Celtics at Magic Game 5 Eastern Conference Finals Odds & Predictions: For the Orlando Magic to win the Eastern Conference Finals series with Boston they must win out. The odds are not in Orlando's favor, lined by BetUS.com at +425 while Boston is a heavy favorite at -650. The Magic's Game 4 win at Boston's TD Garden on Monday kept their hopes alive, especially since the series shifts to Orlando for Wednesday's Game 5. Regardless of what some pundits might want fans to believe, the Magic do have a chance of winning this series and a great chance of closing the gap to a single game with a win at Amway Arena tonight.
The Magic are lined as 4-chalk favorites for Game 5 on the BetUS NBA board with a 186 total. Celtics backers are getting +150 moneyline odds while the Magic are giving -170.When Orlando could have thrown in the towel, they didn't. The Magic scratched and clawed their way to a Game 4 overtime win on Dwight Howard's 32 points and 16 rebounds. Orlando, controlled a seven-point advantage with less than three minutes left in regulation. But, Boston stormed back every time, forcing OT and almost overcoming a late six-point deficit in the extra session.
Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 32 points, while Ray Allen, who drained a pair of treys in overtime to keep Boston alive, contributed 22 points.
The Magic have some added confidence as they head home where they were swept in the first two games of the series.
J.J. Redick said it best following Monday's Game 4 victory. "This is not a team that wants to just win one game and say all right, we didn't get swept. We want to win the series."
NBA Predictions: It’s only happened three times in NBA history where a team down 3-0 came back to force a game 7 and never has a team won a series with such a deficit. If Orlando can win Game 5, much of the pressure shifts to Boston for Game 6.
Orlando will win Game 5 to force a Game 6 back in Boston. There the series should really get interesting.
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