NBA Best Bets: Celtics vs. Hawks Picks for January 18
Published 5:36 am Saturday, January 18, 2025
The Atlanta Hawks (21-19) are big, 10.5-point underdogs against the Boston Celtics (29-12) at TD Garden on Saturday, January 18, 2025. The game begins at 7:00 PM ET on NBCS-BOS and FDSSE.
Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Saturday’s game, before you make a wager on this contest?
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Celtics vs. Hawks Game Info
- When: Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
- TV: NBCS-BOS and FDSSE
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Celtics vs. Hawks Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Celtics (- 10.5)
- Boston is 17-24-0 against the spread this year.
- Against the spread, Atlanta is 17-23-0 this year.
- The Celtics have an ATS record of 10-14 as 10.5-point favorites or more.
- The Hawks have won once ATS (1-2) as a 10.5-point underdog or greater this season.
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Pick OU:
Under (235.5)
- The Celtics’ 41 games this season have gone over this contest’s total of 235.5 points 12 times.
- Hawks games this season have had a combined scoring total higher than 235.5 points in 25 of 40 outings.
- The average point total in Boston’s matchups this year is 228.1, 7.4 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- Atlanta has a 234.7-point average over/under in its contests this season, 0.8 more points than this game’s total.
- The Celtics are the eighth-highest scoring team in the league this year. The Hawks have scored the 11th-most points.
- The Hawks have surrendered the 22nd-fewest points in the league this season, while the Celtics have given up the 10th-fewest.
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Moneyline Pick: Celtics (-549)
- The Celtics have entered the game as favorites 39 times this season and won 29, or 74.4%, of those games.
- The Hawks have won in 13, or 52%, of the 25 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- Boston has a record of 15-5, a 75% win rate, when it’s favored by -549 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- Atlanta has been named as an underdog of +400 or more just one time this season and came away with a victory in that game.
- The implied probability of a win from the Celtics, based on the moneyline, is 84.6%.
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