Exclusive Insights: Betting Big on Two Surefire Champions in the 2025 NBA Playoffs

Tatum missed 10 games in the regular season and Boston was 8-2 straight up (SU) in those outings with a +10.5 scoring margin. One was a 20-point beating by Orlando at the end of the regular season, but the Celtics rested all of their starters. Boston PG Jrue Holiday is questionable for Game 3, too, and the Celtics were 14-6 SU without him during the regular season. 

I trust the Celtics more than any team to overcome minor injuries because of their continuity. Kristaps Porziņģis missed most of last year’s playoffs, and the Celtics still coasted to a title. Plus, Holiday’s absence isn’t major because the 2024-25 NBA Sixth Man of the Year, PG Payton Pritchard, is replacing him, and the Magic have the worst point guard situation of all the teams in the postseason. 

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