The top team in each conference, the Boston Celtics (20-5) and the Phoenix Suns (16-8), play at Footprint Center on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, tipping off at 10:00 PM ET.
The Celtics take on the Suns in a game projected to be a close matchup. The Celtics are favored by only 1.5 points against the Suns. The game’s over/under is set at 231.
Celtics vs. Suns Betting Odds
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- Spread: Boston -1.5
- Total: 231
- Moneyline: Boston -120, Phoenix +100
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Celtics at Suns odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Suns (+ 1.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (231)
- Prediction:
Suns 115 – Celtics 114
- Boston has come away with 19 wins in the 24 contests it has been listed as the favorite in this season.
- This season, Boston has come away with a win 18 times in 23 chances when named as a favorite of at least -120 or shorter on the moneyline.
- Boston has an implied victory probability of 54.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Phoenix has been the underdog on the moneyline five total times this season. Phoenix has finished 3-2 in those games.
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +100 or longer, Phoenix has gone 2-2 (50%).
- The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives Phoenix a 50% chance to win.
- The Celtics put up 11.3 more points per game (120.6) than the Suns give up (109.3).
- When Boston scores more than 109.3 points, it is 15-6 against the spread and 18-3 overall.
- Phoenix is 14-7 against the spread and 16-5 overall when allowing fewer than 120.6 points.
- The Suns put up an average of 116.5 points per game, only 3.9 more points than the 112.6 the Celtics allow.
- When it scores more than 112.6 points, Phoenix is 11-3 against the spread and 12-2 overall.
- Boston’s record is 12-2 against the spread and 13-1 overall when it allows fewer than 116.5 points.
- The Celtics are the NBA’s highest-scoring team (120.6 PPG), while the Suns rank sixth in points per game allowed (109.3) in the league.
- Phoenix’s squad is currently the seventh-ranked scoring team in the NBA (116.5 PPG), while Boston’s team is 13th in points allowed per game (112.6).
- The Celtics have scored a total of 202 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 8.0 per game), and the Suns have out-scored opponents by 173 points on the season (7.2 more per game).