NBA Best Bets: Celtics vs. Pelicans Picks for January 31
Published 10:33 pm Thursday, January 30, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans (12-36) are big, 10.5-point underdogs as they attempt to stop a four-game losing streak when they host the Boston Celtics (33-15) on Friday, January 31, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. The game airs at 8:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports and NBCS-BOS.
If you want to gain an edge on Friday’s game, discover the best bets on the board in this article (according to our computer predictions).
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Celtics vs. Pelicans Game Info
- When: Friday, January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: Gulf Coast Sports and NBCS-BOS
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Celtics vs. Pelicans Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Celtics (- 10.5)
- Boston has covered the spread 20 times in 48 games.
- New Orleans has 20 wins in 48 games against the spread this season.
- The Celtics are 11-15 as 10.5-point favorites or more.
- The Pelicans have an ATS record of 3-4 as 10.5-point underdogs or more.
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Pick OU:
Under (231.5)
- The Celtics’ 48 games this season have gone over this contest’s total of 231.5 points 17 times.
- The Pelicans have played 20 games this season that have gone over 231.5 combined points scored.
- The average point total in Boston’s games this season is 227.7, 3.8 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- New Orleans’ games this season have had an average of 225.3 points, 6.2 fewer points than this game’s point total.
- The Celtics score the fifth-most points in the league this season, while the Pelicans’ offense puts up the 14th-most.
- The Celtics are the league’s 12th-ranked scoring defense while the Pelicans are the 27th-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Celtics (-599)
- The Celtics have won 33, or 71.7%, of the 46 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
- The Pelicans have been victorious in five, or 15.2%, of the 33 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- Boston has a record of 16-5, a 76.2% win rate, when it’s favored by -599 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- New Orleans has yet to win this season when listed as an underdog of +425 or worse on the moneyline this season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 85.7% chance of a victory for the Celtics.
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