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NBA Expert Picks for Monday, March 18

Our VI basketball betting experts have compiled their NBA picks for Monday, March 18, and they're focusing on the matchups below:

Cavaliers vs Pacers Picks

Cleveland Cavaliers +7.5 (-109)

No Donovan Mitchell for the road Cavaliers. But that doesn't justify this high of a line.

Cleveland is better than Indiana. The Cavaliers have lost five fewer games and rank in the top-five defensively. Cleveland gives up an average of 109.6 points per game. Indiana ranks second-to-last in points allowed and defensive field goal percentage. The Pacers surrender an average of nearly 12 more points per game than the Cavaliers.

Cleveland has covered five of the last six times it has been an underdog. During their last seven games, the Cavaliers have beaten three teams with better records than Indiana - the Celtics, Timberwolves and Pelicans in New Orleans.

So I find this line out of whack.

Pistons vs Celtics Picks

Boston Celtics -15 (-112)

Tonight at 7:40pm ET, at TD Garden, in Boston, the Detroit Pistons (12-54) take on the Boston Celtics (52-14).

Detroit enters fresh from a 108-95 defeat to Miami, while Boston secured a 127-112 win against Phoenix. The Pistons average 112.1 PPG with a shooting % of 47% from the field and 35% from beyond the arc but concede 120.3 PPG. Conversely, the Celtics average 120.9 PPG, conceding only 109 PPG defensively.

It hasn't mattered who is playing for Boston or who is on the court. This team continues to produce and they are playing at a high level entering play on Monday. They extended their winning streak to 5 games with a win over the Wizards, despite missing 3 of their starters.

The Celtics offensively are just so much to handle and the Pistons aren't the team that will be able to slow them down. Overall, Boston is scoring 121 ppg this season and they are doing it both with their outside shooters and in the paint. This team is too much to handle and Detroit giving up 120.1 ppg is not going to be a good matchup at all.

The Pistons are also reeling right now, as they dropped back to back games to Miami entering this one. The Pistons have had zero success overall this season and they just don't have the confidence in a game like this.

Boston will turn up the pace early on them and come at this Detroit defense from so many different angles. This is a complete mismatch and Boston will put their foot on the gas early in this one and not look back.

My pick for Monday is the Celts; they seem stronger now nearly every game they play. You know what to do. Hop ON!

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