Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Prop Pick: Will Jayson Tatum Struggle From Deep in Game 4?
The Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers meet for Game 4 tonight. Will Jayson Tatum struggle from deep in Game 4? Ben Rajavuori shares his best Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers prop pick.
Ben Rajavuori - May 13, 2024, 5:10 PM EDT
5 minBoston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Prop Pick: Will Jayson Tatum Struggle From Deep in Game 4?
The Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers meet for Game 4 of the second round of the NBA playoffs from Rocket Mortgage Field House in Cleveland tonight. The Celtics bounced back from their blowout in Game 2 by beating the Cavaliers 106–93 last game. The Celtics are now back in the driver's seat of this series and are 8.5-point favorites to 3-1 in the series. What should we expect in this game from Ohio tonight?
CELTICS VS. CAVALIERS GAME 4 DATE, TIME, AND WHERE TO WATCH
- Date: May 13, 2024
- Start Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
- Where to Watch: TNT
BOSTON CELTICS VS. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Game 4 PREDICTION
The player I am targeting in this game is Celtics forward Jayson Tatum. Tatum has scored 23.1 points per game in this playoffs and has been part of the main scoring duo for the Celtics along with Jaylen Brown. Tatum and the Celtics team have vast playoff experience and Tatum has been at the forefront of this offense for years now. However, I am taking the under on his three-pointers tonight.
Jayson Tatum has always been a pretty good three-point shooter throughout his career. He averages 37.5% from three in his career and was right on that average during the regular season. However, he has been ice-cold from deep in the playoffs this year. He is shooting just 26.5% from three in the postseason and is averaging just 1.6 three-pointers per game. He is set at 2.5 threes tonight and is even money to go under on FanDuel.
Tatum has not hit three threes in a single playoff game so far this season. He has had multiple games with two, and even had zero in Game 1 of this series. He’s coming off his best game of the playoffs so far, scoring 33 points, But he shot eight threes and only made two. It was the most three-point attempts he has had so far in the playoffs and he still failed to go over this number of 2.5. With the Celtics having so many other good perimeter shooters, I expect Tatum to keep driving to the cup and letting others be the main three-point shooters.
Jaylen Brown and Derrick White have been excellent from three, and they also have great bench shooters like Peyton Pritchard and Sam Hauser. Even the big man, Al Horford can make them rain from deep. The strongest part of Tatum‘s game in the postseason has not been his three-point shooting so far, and yet this line is still hanging at 2.5 where has been almost all postseason. I think Tatum can have a great game tonight and still go under 2.5 three like he has done every game of these playoffs. There’s also a lot of blowout potential here, as the Celtics seem to be blowing out their opponents in every game, which could cut into Tatum‘s minutes a bit.
BOSTON CELTICS VS. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Game 4 Prop Pick
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