The Denver Nuggets (30-24) roll into Beantown Friday to play the Boston Celtics (31-25) at TD Garden. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Nuggets at Celtics odds and lines, and make our expert NBA picks, predictions and bets.
Boston has won eight of its past nine games, including six straight with the latest being a 126-91 beatdown of the Nets in Brooklyn as a 10.5-point favorite Wednesday. The Celtics are 6-3 against the spread (ATS) in their last nine games as well.
Denver has won back-to-back home games, beating the Nets 124-104 Sunday and the Knicks 132-115 Tuesday, following a 3-game losing skid. Over their last 10 games, the Nuggets are 7-3 straight up (SU) and 5-4-1 ATS.
This is the first Celtics-Nuggets game this season. The Celtics have won the last three meetings against the Nuggets and have covered four straight in the head-to-head series.
- Money line: Nuggets +180 (bet $100 to win $180) | Celtics -230 (bet $230 to win $100)
- Against the spread: Nuggets +5.5 (-110) | Celtics -5.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 218.5 (O: -108 | U: -112)