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Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and the Celtics have a chance to stamp their names in Boston sports lore on Monday night. <\/p>\n
On the brink of championship glory, the Celtics are 6.5-point favorites in Game 5 at home against the Mavericks at TD Garden Arena. <\/p>\n
Sportsbooks are expecting a party in downtown Boston, but expect Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to be playing with an insatiable sense of urgency to keep the Mavericks\u2019 season alive.<\/p>\n
The Celtics have been dominant for multiple years over the regular season, but there are some narrative-related concerns about Boston\u2019s ability to close at home. <\/p>\n
Boston lost Game 7 at home against the Miami Heat as 7.5-point favorites last season in the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n
They were also closed out by the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals as four-point favorites. <\/p>\n
This team looks to continue proving that it is different in Monday night\u2019s close-out game against the Mavericks.<\/p>\n
Boston is 79-21 combined this season, including the playoffs, with a 45-6 record at home.<\/p>\n
Mavericks vs. Celtics prediction for Game 5<\/p>\n
(8:30 p.m. ET, ABC)<\/p>\n
The Dallas Mavericks waited too long to shorten their rotation. As recently as Game 3, 11 players were getting significant minutes while the game was close. <\/p>\n
Kidd dropped that number to nine during the brief time the game hung in the balance of Game 4. <\/p>\n
You\u2019ll see a snapshot of the Mavericks\u2019 box score with minutes played in Game 4: it featured 15 players getting multiple minutes in an NBA Finals game, but digging deep there is more to the story. <\/p>\n
Markieff Morris, Olivier-Maxence Propser, Dwight Powell and A.J. Lawson will likely never play again in this series, as they have a combined zero minutes played in the Finals prior to Game 4. <\/p>\n
Jaden Hardy also seems to be trending towards being a heat-check-or-bust player for Dallas. <\/p>\n
He played two minutes in Game 3 and did not enter until late in the third quarter of a 30-point blowout in Game 4. <\/p>\n
Tim Hardaway Jr. also did not get game action until the fourth quarter, giving us nine players that Kidd is comfortable playing: <\/p>\n
Doncic, Irving, P.J. Washington, Derrick Jones Jr., Josh Green, Dante Exum, Maxi Kleber, Dereck Lively II and maybe Daniel Gafford. <\/p>\n
Gafford started in Game 4 but received three minutes before immediately being pulled for Lively, who has been Dallas\u2019 best big man. <\/p>\n
Gafford has seen his minutes reduced in every game since Game 2, and he is in the bottom three in plus\/minus in each of his last three games. <\/p>\n
Put bluntly, Gafford is a guy who should be in there for the occasional rebound and if you need to give Kleber or Lively a few minutes rest. <\/p>\n
Fade Gafford\u2019s playing time by betting his unders on Monday night. <\/p>\n
Under 6.5 points scored (-136, BetRivers) is among the best bets Monday night, but don\u2019t be afraid to bet his under on blocks (+132, BetRivers), either. <\/p>\n
Betting on the NBA? <\/p>\n
And here\u2019s a fun long shot, highly correlated parlay, that is bettable on DraftKings only. <\/p>\n
Parlay $10 pays $1,000: Gafford under 6.5 points + under 3.5 rebounds + under .5 assist + under .5 steals + under .5 blocks + Lively over 12+ rebounds + Kleber over 2.5 points (100\/1, DraftKings)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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