The Cleveland Cavaliers (13-11) will look to Donovan Mitchell (eighth in NBA, 27.4 points per game) to help knock off Jayson Tatum (eighth in league, 27.4) and the Boston Celtics (17-5) on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at TD Garden, at 7:30 PM ET on NBA TV, NBCS-BOS, and BSOH.
The Celtics take the court as 9-point favorites against the Cavaliers. The point total for the game is 226.5.
Celtics vs. Cavaliers Betting Odds
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- Spread: Boston -9
- Total: 226.5
- Moneyline: Boston -404, Cleveland +315
Cavaliers at Celtics odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Celtics (- 9)
- Pick OU:
Under (226.5)
- Prediction:
Celtics 117 – Cavaliers 107
- Boston has won 17, or 77.3%, of the 22 contests in which it was the favorite this year.
- Boston has yet to lose in 11 games when named as at least a -404 moneyline favorite.
- Boston has an implied victory probability of 80.2% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Cleveland has won four of the nine games it was the moneyline underdog this season (44.4%).
- Cleveland has played as a moneyline underdog of +315 or longer in just one game this season, which it lost.
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, Cleveland has an implied win probability of 24.1%.
- The 117.4 points per game the Celtics put up are 6.7 more points than the Cavaliers allow (110.7).
- Boston is 9-6-1 against the spread and 14-2 overall when scoring more than 110.7 points.
- When it scores more than 109 points, Cleveland is 8-6-1 against the spread and 9-6 overall.
- Boston is 8-3-1 against the spread and 11-1 overall when it allows fewer than 110.6 points.
- The Celtics are the NBA’s seventh-ranked scoring team (117.4 PPG), while the Cavaliers rank seventh in points per game allowed (110.7) in the league.
- Cleveland is the NBA’s 24th-ranked offense (110.6 PPG), while Boston is the fourth-ranked defense (109).
- The Celtics have out-scored their opponents by a total of 185 points this season (8.4 points per game on average), and opponents of the Cavaliers have out-scored them by just two more points on the year (0.1 per game).
Over/Under
- Boston has an average implied point total of 117.4 this season, which is 0.6 points lower than its implied total in Thursday’s game (118).
- So far this season, Boston has recorded more than 118 points in 11 games.
- The 113.5-point average implied total on the season for Cleveland is 4.5 more points than the team’s 109-point implied total in this matchup.
How to watch Celtics vs. Cavaliers
- Game Day: Thursday, December 14, 2023
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBA TV, NBCS-BOS, and BSOH
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Arena: TD Garden
- TV Channel: NBA TV
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