Heat vs Celtics NBA Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com

The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at TD Garden.

Oddsmakers currently have the Heat listed as 3-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game's total is sitting at 186½.

The Heat were a 113-101 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Raptors. They covered the 7.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (214) made winners of OVER bettors.

Boston won its last outing, a 100-79 result against the Timberwolves on March 30. The Celtics covered in that game as a 1-point favorite, while the 179 combined points took the game UNDER the total.

Miami:
Team record: 37-13 SU, 25-25 ATS
Current streak: won 2 straight games.

is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games

When playing on Sunday are 8-2
Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4
After playing Toronto are 8-2
After a win are 7-3

Boston:
Team record: 29-22 SU, 25-26 ATS
Current streak: won 4 straight games.

is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Miami
is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of last 6 games when playing Miami

When playing on Sunday are 7-3
Before playing San Antonio are 7-3
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a win are 6-4

Next up:
Miami home to Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 3
Boston home to San Antonio, Wednesday, April 4