The Cleveland Cavaliers (3-1) will look to extend a three-game winning run when hitting the road against the Boston Celtics (3-1) on Friday, October 28, 2022 at TD Garden. It airs at 4:30 PM ET on NBCS-BOS and BSOH.
The Celtics enter their game against the Cavaliers as a 5.5-point favorite. The game features an over/under of 221.5.
Celtics vs. Cavaliers Betting Odds
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- Spread: Boston -5.5
- Total: 221.5
- Moneyline: Boston -225, Cleveland +188
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Cavaliers at Celtics odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Celtics (- 5.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (221.5)
- Prediction:
Celtics 112 – Cavaliers 102
- Boston finished 44-16 in games it was listed as the moneyline favorite last season (winning 73.3% of those games).
- Boston had a record of 31-7 when it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -225 or shorter last year (81.6%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, Boston has an implied win probability of 69.2%.
- Last season, Cleveland was the underdog 42 times and won 15, or 35.7%, of those games.
- Cleveland had a record of 7-13, a 35% win rate, when it was set as the underdog by +188 or more by bookmakers last season.
- Cleveland has a 34.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Last year, the Celtics put up 6.1 more points per game (111.8) than the Cavaliers gave up (105.7).
- Boston went 36-16-1 against the spread and 41-12 overall last season when scoring more than 105.7 points.
- Cleveland went 33-20-2 against the spread and 40-15 overall last season when giving up fewer than 111.8 points.
- The Cavaliers scored an average of 107.8 points per game last year, only 3.3 more points than the 104.5 the Celtics allowed to opponents.
- When it scored more than 104.5 points last season, Cleveland went 31-17-2 against the spread and 31-19 overall.
- Boston went 32-13-1 against the spread and 39-7 overall last season when it allowed fewer than 107.8 points.
- Last season, the Celtics were the league’s 12th-ranked scoring team (111.8 PPG), while the Cavaliers were the fifth-ranked defense in terms of points per game (105.7) in NBA action.
- The 25th-ranked scoring NBA team was Cleveland a season ago (107.8 PPG), while the Boston squad was the best defense (104.5 PPG) in the league.
- The Celtics totaled 597 more points than their opponents last season (7.3 per game on average), and the Cavaliers scored 174 more points than their opponents (2.1 per game).