The Cavaliers gave NBA bettors a huge blow on Tuesday night with a huge upset over the league’s best Celtics.
Cleveland, which entered the game as an 8.5-point underdog at home, trailed by as many as 22 points early in the fourth quarter when Donovan Mitchell was sidelined with a knee injury.
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He averaged just 18.9 minutes per game off the bench this season, but dropped 20 of his career-high 23 points in the final quarter, leading Cleveland to the biggest fourth-quarter comeback this season in the NBA and in Cavaliers franchise history. lead. .
The Cavs hit a +4000 fourth quarter money line at FanDuel Sportsbook and then started fighting back. Ben Fawkes from X.
Boston, which holds the NBA’s best record at 48-13, was on an 11-game winning streak heading into this matchup.
As you can imagine, a red-hot Celtics team playing the Mitchell-less Cavs was a huge favorite among sports bettors.
They were the highest-stakes team covered in nine NBA games on BetMGM on Tuesday night. According to John Ewing, the sportsbook’s public relations manager..
Less than an hour before the game started, Boston won 62% of bets and 77 percent of the handle on BetMGM’s spread.
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This loss is the Celtics’ third in overtime to the Hornets, a nine-point favorite, in November, and the Lakers, a 14-point favorite without LeBron James and Anthony Davis, in February. It was a huge upset defeat.
The Celtics had covered six games in a row heading into their matchup with the Cavs, but despite a gaudy win-loss record of 30-28-3 ATS in 2023-24, they were perfect against the spread this season. is not in control.
