76ers vs Celtics: Predictions, odds, picks and injury news for tonight

As the regular season winds on, two teams near the top of the NBA standings meet Wednesday night for their second matchup in one week.

The Boston Celtics (8-2) and Philadelphia 76ers (8-2) hold a tie for the best record in the NBA's Eastern Conference. Philadelphia has the advantage in the head-to-head series after winning the first game between the two teams this season, 106-103.

Boston hits the road for the first of a four-game road trip after dominating all three games of a brief home stand, defeating the Nets, Raptors and Knicks.

The 76ers are staying home after just their second loss of the season and first of the month. They fell to the Pacers, 132-126, on Tuesday night in an in-season tournament game.

76ers vs. Celtics starting lineups

Here are the projected lineups for Wednesday's regular season game, according to RotoWire:

76ers vs. Celtics injury news

All injury news courtesy of ESPN as of Wednesday morning.

Boston Celtics:

Philadelphia 76ers:

Celtics at 76ers lines, betting odds

The Celtics are favorites to defeat the 76ers, according to the BetMGM NBA oddsbest mobile sports betting apps offering betting promos in 2023.

All odds as of Wednesday morning.

• Spread: Celtics (-4.5)
• Moneyline: Celtics (-190); 76ers (+155)
• Over/under: 226.5

Celtics at 76ers predictions

Sportsbook Wire: Celtics 111, 76ers 104

Seth Orlemann writes, "Boston has put together a span of nice wins over its last 3 outings, winning by an average margin of 17.6 points and covering as an 8.5-11.5-point favorite in each game. Although Boston has lost its last 2 road games — including a loss to Philadelphia — it is playing a Philly team that is finding out how to compensate for the loss of Oubre, who is averaging 16.3 points per game off the bench this season."

Action Network: Bet the Celtics spread

Chris Baker writes, "The Celtics lost this game by one possession last week and that was with them shooting just 31% from three and playing a 76ers team at full strength. Now the Sixers are down two of their top wing defenders and are coming off two straight games against one of the fastest teams in the NBA. If the Celtics are full strength, I expect them to take this one regardless of Joel Embiid’s status."

BetMGM: Celtics to win, 76ers to cover

According to the sportsbook, "Based on recent trends, the winning team model predicts the Celtics will win Wednesday‘s game with 61.2% confidence, factoring in recent team & player performances for the Celtics and 76ers, plus player injuries and defensive & offensive matchups...

"Based on recent against-the-spread (ATS) trends, the model predicts the 76ers will cover the spread for Wednesday‘s game with 54.6% confidence."

Dimers.com: Celtics 115, 76ers 110

Kevin Hansen writes, "Based on high-tech machine learning and data, Dimers.com has simulated the outcome of Wednesday's Celtics-76ers NBA game 10,000 times. Dimers' revolutionary predictive analytics model, DimersBOT, gives the Celtics a 66% chance of defeating the 76ers."

ESPN: The Celtics have a 56% chance to win at home

Boston are slight favorites at TD Garden according to ESPN's Analytics. The 76ers were given a 44% chance to emerge victorious.

How to watch 76ers vs. Celtics: TV channel, streaming info

When: 7:30 p.m. ET

Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.

Cable TV: ESPN; NBC Sports Boston

Streaming: ESPN app; NBA League Pass; YouTube TV; FuboTV

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