Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics 5/17/2023 Odds, Picks and Forecast

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Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics 5/17/2023

Team	SP/RL	TOTAL	ML
Heat	+8 (-107)	210.5 o (-113)	+295
Celtics	-8 (-113)	210.5 u (-107)	-365

The Miami Heat is coming here after defeating the New York Knicks with a final score of 96-92. In this basketball season, the Heat is scoring an average of 113.3 points in each game with 46.9 percent shooting. The lead scorer for the Heat is Jimmy Butler who is dunking an average of 31.1 points in each game, with 6.6 boards per matchup. Bam Adebayo is contributing to the team with 18.1 points in every game played. On defense, the Heat is allowing their opponents to shoot 33.8 percent from the deep end.

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Players to watch: Joel Embiid C 8 GP 8 GS 37.3 MIN 24.8 PTS 1.9 OR 8.1 DR 10 REB 2.9 AST 0.8 STL 2.9 BLK 3.9 TO 3 PF 0.7 AST/TO, James Harden SG 10 GP 10 GS 38.6 MIN 21.4 PTS 0.5 OR 5.7 DR 6.2 REB 8.4 AST 1.8 STL 0.3 BLK 3 TO 2.7 PF 2.8 AST/TO, Tyrese Maxey PG 10 GP 10 GS 38.1 MIN 20.9 PTS 0.9 OR 4.1 DR 5 REB 2.1 AST 1.5 STL 0.5 BLK 0.7 TO 2.4 PF 3 AST/TO

The Boston Celtics are here on a two-game winning streak against the Philadelphia 76ers, winning the last game with 112-88. The Celtics are scoring an average of 115.5 points in each game with 48.7 percent shooting. The Boston offense is being headed by Jayson Tatum who is putting up an average of 28.2 points in each game with 10.6 rebounds in every game played. Jaylen Brown is contributing with 24.6 points in each game. Defense-wise, the Celtics are allowing 35.3 shooting from the deep end.

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Players to watch: Jayson Tatum SF 12 GP 12 GS 39.3 MIN 26.3 PTS 1.4 OR 9 DR 10.4 REB 5.2 AST 1 STL 1.3 BLK 2.5 TO 2 PF 2.1 AST/TO, Jaylen Brown SG 12 GP 12 GS 37.5 MIN 24.6 PTS 0.9 OR 4.3 DR 5.3 REB 3.5 AST 0.9 STL 0.3 BLK 3.2 TO 3.1 PF 1.1 AST/TO, Marcus Smart PG 12 GP 12 GS 33.3 MIN 16.6 PTS 1.3 OR 2.8 DR 4.2 REB 5.2 AST 1.3 STL 0.3 BLK 2.3 TO 1.9 PF 2.3 AST/TO

Miami Heat

Philadelphia are 8-3-1 ATS in their last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia’s last 6 games.
Philadelphia are 9-3 SU in their last 12 games.
Philadelphia are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games against Boston.
76ers are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games on the road.
Philadelphia are 5-12 SU in their last 17 games when playing on the road against Boston.

Boston Celtics

Boston are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Boston’s last 10 games.
Boston are 12-6 SU in their last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 6 games against Philadelphia.
Boston are 10-3 SU in their last 13 games at home.
Boston are 12-5 SU in their last 17 games when playing at home against Philadelphia.

Injuries

Miami Heat

Embiid C Is probable Thursday vs Boston, Knee

Boston Celtics

Danilo Gallinari SF Is out indefinitely, ACL

The Boston Celtics are bound to easily win this game, being the much stronger team in this pairing. The Miami Heat will be struggling to take control of this matchup right from the first moment and will fail in this opener. Take the Celtics to win as per the NBA handicapping picks. Sign up today to make your NBA betting prediction!

Moneyline: +230 is the ML set for the Heat is this game and the ML set for the Celtics is -275.

Spread: A spread of +6.5 (-110) is out for Heat and a spread of -6.5 (-110) is out for Celtics.

TOTALs: 200.5 o (-105) will go over for the Heat and the same will go under for the Celtics.

Score Prediction: 112-105 Celtics win.