This is a 10* GAME 3 TOP TOTAL on the OVER Warriors/Celtics.

Game 1 flew OVER the number. Game 2 stayed well UNDER the number.

We're all tied up heading back to Boston. The last thing the Warriors can afford to do here is to get caught playing the Celtics brand of basketball.

Stephen Curry and company will be looking to get out to a quick start and to stretch this home side defense whenever possible.

And that means pushing the pace in transition and shooting plenty of shots from range.

Note though that Boston has in fact seen the total go OVER the number in eight of its last ten in trying to revenge a SU/ATS road loss against an opponent in which it was held to 90 or fewer points in.

The cast of characters for both teams is well known to even the most casual NBA fan. There's no need to break down every single player and their strengths and weaknesses and review what their stats were in the last game.

The bottom line is that the overall situation in our opinions, along with the trends/numbers all point to the OVER as the correct call.

Good luck, NP