NBA Best Bets: Celtics vs. Hawks Picks for January 18

Published 4:35 am Saturday, January 18, 2025

The Atlanta Hawks (21-19) are double-digit, 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.

If you want to gain an edge on Saturday’s game, check out the best bets on the board below (based on our computer predictions).

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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)

  • Against the spread, Boston is 17-24-0 this year.
  • Against the spread, Atlanta is 17-23-0 this season.
  • As 10.5-point favorites or more, the Celtics are 10-14 against the spread.
  • The Hawks have won once ATS (1-2) as a 10.5-point underdog or more this season.

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Pick OU:

Under (235.5)

  • Celtics games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 235.5 points 12 times.
  • The Hawks have played 25 games this season that have gone over 235.5 combined points scored.
  • The average total in Boston’s games this season is 228.1, 7.4 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
  • Atlanta’s average game total this season has been 234.7, 0.8 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
  • The Celtics are the eighth-highest scoring team in the NBA this year. The Hawks have scored the 11th-most points.
  • This matchup features the NBA’s 22nd-ranked (Hawks) and 10th-ranked (Celtics) scoring defenses.

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Moneyline Pick: Celtics (-599)

  • The Celtics have won 29, or 74.4%, of the 39 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
  • The Hawks have been underdogs in 25 games this season and have come away with the win 13 times (52%) in those contests.
  • Boston has a record of 14-5, a 73.7% win rate, when it’s favored by -599 or more by bookmakers this season.
  • Atlanta has been named as an underdog of +425 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 85.7%.

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