Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors Game 2 Odds & Free Pick

After rolling late to a victory in Game 1 of this NBA championship series on the road Thursday night the Celtics shoot for a 2-0 lead when the teams meet for Game 2 Sunday night in San Francisco.

Boston began this series as a +135 underdog to win it, with the Warriors giving -155 as the favorites. Now, after stealing home-court advantage, the Celtics are chalked at -175 to win this NBA championship series, with Golden State now getting +150 as the underdog.

Here’s how we homeworked Game 2 of this Finals series, with our free NBA playoffs betting pick.

NBA Betting Odds

The NBA playoffs betting lines opened Golden State as a four-point favorite for Game 2, with an over/under of right around 215.5. Today’s betting has driven the line up to GS -4.5 and the total down and half point to 215.

Celtics-Warriors Game 2 NBA Betting Preview

Boston took the opener of this NBA championship series Thursday night 120-108. The Celtics actually saw Golden State come out hot in Game 1, trailed by four points after one quarter but fought back to lead by 56-54 at the half. Boston then fell down by 15 late in the third quarter and still trailed 101-97 with just over six minutes to go. But the Celtics kept hitting shots and closed out the game with a 23-7 run for the outright victory as underdogs of 3.5 points.

Boston also cashed in on the Game 1 money line at a price of +140.

Also, Game 1 played over a total of 214.

On the night the Celtics shot 51 percent from the field, hit 21/41 from 3-point range, held the Warriors to 44 percent FG shooting, outscored Golden State in the paint 34-26 and won the turnover battle 14-13.

At one point during its rally Thursday night Boston hit seven 3-pointers in a row.

With Thursday’s victory/cover the Celtics are now 13-6 SU, 12-6-1 ATS this postseason.

With Thursday’s loss the Warriors are now 12-5 SU, 9-8 ATS this postseason.

Golden State finished two games ahead of Boston in the regular-season standings but the Celtics managed to split the season series with the Warriors SU 1-1 and played 1-0-1 ATS. But we should point out that Golden State G Steph Curry missed most of the game the Warriors lost due to a foot injury.

Actually, going back to 2019 Boston is now 7-1 SU, 6-1-1 ATS over its last eight meetings with Golden State.

NBA Playoffs Betting Trends

• The Celtics are 8-2 SU, 8-1-1 ATS on the road this postseason.
• The Warriors are 9-1 SU, 7-3 ATS at home this postseason.

Totals Report

• The unders are 10-9 in Celtics games this postseason.
• The overs are 11-6 in Warriors games this postseason.
• The unders are 8-3 over the last 11 meetings between these two teams.