NBA Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics Prediction & Same Game Parlay picks: Heat respond in Game 2 at +609 odds | Pickswise

Three days after their Game 1 clash at TD Garden it’s the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics locking horns once again. Will Boston dominate again or can Miami figure things out and make things interesting? Tip-off is at 7 pm ET on TNT, continue reading below to see my Same Game Parlay!

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Let’s dive into my SGP bet now!

MIA Heat +14.5 (-110)

Kristaps Porzingis Over 18.5 Points (-102)

Nikola Jovic Over 1.5 Made Threes (+118)

Same Game Parlay odds: +609

MIA Heat +14.5 (-110)

The Heat did get blown out in Game 1 by 20 points, but for stretches they were able to stay comPetitive against the Celtics. They’ve had 3 days since that loss to think things through and make adjustments, head coach Erik Spoelstra is experienced enough to find weaknesses in this Boston team, if there are any. One encouraging stat for Miami ahead of Game 2 is the fact that they’ve covered the spread 9 times in the last 13 meetings with Boston.

Tyler Herro was a big disappointment on Sunday, finishing with just 11 points on 4-for-13 from the field. You’d expect better from the number one scoring option on this team, especially since he’s averaging 21.2 points per game in the last 5 regular season meetings. The key for Miami will be to limit Jayson Tatum here, the hard foul from Caleb Martin sent out a warning, let’s see how Tatum responds here. I’ll be taking Miami to keep things close in Game 2.

Kristaps Porzingis Over 18.5 Points (-102)

Porzingis was unstoppable in the series opener, shooting 53.8% from the field and 50% from downtown. He finished with 18 points, but I think he’ll be able to push that to at least 20 here. Miami’s defense is well aware they cannot do anything about the 7-foot-2 unicorn, they’ll rather focus their defense on the likes of Tatum and Brown in my opinion. KP averaged 20.3 points per game in 3 regular season meetings vs Miami, while playing just 27.3 mins per game. He is the ultimate cheat code for this Celtics team. Without him in the line-up they are still a championship contender, but when he plays it’s just unfair to the other team. I’m counting on a productive night from him in Game 2.

Nikola Jovic Over 1.5 Made Threes (+118)

Although he finished with a team worst -25 on the +/- in Game 1, Jovic still played a big role for the Miami Heat in the absence of Jimmy Butler. The Heat are desperate for some offense here, I think Jovic has been consistent enough to warrant a bet here. He drained 2 of 6 threes in Game 1, over his last 10 games he’s averaging 11.3 points per game on a more than solid 49.4% from the field and over 37% from three-point land. He’s also averaging 1.9 made threes per game during that stretch and interestingly enough 4 of 5 games in which he has cleared this line happened on the road. Let’s hope the Heat get him going early here.