The Boston Celtics (53-14) are favored by 15.5 points over the Detroit Pistons (12-55) on March 18, 2024 at TD Garden. The Celtics are red-hot, having won five in a row and going 8-2 in their past 10 games. The matchup’s over/under is set at 223.
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Spread: Celtics (-15.5) to Cover
- The DraftKings line for this game has the Celtics favored by 15.5, while the model predicts they’ll win by considerably more (24.6 points). Put your money on the Celtics.
- Boston has gone 35-29-3 ATS this season.
- The Celtics have covered the spread once this season (1-3 ATS) when playing as at least 15.5-point favorites.
- Detroit has a 34-32-1 record against the spread this season.
- The Pistons have been an underdog by 15.5 points or more five times this season, and covered the spread in two of those contests.
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Total: Over 223
- The model predicts a total (231.3 points) much higher than the one set by DraftKings for this game (223 points). Take the over.
- Boston and its opponent have broken the 223-point mark 44 times this year.
- So far this season, 41 Detroit’s games have featured more than 223 points scored.
- So far this season, 32 out of the Celtics’ 67 games have hit the over.
- The Pistons and their opponents have combined to go over the point total 33 out of 67 times this season.
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Moneyline Winner: Celtics (-1350)
- Prediction: Celtics 128, Pistons 103
- This season, Boston has been favored 65 times and won 52, or 80%, of those games.
- Detroit has come away with nine wins in the 60 contests it has been listed as the underdog this season.
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Jalen Duren Points Prop: Under 12.5
- The Pistons are receiving 14.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game from Jalen Duren this year.
- The 12.5-point total set for Duren on Monday is 1.5 fewer points than his season scoring average.
- He has gone up against a points prop bet in 52 games this season, and he’s gone over 26 times.
- When it comes to points, the Celtics are dominating on both offense and defense, as they rank second-best in the league in points scored (121.0 per game) and fifth-best in points allowed (109.6 per contest).
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