Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Clippers odds, tips and betting trends
The Boston Celtics (35-10) will aim to continue a three-game winning run when they host the Los Angeles Clippers (29-14) at 7:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 27, 2024. The Clippers have won four games in a row.
The Celtics are a 7-point favorite against the Clippers when the Celtics and the Clippers meet. The point total for the game is 234.5.
Celtics vs. Clippers Betting Odds
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- Spread: Boston -7
- Total: 234.5
- Moneyline: Boston -278, Los Angeles +225
- Pick ATS: Celtics (- 7)
- Pick OU:
Under (234.5)
- Prediction:
Celtics 119 – Clippers 112
- Boston has been the favorite in 43 games this season and has come away with the win 34 times (79.1%) in those contests.
- This season, Boston has come away with a win 24 times in 26 chances when named as a favorite of at least -278 or shorter on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies Boston has a 73.5% chance of walking away with the win.
- Los Angeles has not yet won as the moneyline underdog this season, going 1-1.
- Los Angeles has yet to play as a moneyline underdog of +225 or longer.
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives Los Angeles a 30.8% chance to win.
- The Celtics average 120.8 points per game, 8.8 more points than the 112 the Clippers give up.
- Boston has a 21-12-2 record against the spread and a 31-4 record overall when scoring more than 112 points.
- When it scores more than 110.6 points, Los Angeles is 22-9 against the spread and 26-5 overall.
- Boston is 20-11-3 against the spread and 30-4 overall when it gives up fewer than 118.2 points.
- The Celtics are the league’s fourth-ranked scoring team (120.8 PPG), while the Clippers allow the rank eighth in points per game (112) in NBA play.
- Los Angeles’ squad is currently the ninth-ranked scoring team in the NBA (118.2 PPG), while Boston’s team is fourth in points allowed per game (110.6).
- The Celtics have out-scored their opponents by a total of 459 points this season (10.2 points per game on average), and the Clippers have put up 267 more points than their opponents on the year (6.2 per game).
- The average implied total for Boston this season is 119.4 points, 1.6 fewer points than its implied total of 121 points in Saturday’s game.
- This season, Boston has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (121) 20 times.
- Los Angeles’ average implied point total on the year (118 points) is four points higher than its implied total in this matchup (114 points).
- Game Day: Saturday, January 27, 2024
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBCS-BOS and BSSC
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Arena: TD Garden
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
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