The point spread in the premier basketball game of the day on Tuesday has a very nice NBA point spread worth betting.
5Dimes.com has the NBA point spread up with the home-team Orlando Magic (52-18) favored by 3.5 points while the betting total for this matchup against the Boston Celtics (54-18) is listed at 191.5 points.
These two Eastern Conference playoff contenders know each other very well with 3 matchups this season. Boston was the NBA betting pick in 2 of the 3 and only missed covering the spread when forward Kevin Garnett was injured recently.
Garnett is slowly being worked back into the lineup and this will be his 3rd game back so his minutes should increase yet again and should be nearly back to normal.
Boston has only covered 3 of the last 10 NBA point spreads with Garnett out but all should be better in Celtic Land for this important matchup.
Orlando has been a much better NBA betting pick over their last 10 games with 7 covers of the NBA point spread and seem to have adjusted to the loss of point guard Jameer Nelson with a record of 13 NBA point spread covers over the 23 games he’s missed.
2 of the 3 meetings have gone under the NBA betting total and the last one with a healthy Garnett is particularly interesting considering it was a 90-80 Boston win in Orlando and that very well could be a prediction of this game.
Boston is superior to any other Eastern Conference with the possible exception of the Cleveland Cavaliers and should finish the season strong with a healthy Garnett.
Make your NBA betting pick on the defending champs and watch them win outright. It’s simply the right choice.