Boston had won and covered four times in a row against the 76ers before losing 103-101 on April 4 although the Celtics got the money as a 3.5-point underdog. The Celtics have home court in Game 1 and Joel Embiid (knee) is doubtful for Philadelphia while Boston is healthy with Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and point guard Marcus Smart playing at a top level after defeating Atlanta in six games. Brown had 32 points in Game 6 and Tatum added 30 points while Smart held Trae Young to 9-for-28 shooting while scoring 22 points himself. The 76ers are just 2-5 ATS their past seven conference semifinal games and 4-10 ATS overall the past 14 meetings at Boston. The Celtics are 8-2 UNDER and Philadelphia is 13-3 UNDER in conference semifinal games and six of the past nine meetings overall have gone UNDER. The Sixers' last three games in the Brooklyn series stayed UNDER by an average of 23.2 points. Take the Celtics as a Max Play and the UNDER.
This pick was released to clients on May 01, 2023 at 11:17AM ET.
NBA
Philadelphia at Boston
May 1, 2023
7:40 PM Eastern
2 units on Boston -9 (-110) (risk 2 to return 3.82)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
1.5 units on Game Total UNDER 215 -110 (risk 1.5 to return 2.86)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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