The Boston Celtics (1-0) play the Miami Heat (0-0) at 4:30 PM ET on Friday, October 21, 2022. The matchup airs on ESPN and BSSUN.
The Celtics take on the Heat in a game expected to be a tight one. The Celtics are favored by only 1.5 points against the Heat.
Celtics vs. Heat Betting Odds
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- Spread: Boston -1.5
- Moneyline: Boston -125, Miami +105
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Celtics at Heat odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Heat (+ 1.5)
- Pick OU:
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- Prediction: –
Heat 108 – Celtics 107
- Boston was favored on the moneyline 60 total times last season. It finished 44-16 in those games.
- Boston had a record of 43-15 when it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -125 or shorter last year (74.1%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, Boston’s implied win probability is 55.6%.
- Last season, Miami won 14 out of the 23 games, or 60.9%, in which it was the underdog.
- Last season, Miami won 12 of its 19 games, or 63.2%, when it was the underdog by at least +105 on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Miami has a 48.8% chance to win.
- Last year, the Celtics recorded 6.2 more points per game (111.8) than the Heat allowed (105.6).
- Boston went 36-16-1 against the spread and 41-12 overall last season when scoring more than 105.6 points.
- Miami went 40-20 against the spread and 46-14 overall last season when giving up fewer than 111.8 points.
- The Heat scored an average of 110.0 points per game last year, 5.5 more points than the 104.5 the Celtics allowed to opponents.
- When it scored more than 104.5 points last season, Miami went 40-16 against the spread and 45-11 overall.
- Boston went 34-18-1 against the spread and 41-12 overall last season when it allowed fewer than 110.0 points.
- Last season, the Celtics were at the 12th spot in the NBA’s scoring charts (111.8 PPG), while the Heat allowed the fourth-fewest points per game (105.6) in the league.
- Miami was the NBA’s 17th-ranked offense (110.0 PPG) a season ago, while Boston allowed the fewest points per game (104.5).
- The Celtics outscored their opponents by a total of 597 points last season (7.3 points per game on average), and the Heat put up 365 more points than their opponents on the year (4.4 per game).