NBA Best Bets: Celtics vs. Pacers Picks for December 27

Published 5:34 am Friday, December 27, 2024

The Indiana Pacers (15-16) are heavy underdogs (+10.5) as they try to build on a five-game road win streak when they take on the Boston Celtics (22-8) on Friday, December 27, 2024 at TD Garden. The game airs at 7:30 PM ET on NBA TV, NBCS-BOS, and FDSIN.

For the best bets you can make on Friday’s game, based on our computer predictions, see below.

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Celtics vs. Pacers Game Info

  • When: Friday, December 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
  • Where: TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
  • TV: NBA TV, NBCS-BOS, and FDSIN
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)

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Celtics vs. Pacers Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Celtics (- 10.5)

  • Boston’s record against the spread is 11-19-0.
  • Against the spread, Indiana is 13-18-0 this season.
  • The Celtics’ ATS record as 10.5-point favorites or more is 7-10.

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Pick OU:

Under (232.5)

  • Celtics games this season have gone over this contest’s total of 232.5 points 11 times.
  • The Pacers have combined with their opponent to score more than 232.5 points in 15 of 31 games this season.
  • Boston’s games this season have had an average of 228.8 points, 3.7 fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
  • Indiana’s games this season have had an average of 231.9 points, 0.6 fewer points than this game’s total.
  • The Celtics are the fifth-highest scoring team in the league this year. The Pacers have scored the sixth-most points.
  • The Pacers have surrendered the 26th-fewest points in NBA play this season, while the Celtics have given up the 10th-fewest.

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Moneyline Pick: Celtics (-549)

  • This season, the Celtics have been favored 29 times and won 22, or 75.9%, of those games.
  • The Pacers have been victorious in seven, or 50%, of the 14 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
  • Boston has a record of 11-2, a 84.6% win rate, when it’s favored by -549 or more by oddsmakers this season.
  • Indiana has yet to enter a game this year with longer moneyline odds than +400.
  • The Celtics have a 84.6% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.

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