The Boston Celtics are staying alive in the Eastern Conference Finals.

After avoiding a sweep in Game 4, they won again in Game 5 in Boston to get the series to 3-2 against the Miami Heat.

The series heads back to Miami for Game 6: the Heat's last closeout chance before what would be a Game 7 in Boston.

The game starts at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on TNT.

Here are the betting splits on the spread as well as team records against the spread, outright, and versus the over/under -- according to the NBA odds at FanDuel Sportsbook

Boston Celtics at Miami Heat

Game 6 Betting Odds

• Moneyline:
  • Celtics: -146
  • Heat: +124
• Spread: Celtics -3.0 (-108)
• Total: 211.0 (-110 on the over)

Betting Splits

• Percentage of Spread Money: 73% for Boston
• Percentage of Spread Bets: 60% for Miami

Against-the-Spread Records

• Celtics: 54-43-3
• Heat: 44-54-2

Moneyline Records

• Celtics: 67-33
• Heat: 56-44

Over/Under Records

• Celtics: 52-46-2
• Heat: 51-48-1

Other Notes and Trends

• In games with Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, and Al Horford all active, the Celtics are 38-20 with a point differential of +5.6.
  • They score an average of 118.2 points per game in this split and allow 112.7.
  • The over is 33-24-1 in these games, and the team is 29-28-1 against the spread in this split.
• In games with Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo active but without Tyler Herro active, the Heat are 16-7 outright with a +3.7 point differential.
  • They're averaging 111.9 points per game and allowing 108.2 per game.
  • They're 12-10-1 against the spread in the split.
  • Miami is also 15-8-0 against the over in this 23-game sample.

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