NBA Odds, Picks, Predictions: Anderson's Bets for Celtics vs Heat Game 3 (May 21)

Celtics vs. Heat Odds

8:30 p.m. ETTNT
Spread: Celtics -3 | Total: 214

Not many had the 8-seed Miami Heat going up 2-0 on the road in the Eastern Conference Finals, but here we are.

One month ago, the Heat were a few minutes away from losing a second consecutive home play-in. Now, they have a chance to win twice at home, sweep the mighty Celtics out of the playoffs, and head to the NBA Finals.

We were all over the Heat in our series preview. We've already cashed our Miami +2.5 series bet, need just one more win to hit +1.5 (+165), and Heat in 6 or better hits the big +680 win. We missed on Boston in our Game 2 card, but a big Caleb Martin +2400 hit saved our ROI.

Boston's been outrageously overpriced from the jump in this series. The Celtics were near double-digit favorites at home and were initially an implied 85% to win the series. Now that Miami won twice on the road, books have adjusted and given the Heat some credit, right?

  
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