Today's picks: Why the Celtics and Heat will score in bunches, plus more NHL, NBA and MLB best bets for Thursday, May 19

Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Mike McClure, Allie O'Neill and John Bollman on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for the NBA, baseball and hockey for Thursday, May 19 and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.

Coach runs down today's SportsLine top plays, all Overs. First is Over 207.5 total points (-110) in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Celtics and Heat at 8:30 ET. "The Celtics need to speed things up if they want to compete with the Heat," he says.

The next two top plays come from the NHL. Coach says that both the Lightning-Panthers (-115) and Blues-Avalanche (-125) games will go Over their set 6.5 total goals scored marks. 

McClure loves the Avalanche game. He's taking the Over on Nathan MacKinnon's shots on goal total of 4.5 (-125). "We've seen [MacKinnon] play five playoff games so far this season," he says. "He's not had fewer than 6 shots on goal." McClure's also playing the Avalanche on the puck line at -1.5 (+105). "They are the best team in the NHL. I love that they get to play here on home ice."

Bollman then pivots the picks to baseball. He's taking the Red Sox to beat the Mariners outright at -130 (7:10 ET). "[Starter] George Kirby has been very good for the Mariners in his first two starts," Bollman says. "But he's still a rookie making his first career start at Fenway Park, and it's against a Red Sox team that's suddenly started to hit."

Coach says he's taking the moneyline on the Phillies to beat the Padres (-112) (1:05 ET). "How about these numbers for [Padres starter Yu] Darvish on the road?" Coach says. "19 innings pitched, 17 runs. His last outing? 5.2 [innings], 9 hits, 5 earned runs."

O'Neill is all over the Cubs beating the Diamonbacks (+100) (7:40 ET). "Even though the Cubs lost yesterday," she says, "They've still won four of their last five games. And [Arizona starter] Zac Gallen's been really good so far, but he did just lose to the Cubs in his most recent start."

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