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00:00Dallas a two and a half point home favorite tonight in game
00:06number three. The total at 212 and a hook to see the Mavs as a
00:10home favorite in the NBA final should not be shocking. Dallas
00:14eight home games throughout this postseason run five and three
00:17straight up four and four against the spread. All eight
00:21booked as a favorite, but this is the first time now in what
00:24is going to be their 17th playoff game. The Celtics have
00:28been an underdog in this postseason. Just this is just
00:32the fourth time in what will be their 99th game of this NBA
00:36season. Overall, the Celtics are booked as an underdog. What
00:41do you make of the numbers ahead of game three tonight? I
00:44think the numbers make some sense. Let's also take a look
00:47at the traveling of this line minus one and a half now up to
00:49minus two and a half and yes, some of that has to do with a
00:52couple day layoff. The must win scenario for the Dallas
00:54Mavericks and the uncertainty behind Chris Epps Porzingis and
00:57what that injury actually means. We wouldn't be caring
01:00about that injury all that much if it was a two zero series
01:02lead or Porzingis hasn't come back yet into the NBA finals
01:05and maybe he was lurking for game number three, but also
01:08taking a look at the betting statistics at the FanDuel
01:10Sportsbook. 54% of the wagers coming in on the Dallas
01:14Mavericks. So a slight public lean there, but how about this
01:17Ben 68% of the money also on the Dallas Mavericks. So the
01:21line moving in the right direction one and a half to two
01:23and a half more bets coming in on Dallas more money coming in
01:26on Dallas that does make some sense and also right when that
01:29game ended on game number two, you thought think to yourself
01:32this doesn't look like it's going to be a very long series
01:34and we don't know if it's getting back to you know, the
01:36Celtics to even play in a game in TD Garden, but I was always
01:39under the impression. I really liked the Dallas Mavericks in
01:42game number two. Now they pushed on the cover of plus
01:44seven. I like again the Dallas Mavericks in game number three.
01:47I think this is the game they win because the one thing we
01:49can understand. Hey close loss in game number three get him a
01:52game number four. It doesn't work like that. The series is
01:55basically over at that point. They have to win tonight and
01:58some things are moving in the right direction. We understand.
02:00Hey, look at this injury information on Boston one thing,
02:03but also in the Dallas Mavericks getting a knee
02:05injection to your MVP candidate here who says, you know what?
02:08I've been dealing with this for a while. I should be okay. I
02:11don't feel like I'm getting any of that nervousness by saying
02:13hey, there's an alert mid-afternoon downgrade on
02:15Luka. Don't you cheer as long as you don't get that. I think
02:18we're comfortable with the Mavericks that having a solid
02:20effort at home. The B players play better and the superstars
02:23like Kyrie Irving show up for this one.