The home team is a perfect 9-0 straight up and against the spread in the last nine games between the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards. The Wizards hope that trend continues for just one more game hosting the Celtics this Friday night.
Celtics vs. Wizards 2017 odds: Washington favored on Game 6 betting lines hosting Boston
The Washington Wizards will try to take advantage of their home court against the Boston Celtics as the teams meet in Game 6 of their second-round series on Friday.
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Washington is a 5-point home favorite in Game 6 at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The spread hasn’t come into play at all in this series with the home team winning by an average margin of victory of 18 points per game over the last five games.
Washington Wizards
Coming off an overtime loss in Game 2 and back-to-back blowout wins in Game 3 and Game 4, it looked as though the Wizards had some major momentum heading into Game 5 in Boston. But that momentum didn’t do Washington any good as the Wizards lost 123-101 as 4-point underdogs.
John Wall has scored at least 20 points in every game in this series and is averaging 26.4 points per game and 10.6 assists per game in the set.
Over their last two trips to the postseason, the Wizards are 8-2 SU and 7-3 ATS in 10 playoff home games per the OddsShark NBA Database.
Betting Line / Total: Washington -5 / 216 Points
Boston Celtics
Isaiah Thomas torched the Wizards for 43 points per game in the first two games of this series, but he’s been held to just 16.7 points per game over Boston’s last three games.
With Washington honing in on Thomas and forcing other players to beat them, Avery Bradley was up to the task in Game 5 with a 29-point night that included four three-pointers on seven shots. Boston has averaged just 95.5 points per game on the road in this series in sharp contrast to the 125 points per game it has scored at home.
Friday night’s total is set at 216 points. The OVER is 4-1 through the first five games of this series.
This has been an exciting series with plenty of great individual performances, but only Game 2 which went to overtime has been close. Washington has blown Boston away twice at home, and can push this series to a deciding Game 7 with another victory on Friday.
Boston Celtics at Washington Wizards
When: Friday, May 12, 8:00 p.m. ET
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
