***Macwesties * Thur. May 25, 2023 * NBA * Conf. final * Gm #5 * Basketball Play***

(167-163-2) * (50.61.%) * ATS * YTD * 2022 / 2023 * Reg. Season & Playoffs *  updated

(4-2) * (66.70%) * ATS * Playoffs Play -In 

(35-39-2) * (47.30%) * ATS * Conference Quarter, Semi, & Finals 

1-unit per play unless other wise noted

***Tail or Fade at your own Risk***

(97-84-2)  * (53.60%) run since Feb. 01, 2023

(76-72-2) * (51.35%) * ATS * run since Mar. 01, 2023 

(53-48-2) * (52.50%) * ATS * run since Apr. 02, 2023 

I’m (2-4-1) in the Conf. Finals wtf! My record has dwindled to a trickle . . . it is what it is.

Tues. * (1-0) * Celtics +1.5  

Tonight I like Short & Sweet: woof woof   Laying the pts, win or lose, wtf do I know! 

Miami Heat @ Boston  Celtics -8.0 POINTSBET * 8:30 PM * Conf. Final Gm #5

“We were just trying to save our season,” Tatum said.

“We can't relax,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “We have to keep the same level of intensity, the same mindset, the same focus in the next game."

“Tonight we played with pace, purpose,” Tatum said. "We were getting stops. We were getting out in transition. You see layups and free throws go in, the jump shots start to feel a lot easier.”

"We want to come back to Miami," Jaylen Brown said after the second-seeded Celtics avoided the brooms with a 116-99 victory in Game 4 on Tuesday. They still trail 3-1 in the best-of-seven series to the eighth-seeded Heat.

"Yeah, everybody was in good spirits, everybody was upbeat, and as cliche as it sounds, we just tried to take it one game at a time," Tatum said. "We didn't play well the first three games, we didn't deserve to win, but we didn't want that to define us, define the season.

"We've still got a long uphill battle to go. But (Tuesday) was a good start. Just to try to carry this momentum toward Thursday."

"The only thing I'm going to say is we'll be OK," Butler said. "Let's get back to doing what we've always done to get us to this point. Continually have belief in one another, knowing that we are going to win, and we will. We've just got to play harder.

"There's not too much to say with this group because we already know. So we've just got to go out there and execute."

 "It's definitely disappointing," Martin said of the loss. "That would have been a perfect world, perfect situation. But as we know and everybody else knows, we don't typically get things the easy way over here. So like I said, this is right up our alley. This is the way it goes for us and guys like us. Again, I think it's only going to prepare us for the long run. This could be good for us."

No team in NBA history has ever successfully rallied from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series; 150 have tried, 150 have failed.

But the Celtics gave themselves hope.

“We don't really have a choice,” Mazzulla said. “It's do-or-die. Got to stick together.”

And the Celtics responded — most emphatically.

“They got us tonight,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “You have to give them credit for that. There's no doubt about it. There's no questioning it. We're not wondering about that. They deserved to win tonight. We have to regroup and get ready for a great opportunity in Boston.”

MIA @ BOS 

Hot Trends are trends 80% or higher.

Cold trends are trends 20% or lower.

Betting ATS Trends:

Heat are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.

Heat are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS loss.

Heat are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.

Heat are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following a double-digit loss at home.

Celtics are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 home games vs. a team with a losing road record.

Celtics are 13-6 ATS in their last 19 Thursday games.

Celtics are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall.

Celtics are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Conference Finals games.

Head to Head Trends:

Heat are 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Boston.

Heat are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings.

GOOD LUCK Everyone either way >>>>  

$AME $IDE

Mac

GL @camby700

Good luck bigMAC.. Dog make money's I will glad to take dog again 

Hope the C's blowout the Heats today. GL Mac

Good luck Mac.  

@Macwestie1

 BOL 

MacD, 

More than likely the other side. Boston did give us some good eye candy for this game. 

Tough game. BoL

Good luck today!!!!!

Love ya Mac but against you tonight

Tough one tonight. BOL buddy. I’m just watching…until some ridiculous live bet turns me into gambling Fred Flintstone that is LOL!!

Wow! Taking the favorite giving 8 points “ That’s not like you Mac so you must love it ?? 

Good luck Mac.  I'm going with Miami+8 here.  

Love those points.  May the best bet win.  

MAC 

Mac, I laid those eight points right alongside you. I’m also on the Celtics -4.5 in the 1st half and -2.5 & moneyline -185 in the 1st quarter.

GL to us Mac attack  

@Mardyball 

 @camby700

@MrBator 

Glad to see three of my favourites Covers respectfully on the Celtics 

14-0 Boston run  

Keep up the pressure Celtics

still early though

Tatum . . . . word!

Bol Big Mac!

@CravinMorehead