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The third-placed Eastern Conference side, Boston Celtics will go head-to-head against the fourth-placed Western Conference team, Denver Nuggets on Friday night at the TD Garden Arena. While the Celtics have lost just one of their five home games, the Nuggets have faced all their three losses in road games in the NBA 2022-23 regular season.

The Celtics and the Nuggets have managed an identical winning percentage of 72.7 after playing 11 games each. However, Boston are placed at the third position in the Eastern Conference standings while Denver are at the fourth place in the Western Conference.

Star forward Jayson Tatum is currently leading the Celtics squad with a per game average of 31.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 10 games this season while Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is averaging 21.2 points, 9.9 rebounds and 9 assists per game.

Boston Celtics vs Denver Nuggets: Match Prediction

Head-To-Head:

  • In their last 10 games against each other, the Celtics have dominated the matchup with seven victories while the Nuggets won three games.

Top Players:

  • The Celtics include Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Al Horford, Blake Griffin as their star players.
  • The Nuggets include Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Michael Porter Jr. as their star players.

Average Quarter score:

  • 1st quarter: 30-25
  • 2nd quarter: 31-27
  • 3rd quarter: 26-28
  • 4th quarter: 29-30

Nuggets at Celtics: Betting Odds

Against The Spread (ATS): 4.5 points (Celtics -4.5)
Over/Under (OU): 225.5 (Over)
Prediction: Celtics 116-110 Nuggets

Money Line:

  • The Celtics are expected to win the game with -150 odds while the Nuggets have +256 odds to win the game.
  • This season, the Celtics have lost three of the 11 games they were named favorites while the Nuggets won seven of the 10 games they played as favorites.
  • Boston were favorites in all the games they have played this season while Denver won the only game they played as underdogs.

Against The Spread:

  • In the NBA 2022-23 season, the Nuggets managed 116.2 points per game while the Celtics averaged 117.8 points per game.
  • From their opponents this season, the Celtics averaged 3.4 points more per game, and the Nuggets managed a difference of 2.3 points more per game.

Over/Under:

  • Considering their average score this season, the game between the Celtics and the Nuggets is likely to go over the total score of 225.5 points.

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