{"id":12859,"date":"2022-10-28T15:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=12859"},"modified":"2022-10-28T15:55:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T19:55:45","slug":"boston-celtics-vs-cleveland-cavaliers-prediction-and-betting-odds-nba-oct-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/nba\/boston-celtics-vs-cleveland-cavaliers-prediction-and-betting-odds-nba-oct-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction and Betting Odds | NBA Oct 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Preview<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his analysis of tonight&#8217;s Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers showdown at the TD Garden. Can Cleveland extend their winning streak to four games? See what Andy thinks!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Have you downloaded the new WagerTalk TV app? If not, what are you waiting for?! Watch all of our programming &#8211; Puck Time, WagerTalk Today, Bet On It and more &#8211; on all streaming platforms. Download today on <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/ios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/roku\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roku<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Odds<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Friday, October 28<\/th>\n<th>NBA Betting Notes, Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/wlwilliamhillus.adsrv.eacdn.com\/C.ashx?btag=a_3552b_1278c_&amp;affid=32&amp;siteid=3552&amp;adid=1278&amp;c=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caesars<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Point Spread:<\/td>\n<td>Boston Celtics -6.5 vs Cleveland Cavaliers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total:<\/td>\n<td>218.5 Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arena:<\/td>\n<td>TD Garden in Boston, MA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Game Time:<\/td>\n<td>7:30pm ET \/ 4:30pm PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TV:<\/td>\n<td>NBC Sports Boston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Analysis<\/h3>\n<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers travel to TD Garden to face the Boston Celtics in an Eastern Conference clash on Friday night. The Celtics lost their first game of the season 120-102 on Monday night in Chicago against the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers are coming off a 103-92 home victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday evening. This is the first of four head-to-head meetings in the season series that Boston won 2-1 last night. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM EST\/4:30 PST.<\/p>\n<h3>Mitchell Makes Cavs A Contender<\/h3>\n<p>The off-season addition of Donovan Mitchell seems to be paying off as the All-Star guard led the team in scoring for each of the first three games. However, Mitchell hit a speed bump as he only scored 14 points on 5 of 19 from the field in a 103-92 loss to the Orlando Magic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Spida&#8221; did lead the Cavaliers in assists with 8 dimes. Evan Mobley paced the Cavs with 20 points as Jarrett Allen patrolled the paint with a game-high 16 boards. The Cavs boast the #2 scoring defense the league with only 100.8 points allowed per game.<\/p>\n<p>Offensively they sit just below average at 16th with 113 points a game. This you core will be exciting to watch throughout the season but a win over Boston early in the season will go a long way.<\/p>\n<h3>Finals Or Bust<\/h3>\n<p>The Boston Celtics are building off their NBA Finals and they are off to a 3-1 start this season with wins against Philadelphia, Orlando and Miami. However they lost their first game of the season on Monday 120-102 against the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 26 points while also pacing his team in rebounds with 8. Marcus Smart was the games assist leader with 6 dimes. The Celtics suffered an additional setback as Grant Williams received a one game suspension for making contact with an official.<\/p>\n<p>Boston was already thin on bigs as Robert Williams III continues to recoup from off-season knee surgery. The Celtics rank 10th in scoring with 116.3 points a game.<\/p>\n<p>Defense was the C&#8217;s calling card last season as they led the league in scoring defense and both field goal &amp; three-point against. They haven&#8217;t been able to replicate this effort as they currently rank 19th with over 115 points allowed per game.<\/p>\n<h2>Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prop Bet<\/h2>\n<p>The Boston Celtics are 6.5 point home favorites with a total of 218.5. I immediately started looking at unders as the Cavs will surely look to muddy the waters defensively.<\/p>\n<p>However the next thing that caught my eye was the suspension of Grant Williams. This makes the rebounding props tough to gage based in how minutes will be effected. One things for sure, the Celtics have 10-12 points available to the remainder of the roster tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Jayson Tatums point total is set at 26.5, a total he has cleared in 3 of 4 games with 35, 40 &amp; 29 points. The only game he fell short was by the hook as he landed on 26.