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CoverWire Top Bet of the Day

Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers (-2.5/179.5) 08:00 PM ET
Last 10 Games | Recent Meetings | Player/Injury News
Over/Under
CLEVELAND games over-under-push this season are 82-99-2
BOSTON games over-under-push this season are 73-90-1
Vital Stats
  Line PS/48 OEFF DEFF CtAdv
BOS 179.5 93.5 105.1 100.8 -1.1
CLE -2.5 92.4 103.5 101.6 1.9

Home/Road Averages
  PPG RPG APG TO/G 1ST 2ND
BOS 98.1 40.8 19.5 14.8 48.3 48.9
CLE 96.7 45.3 21.7 13.1 47.8 48.3

Coverwire Prediction
  PSC Line Diff SW%
BOS 96      
CLE 97 -2.5 -1.5 53%

Coverwire recommends BOS against this line.

Cleveland Cavaliers
ATS this season: 95-86-2
ATS @ home this season: 43-47-1
CLEVELAND Team Stats
Last 10 Games
Date vs. Score Home Line ATS
5/14/2008 @BOST 89-96 -9/176 CLEV/O
5/12/2008 BOST 77-88 -2/181 CLEV/U
5/10/2008 BOST 84-108 -1.5/180 CLEV/O
5/8/2008 @BOST 73-89 -8.5/177.5 BOST/U
5/6/2008 @BOST 72-76 -10/181.5 CLEV/U
5/2/2008 @WASH 105-88 -2.5/187.5 CLEV/O
4/30/2008 WASH 88-87 -5.5/190.5 WASH/U
4/27/2008 @WASH 100-97 -5/190 CLEV/O
4/24/2008 @WASH 72-108 -5.5/192 WASH/U
4/21/2008 WASH 86-116 -1.5/187 CLEV/O
Boston Celtics
ATS this season: 90-70-4
ATS On the Road: 51-27-3
BOSTON Team Stats
Last 10 Games
Date vs. Score Home Line ATS
5/14/2008 CLEV 89-96 -9/176 CLEV/O
5/12/2008 @CLEV 77-88 -2/181 CLEV/U
5/10/2008 @CLEV 84-108 -1.5/180 CLEV/O
5/8/2008 CLEV 73-89 -8.5/177.5 BOST/U
5/6/2008 CLEV 72-76 -10/181.5 CLEV/U
5/4/2008 ATLA 65-99 -14.5/189.5 BOST/U
5/2/2008 @ATLA 100-103 9.5/189 ATLA/O
4/30/2008 ATLA 85-110 -14.5/187.5 BOST/O
4/28/2008 @ATLA 92-97 9.5/188.5 ATLA/O
4/26/2008 @ATLA 93-102 8.5/189 ATLA/O

Recent Meetings
Date Matchup Score Home Line ATS
5/14/2008 CLEVELAND@BOSTON 89-96 -9/176 CLEVELAND/O
5/12/2008 BOSTON@CLEVELAND 77-88 -2/181 CLEVELAND/U
5/10/2008 BOSTON@CLEVELAND 84-108 -1.5/180 CLEVELAND/O
5/8/2008 CLEVELAND@BOSTON 73-89 -8.5/177.5 BOSTON/U
5/6/2008 CLEVELAND@BOSTON 72-76 -10/181.5 CLEVELAND/U
2/27/2008 CLEVELAND@BOSTON 87-92 -9.5/191.5 CLEVELAND/U
2/5/2008 BOSTON@CLEVELAND 113-114 -3/187 BOSTON/O
12/2/2007 CLEVELAND@BOSTON 70-80 -15/186.5 CLEVELAND/U
11/27/2007 BOSTON@CLEVELAND 104-109 3.5/190 CLEVELAND/O
10/26/2007 CLEVELAND@BOSTON 89-114 / BOSTON/P

Latest Player News
Daniel Gibson (G) CLE Two Weeks 5/15/2008
Gibson is expected to miss two weeks after separating his shoulder Wednesday night in the Cavs' Game 5 loss to Boston, the team's official site reports.
Rajon Rondo (G) BOS 5/15/2008
Rondo scored 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting, including two 3-pointers, with 13 assists and two steals in 42 minutes Wednesday night in Boston's victory over Cleveland in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference playoff series.
Daniel Gibson (G) CLE Two Weeks 5/15/2008
Gibson was forced to leave Wednesday night's game against Boston early in the fourth quarter with a shoulder contusion.

Current Player Injuries for CLE
Anderson Varejao (F ) CLE Day-to-Day 5/11/2008
Varejao bruised his knee during the second quarter of Cleveland's victory over Boston Saturday night in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, the Associated Press reports.

PS/48 - Possessions per 48 minutes. Read "The Importance of Possessions" for more info.
OEFF - Offensive Efficiency, number of points scored per 100 possessions.
DEFF - Defensive Efficiency, number of points allowed per 100 possessions.
CtAdv - Court Advantage, difference between home and road point differential for that team. A positive number indicates an advatage of that many points in this game, a negative number indicates a disadvantage.
PPG - Points per game (home or road)
RPG - Rebounds per game (home or road)
APG - Assists per game (home or road)
TO/G - Turnovers per game (home or road)
1ST - Average first half points (home or road)
2ND - Average second half points (home or road)
PSC - Predicted Score
DIFF - Difference between actual line and predicted line, [(home line) - (predicted visit score - predicted home score)]
SW% - Percent chance that team has to win the game straight up, as determined by the coverwire formula

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