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No. 2 Cleveland Cavaliers at No. 7 Boston Celtics (7 p.m. ET, TNT)Game 3 spread, total: Cleveland -4, 204 Series lead: Cleveland 2-0 

The Celtics have played competitively this series, despite losing 113-100 and 99-91. They are 1-1 ATS as double-digit dogs. The playoffs are all about superstars, and Cleveland has two in LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, who combined for all 24 fourth-quarter points in Game 2.

The Cavaliers (55-29 SU, 41-43 ATS) are 22-19 SU and 19-22 ATS away this year. They need a more balanced effort after getting 65 percent of their scoring in the first two games from James, Irving and Kevin Love. Guard J.R. Smith, in particular, must step up after shooting a combined 6-of-21 from the floor.

Boston (40-44 SU, 50-34 ATS) hasn’t been very impressive at home this year (21-20 SU, 22-19 ATS), but should continue to play loose behind its boisterous home crowd, which loves to heckle James, especially in the playoffs.

The Linemakers’ lean: The pressure is squarely on the young, inexperienced Celtics as the series moves to Boston and they face a two-game deficit.  The Cavs are smelling blood now and want to end the series to rest up for the next round. The spread here is right about where it should be, so there’s no inflation to worry about with Cleveland. In fact, to lay this short a price on the road is more attractive than laying double-digits at home.  We’ll play Cavs -4 and UNDER 204, as we expect the defensive intensity to keep increasing.

No. 3 Chicago Bulls at No. 6 Milwaukee Bucks (8 p.m. ET, NBA-TV)Game 3 spread, total: Chicago -2.5, 187.5 Series lead: Chicago 2-0 

Chicago won and covered the spread as 8-point favorites in Game 1 (103-91) and Game 2 (91-82). The UNDER went 1-1 after going 4-0 in the four regular-season meetings.

Chicago (52-32 SU, 41-43 ATS) is looking like a legitimate contender in the Eastern Conference with Derrick Rose healthy and Jimmy Butler (28 PPG in these playoffs) playing like a superstar. Pau Gasol has struggled shooting (9-of-29) in the first two games while facing double teams, but is contributing in many other ways.

Reserve Nikola Mirotic (quad) is expected to miss this game, although Kirk Hinrich (knee) is probable to make his series debut.

The Bucks (41-43 SU, 45-37-2 ATS) scored just 97.8 PPG in the regular season, the lowest of any team to make the playoffs. Their scoring in this series is down to 86.5 PPG (37.4 percent shooting), and it’s hard to see where the increased production will come from, even with the series shifting to Bradley Center.

The Linemakers’ lean: With five of the last six meetings between these teams staying UNDER, the pace of the game expected to be slow and defenses figured to be dialed in, we’ll go UNDER tonight’s 187.5.

No. 1 Golden State Warriors at No. 8 New Orleans Pelicans (9:30 p.m. ET, TNT)Game 3 spread, total: Golden State -5, 203 Series lead: Golden State 2-0

Golden State held serve in the first two games (106-99, 97-87) but failed to cover either as about 13-point favorites. The UNDER went 1-0-1 with totals of 205 and 203.5.

The Pelicans (45-39 SU, 48-36 ATS) need to play a complete game to get a win and are buoyed by the fact they’re at home, as they’re 28-13 SU and 25-16 ATS at the Smoothie King Center this year. That includes a 103-100 win over Golden State on April 7 as 4.5-point dogs. Tyreke Evans is playing through a knee injury. Reserve Jrue Holiday (leg) is questionable after missing last game and struggling in Game 1.

The Warriors (69-15 SU, 47-36-1 ATS) have been a juggernaut this year, but have had some kinks in the armor on the road (28-13 SU, 21-20 ATS). They have some injury problems as well with Draymond Green playing through an ankle ailment and David Lee (back) doubtful after missing the first two games.

The Linemakers’ lean: The Warriors are 15-2 ATS on two or more days of rest, and we don’t see them shooting as poorly from the free-throw line as they did in the first two games (61.8 and 63.2 percent).  That alone could be the difference in covering what we believe is a fair number.  Look for the Pelicans, meanwhile, to keep the pace of this game slow and for defensive adjustments also to help keep this game UNDER.  Golden State -5 and UNDER 203 are the plays.

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