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics haven&#8217;t been playing elite defense yet as they await thereturn of Robert Williams III. This could make for a higher scoring game, giving Tatum extra room to score the 27 we need to cash this ticket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prediction: Jayson Tatum OVER 26.5 Points -125 Draftkings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes border-style-solid padding: 6px;\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#ffa04b;color:#2e3192\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/th><th><\/th><th><\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Sportsbook<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Welcome Bonus<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>States Available<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Get Your Bonus<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1. 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Track the NBA point spreads, totals and betting percentages for all of this week&#8217;s NBA action, including this Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers showdown, from your desktop or phone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/odds?sport=L3&amp;cb=0.9499112564272802\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12860 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-28-at-3.00.14-PM.png\" alt=\"NBA Odds October 28\" width=\"2560\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-28-at-3.00.14-PM.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-28-at-3.00.14-PM-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-28-at-3.00.14-PM-1024x334.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-28-at-3.00.14-PM-768x250.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-28-at-3.00.14-PM-1536x500.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-28-at-3.00.14-PM-2048x667.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>**************************************************<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Meet the Author<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Lang<\/a> has lived in Indianapolis his whole life, and like most people from the Hoosier State, he became fascinated with motor sports. 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Can Cleveland extend their winning streak to four games? See what Andy thinks! Have you downloaded the new WagerTalk TV app? If not, what are you waiting for?! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[210,81,177,164,1806,1774,176],"class_list":["post-12859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-boston-celtics","tag-nba","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-nba-picks-october-28","tag-nba-picks-tonight","tag-nba-predictions"],"basic_html":"<h2>Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Preview<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his analysis of tonight's Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers showdown at the TD Garden. Can Cleveland extend their winning streak to four games? See what Andy thinks!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Have you downloaded the new WagerTalk TV app? If not, what are you waiting for?! Watch all of our programming - Puck Time, WagerTalk Today, Bet On It and more - on all streaming platforms. Download today on <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/ios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/roku\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roku<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Betting Odds<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Friday, October 28<\/th>\n<th>NBA Betting Notes, Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/wlwilliamhillus.adsrv.eacdn.com\/C.ashx?btag=a_3552b_1278c_&amp;affid=32&amp;siteid=3552&amp;adid=1278&amp;c=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caesars<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Point Spread:<\/td>\n<td>Boston Celtics -6.5 vs Cleveland Cavaliers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total:<\/td>\n<td>218.5 Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arena:<\/td>\n<td>TD Garden in Boston, MA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Game Time:<\/td>\n<td>7:30pm ET \/ 4:30pm PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TV:<\/td>\n<td>NBC Sports Boston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Analysis<\/h3>\n<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers travel to TD Garden to face the Boston Celtics in an Eastern Conference clash on Friday night. The Celtics lost their first game of the season 120-102 on Monday night in Chicago against the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers are coming off a 103-92 home victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday evening. This is the first of four head-to-head meetings in the season series that Boston won 2-1 last night. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM EST\/4:30 PST.<\/p>\n<h3>Mitchell Makes Cavs A Contender<\/h3>\n<p>The off-season addition of Donovan Mitchell seems to be paying off as the All-Star guard led the team in scoring for each of the first three games. However, Mitchell hit a speed bump as he only scored 14 points on 5 of 19 from the field in a 103-92 loss to the Orlando Magic.<\/p>\n<p>\"Spida\" did lead the Cavaliers in assists with 8 dimes. Evan Mobley paced the Cavs with 20 points as Jarrett Allen patrolled the paint with a game-high 16 boards. The Cavs boast the #2 scoring defense the league with only 100.8 points allowed per game.<\/p>\n<p>Offensively they sit just below average at 16th with 113 points a game. This you core will be exciting to watch throughout the season but a win over Boston early in the season will go a long way.