taking the 6.5 points on VietBet’s board with Boston covering ATS.

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