NBA Finals Game 3 Gambling Odds – Lakers vs Celtics

The Lakers and Boston Celtics will play Game 3 of the NBA Finals betting on Tuesday night. Because the finals are a 2-3-2 format, it will be the 1st of three straight matches in Boston. The squads split their 1st 2 matches in Los Angeles with the Lakers winning handily in Game 1 while the Celts rebounded behind Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo on Game 2. Now the series lead will be at stake on Tuesday night in a game that can be seen on ABC.

With a total of 192.5 at SBG Global, Boston is a 2.5 point favorite.

The Boston Celtics won 103-94 in Sunday’s Game 2, carried by Allen and Rondo. The Los Angeles Lakers were affected by foul trouble and they just could not stop Allen or Rondo. The Boston Celtics got an NBA Finals odds record 8 three-pointers from Allen in the Game 2 win and they required them. Paul Pierce is not the player he used to be and Kevin Garnett was unseen again. The Boston Celtics won thanks to Allen’s shooting and Rondo’s entire game and considering Kobe Bryant and many of the other Lakers were in foul trouble all night. The Boston Celtics have been very good during the playoffs at home after battling during the normal season, and now the series moves to Boston.

Here are Tuesday night’s NBA betting numbers. The Los Angeles Lakers are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 NBA Championship matches. In their past 5 matches as a road underdog, the Lakers are 4-1 ATS. The Los Angeles Lakers are 1-4-1 ATS in the past six meetings in Boston. The underdog is 3-1-1 ATS in the past 5 meetings between the 2 squads and the road team is 3-1-1 ATS in the past 5 meetings.

The Boston Celtics are 4- ATS in their past four Tuesday matches. In their past 8 NBA Championship matches, the Celts are 7-1 ATS. In their past 5 home matches, the Celts are 4-1 ATS. In their past 8 playoff matches as a favorite, the Celts are 6-2 ATS.

In the Lakers past 12 total, the over is 8-2-2. In the Lakers past nine road matches, the over is 6-2-1. The Over is 3–1 in the Celts past 4 NBA Championship matches. In the Celts past 7 Tuesday matches, the under is 5-2.

The Boston Celtics and the Lakers have met 11 times prior to this, with the Celts earning it nine of those occasions. The most recent win was in 2008 when the Celts overcame the Lakers in a series that went 4-2. Following that win, Boston Celtics fans famously pelted the Lakers bus with rocks. Even now, Boston ought to be a pretty unfriendly place for the Lakers to find themselves competing in the next three matches. They won’t be returning to Los Angeles if Boston manages to take those three matches. And since the Celts are going to have home court edge and history on their side, that’s a chance. It’s not a substantial one, but don’t tell that to the Celts’ Paul Pierce. In the last moments of their Game 2 win, he shouted “We ain’t coming back to LA!”


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