<\/p>\n<h3>Finals Or Bust<\/h3>\n<p>The Boston Celtics are building off their NBA Finals and they are off to a 3-1 start this season with wins against Philadelphia, Orlando and Miami. However they lost their first game of the season on Monday 120-102 against the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 26 points while also pacing his team in rebounds with 8. Marcus Smart was the games assist leader with 6 dimes. The Celtics suffered an additional setback as Grant Williams received a one game suspension for making contact with an official.<\/p>\n<p>Boston was already thin on bigs as Robert Williams III continues to recoup from off-season knee surgery. The Celtics rank 10th in scoring with 116.3 points a game.<\/p>\n<p>Defense was the C's calling card last season as they led the league in scoring defense and both field goal &amp; three-point against. They haven't been able to replicate this effort as they currently rank 19th with over 115 points allowed per game.<\/p>\n<h2>Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prop Bet<\/h2>\n<p>The Boston Celtics are 6.5 point home favorites with a total of 218.5. I immediately started looking at unders as the Cavs will surely look to muddy the waters defensively.<\/p>\n<p>However the next thing that caught my eye was the suspension of Grant Williams. This makes the rebounding props tough to gage based in how minutes will be effected. One things for sure, the Celtics have 10-12 points available to the remainder of the roster tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Jayson Tatums point total is set at 26.5, a total he has cleared in 3 of 4 games with 35, 40 &amp; 29 points. The only game he fell short was by the hook as he landed on 26.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics haven't been playing elite defense yet as they await thereturn of Robert Williams III. This could make for a higher scoring game, giving Tatum extra room to score the 27 we need to cash this ticket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prediction: Jayson Tatum OVER 26.5 Points -125 Draftkings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3>NBA Tip-Off Show | October 28<\/h3>\n<p>Join Joe Raineri and a rotating panel of professional handicappers for the NBA Tip-Off Show as we preview tonight's NBA card from a betting perspective. Stay up-to-date on the latest NBA news, stats, analysis, and predictions with our panel of pro sports bettors as they offer some of their favorite NBA best bets, player props and DFS recommendations on tonight's slate.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pTZUoyVTN_Q[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Live Odds Screen<\/h3>\n<p>WagerTalk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/odds?sport=L3&amp;cb=0.21064132426951532\">Live Odds Screen<\/a> features up-to-the-minute lines from a variety of offshore and domestic sports books. Track the NBA point spreads, totals and betting percentages for all of this week's NBA action, including this Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers showdown, from your desktop or phone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/odds?sport=L3&amp;cb=0.9499112564272802\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-12860 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-28-at-3.00.14-PM.png\" alt=\"NBA Odds October 28\" width=\"2560\" height=\"834\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>**************************************************<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Meet the Author<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/al\">Andy Lang<\/a> has lived in Indianapolis his whole life, and like most people from the Hoosier State, he became fascinated with motor sports. That interest in motor sports turned into a desire to make money off the sport through fantasy contests and sports betting. Like most, he took his lumps when he first got started, but now he is one of the most respected NASCAR bettors in the industry. Andy has expanded that sports betting experience to become profitable in a number of other sports, transforming this interest from a side hobby to a major source of income.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-1848 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/basketba-300x151.png\" alt=\"NBA Basketballs\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Looking for more free sports picks and sports betting tips?<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Latest Betting Odds and Public Action<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/odds\" data-schema-attribute=\"\">Vegas lines<\/a> updated in real time, including who the public is betting on. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Last Minute Handicapping Advice<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">: Check out our extensive library of <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/sports-betting-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handicapping tips<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and advice from professional Vegas handicappers (we also recommend taking the time to look over our <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sports betting tips video library<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Want an expert opinion?<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> Check out the latest <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmemo.com\/free-sports-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\">Free Sports Picks<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Best Bets<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> from our team of expert sports handicappers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Make sure to bookmark all the above!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}