NBA Playoffs: Celtics vs. Magic In-Depth Game Analysis

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00:00One game left on the docket tonight of the NBA Friday night playoff triple header. We hit the

00:04Pacers and the Bucs. We hit the Lakers and the Timberwolves. And now the seven o'clock start

00:08down in Disney. 553-554 on the rotation. That's the Boston Celtics taking on the Orlando Magic.

00:14The opening number in this game was minus five and a half at the FanDuel Sportsbook. That is

00:18now four and a half. And most other outlets also, Joe, showing four and a half. Another low total

00:23in this series. A 198 opening number still sits 198. Now at FanDuel, other books have moved to 197.

00:32So let's start with the Celtics and the Magic. And also the elephant in the room, I guess,

00:36will be is, I don't know if it's official Tatum is out, but this line is telling us Tatum probably

00:41is not going to play and rightfully so. Why rush him back? So starting with the side itself,

00:46Orlando got beaten games one and game number two back in Orlando. Is there a chance that they can

00:52win this game and at least send this series back to Boston? Yeah, well, very possible. I mean,

00:59we know that Orlando has been much better at home, Donnie, and at least they have made it somewhat

01:08uncomfortable at times for this Boston team, right? So it's not been a cupcake. The 109-100

01:17win in last game over there certainly proved that that 196 and a half total might have been

01:23artificially too low there. But I still think we're going to get somewhere in that ballpark of 103 to

01:32109 points from Boston. I don't see Boston exploding for 115 or more points. So the question you've got to

01:40ask yourself, Donnie, is if 100 wins this, can we count on the Magic doing it? Can the Magic actually

01:47steal one here at home? And they are a team I'd be looking to back early. I backed them last game

01:53early in the first game in the first half, getting a ton of points. I don't see any reason not to back

01:59them early in this one too. No Tatum makes it a little bit more difficult for the Boston Celtics

02:07on the road who have been a little less defensive on the road than they had been at home. But I do

02:14think Orlando is live to cover this, win it outright. But I certainly like the Jalen Brown

02:21over points prop, 23 and a half. I expect him to get the bulk of the scoring like he did in last game

02:28with no Tatum on the court.