Golden State Warriors at Boston Celtics NBA Lines

Warriors at Celtics NBA Betting

The Boston Celtics have one last chance to avenge a loss to the Golden State Warriors in last season’s NBA Finals and to make up for a defeat earlier in the campaign when the clubs conclude the season series Thursday inside the TD Garden. Since a nine-game winning streak back in November, the Celtics have topped the NBA standings. Golden State’s inability to win on the road has kept them hovering around .500, though they started their current trip with two wins in three games nearly matching their road win total from the previous 19 games. The Dubs won and covered a fourth straight when the clubs met in early December.

The contest between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics takes place at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 19, 2023 from TD Garden in Boston, MA and will air live on TNT. BookMaker.eu will have odds for every game on the Thursday NBA schedule..

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A lot has been said of the Warriors road woes. I can’t recall a defending champ struggling so hard in away games and it’s kept them from making a charge up the West standings. With only three road wins in 19 games prior to their current trip things looked bleak since the Dubs dropped three in a row at home. However, they kind of snapped out of their funk winning in San Antonio and most recently in Washington with a pair of covers. The middle game resulted in a 132-118 loss to the Bulls while laying 6-points. Overall the road record isn’t pretty with only Houston having fewer away victories. The Warriors improved to 5-17 SU and are the least profitable road team in the league with payouts in 27.3 percent of their games.

Following a stretch before Christmas where they lost five of six games, the Celtics are back on a tear beating the Hornets on Monday for their seventh straight victory and fourth consecutive payout. Since that funk Boston is 11-2 SU and 8-5 ATS. Since taking a 2-1 series lead in the NBA Finals the Celtics dropped four straight to the Warriors going 0-4 ATS. The league’s second highest scoring team was held to 107 points in the December matchup and the Celtics scored fewer than 100 points in each of the last three Finals losses with the teams cashing the UNDER in all four games.

Golden State Warriors

The club said that once all its players are healthy and back in the lineup things will be different. There has been a slight change since Stephen Curry returned from a shoulder injury that cost him nearly a month. During his absence the Warriors went 6-5. Curry returned last week and it took a few games to knock the rust off, but he was in vintage form against the Wizards scoring 41 points. He and Jordan Poole combined to make 13 triples and score 73 points.

Offense hasn’t been a problem even with Curry sidelined. But the club is more active with him on the floor. The Dubs averaged 125.5 points in four games since Curry returned cashing the OVER in all of them and the OVER is 6-1 in their last seven games. The Warriors concede 11 points more per game on the road allowing the OVER to go 17-4-1.

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Boston Celtics

When you talk about offense you have to mention the Celtics. Scoring the second most points per game on average has allowed them to boast the NBA’s best record. The Cs averaged 126 points sweeping consecutive games from the Hornets with Jayson Tatum going off for 51 in a 130-118 win on Monday night. In five wins during their current seven-game winning streak the Celtics topped the 120-point mark. They proved they can win tight games in the others holding opponents to fewer than 100 points when they failed to score 110 points.

Tatum is the key figure for the Celtics. He struggled in the NBA Finals and was inefficient when the clubs met in December going 6 of 21 from the floor with 18 points. Tatum ranks among the top-5 averaging 31.1 points and has scored more than 30 in five of the last six games. However he failed to reach that number in any of the Finals games and had just 18 points in the earlier meeting.

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It’s evident the Celtics need Tatum to play at a high level. He has all season, but the Warriors have made things difficult on him. It’s hard to keep an elite scorer down and Tatum will get his revenge after averaging just 21 points over the last seven games against the Warriors.

NBA Odds Prediction: Boston Celtics / OVER

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