NBA Best Bets: Celtics vs. Pelicans Picks for January 12

Published 9:33 pm Saturday, January 11, 2025

The Boston Celtics (27-11) are heavy, 14.5-point favorites against the New Orleans Pelicans (8-31) on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET. The matchup airs on NBCS-BOS and Gulf Coast Sports.

Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Sunday’s game, before you place a wager on this matchup?

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Celtics vs. Pelicans Game Info

  • When: Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET
  • Where: TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
  • TV: NBCS-BOS and Gulf Coast Sports
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Celtics vs. Pelicans Best Bets

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Pick ATS: Celtics (- 14.5)

  • Against the spread, Boston is 16-22-0 this season.
  • New Orleans has 15 wins in 39 games against the spread this year.
  • The Celtics have two wins ATS (2-5) as a 14.5-point favorite or greater this season.
  • The Pelicans don’t have a win ATS (0-2) as a 14.5-point underdog or greater this season.

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Pick OU:

Under (226.5)

  • The Celtics and their opponents have combined to score more than 226.5 points in 17 of 38 games this season.
  • The Pelicans have combined with their opponent to score more than 226.5 points in 20 of 39 games this season.
  • The average point total in Boston’s matchups this year is 228.4, 1.9 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
  • New Orleans’ matchups this season have a 223.5-point average over/under, three fewer points than this game’s total.
  • The Celtics are the sixth-highest scoring team in the NBA this year. The Pelicans have scored the 16th-most points.
  • The Celtics are the league’s 10th-ranked scoring defense while the Pelicans are the 28th-ranked.

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Moneyline Pick: Celtics (-1099)

  • This season, the Celtics have been favored 36 times and won 27, or 75%, of those games.
  • The Pelicans have been chosen as underdogs in 29 games this year and have walked away with the win four times (13.8%) in those games.
  • This season, Boston has won five of its seven games when favored by at least -1099 on the moneyline.
  • New Orleans has been named as an underdog of +675 or more just one time this season and left with a loss in that game.
  • The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 91.7% chance of a victory for the Celtics.

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