A pair of the league’s best scorers — Jayson Tatum (seventh, 27.2 points per game) and De’Aaron Fox (10th, 26.3) — hit the court when the Boston Celtics (60-16) host the Sacramento Kings (44-32) on Friday, April 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET on NBA TV, NBCS-BOS, and NBCS-CA.
The Celtics are a 10-point favorite against the Kings when the Celtics and the Kings square off. The game’s over/under is set at 226.
Celtics vs. Kings Betting Odds
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- Spread: Boston -10
- Total: 226
- Moneyline: Boston -454, Sacramento +349
Kings at Celtics odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Celtics (- 10)
- Pick OU:
Over (226)
- Prediction:
Celtics 123 – Kings 109
- Boston has come away with 59 wins in the 74 contests it has been listed as the favorite this season.
- This season, Boston has come away with a win 28 times in 31 chances when named as a favorite of at least -454 or shorter on the moneyline.
- Boston has an implied victory probability of 81.9% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Sacramento has gone 12-12 in games it was the underdog on the moneyline (winning 50% of those games).
- Sacramento has not yet played as a moneyline underdog of +349 or longer.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, Sacramento’s implied win probability is 22.3%.
- The Celtics record 121 points per game, 5.2 more points than the 115.8 the Kings allow.
- Boston has a 34-20-3 record against the spread and a 51-6 record overall when putting up more than 115.8 points.
- Sacramento is 32-19-1 against the spread and 38-14 overall when it scores more than 109.3 points.
- Boston is 37-17-4 against the spread and 50-8 overall when it allows fewer than 117 points.
- The Celtics are the NBA’s second-ranked scoring team (121 PPG), while the Kings rank 19th in points per game allowed (115.8) in the league.
- The ninth-ranked scoring NBA team (117 PPG) is Sacramento, while the Boston squad ranks fifth in the league defensively (109.3 PPG).
- The Celtics have totaled 891 more points than their opponents this season (11.7 per game on average), and the Kings have scored 95 more points than their opponents (1.2 per game).
Over/Under
- The average implied total for Boston this season is 119.4 points, 1.4 more points than its implied total of 118 points in Friday’s game.
- This season, Boston has put up more than 118 points in 49 games.
- The average implied point total on the season for Sacramento (119.6) is 11.6 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (108).
How to watch Celtics vs. Kings
- Game Day: Friday, April 5, 2024
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBA TV, NBCS-BOS, and NBCS-CA
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Arena: TD Garden
- TV Channel: NBC Sports Networks
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