NBA Best Bets: Celtics vs. Pacers Picks for December 29
Published 11:33 pm Saturday, December 28, 2024
The Boston Celtics (23-8) play the Indiana Pacers (15-17) as double-digit, 12.5-point favorites on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET on NBCS-BOS and FDSIN.
To find the best bets you can make on Sunday’s game, based on our computer predictions, keep reading.
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Celtics vs. Pacers Game Info
- When: Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET
- Where: TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
- TV: NBCS-BOS and FDSIN
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Celtics vs. Pacers Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Celtics (- 12.5)
- Boston has covered the spread 12 times in 31 games.
- Indiana has 13 wins in 32 games against the spread this year.
- The Celtics have won once ATS (1-8) as a 12.5-point favorite or more this season.
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Pick OU:
Under (233.5)
- In 10 of 31 games this season, the Celtics and their opponents have gone over 233.5 points.
- The Pacers have played 15 games this season that finished with a combined score higher than 233.5 points.
- Boston has had an average of 228.9 points in its games this season, 4.6 fewer than this matchup’s total.
- The average total for Indiana’s games this season is 231.8 points, 1.7 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- The Pacers are the league’s seventh-highest scoring team this season compared to the sixth-ranked Celtics.
- The Celtics are the NBA’s ninth-ranked scoring defense while the Pacers are the 27th-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Celtics (-699)
- This season, the Celtics have won 23 out of the 30 games, or 76.7%, in which they’ve been favored.
- The Pacers have been underdogs in 15 games this season and have come away with the win seven times (46.7%) in those contests.
- Boston has a record of 8-2, a 80% win rate, when it’s favored by -699 or more by bookmakers this season.
- Indiana has yet to enter a game this year with longer moneyline odds than +500.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Celtics have a 87.5% chance to win.
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