Warriors spread: Celtics -2.5; Celtics vs. Warriors over-under: 226 points; Celtics vs. Warriors money line: Celtics -138, Warriors +118; The Skinny. The Warriors have won three of four games to improve to 9-7 since Draymond Green returned to their lineup. Welcome to the 'upside down,' where the Golden State Warriors are the worst team in the NBA. The Warriors are plummeting from grace, taking a 2-10 record and a five-game losing streak into Friday's matchup with the Boston Celtics, who remain the No. 1 team in basketball at 9-1. We haven't quite had Celtics-level success picking Boston's games this season, but we're still above water at 15-8-1. Over their seven-game slump — in which they’ve lost five games — the Celtics have had a difficult time scoring the basketball, ranking 22nd in the NBA with a 108.5 Offensive Rating. That’s not what you want to hear when you’re getting set to play a strong defensive club, but as we’ll get to in a little bit the Warriors’ defense.

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The Golden State Warriors (10-38) and Boston Celtics (31-15) tangle at TD Garden Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. We analyze the Warriors-Celtics odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.

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Warriors at Celtics: Key injuries

Warriors

PG Stephen Curry (hand) outPF Kevon Looney (abdominal) outSG Klay Thompson (knee) out

Celtics

C Enes Kanter (hip) outSF Jayson Tatum (groin) questionableC Robert Williams III (hip) out

Warriors at Celtics: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips

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Prediction

Celtics 125, Warriors 104

Moneyline (ML)

The Celtics (-909) are favored heavily, but the moneyline can’t be a recommended play with a $10 wager on Boston winning outright returning a profit of just $1.10. The Warriors (+600) are never an advisable play.

Line/Against the Spread (ATS)

The CELTICS (-11.5, -125) have cashed in four of their past five games overall, and they’re also 4-1 ATS in the past five while working on one day of rest. On the flip side, the Warriors (+11.5, +105) have registered a solid 5-0 ATS mark in their past five road games against teams with a winning home record. They’re just 10-22-1 ATS in the previous 33 games following a cover. For some reason, the Dubs have long had a case of the Thursdays, going 7-19 ATS in the past 26 on this particular day of the week.

Over/Under (O/U)

The OVER 221.5 (-106) is the way to go. The Over has cashed in four straight for the Dubs, while hitting the Over in four straight as underdogs, too. The Over is 6-1 in the past seven appearances on Thursdays.

For the C’s, while the Under has hit in four straight overall, the Over is 5-2 in their past seven games and 9-3 in their past 12 showings on Thursday.

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Warriors Vs Celtics Spread

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The Golden State Warriors (11-9) will look to Stephen Curry (first in the league scoring 27.7 points per game) when they attempt to knock off Jaylen Brown (ninth in the NBA with 27.1 PPG) and the Boston Celtics (10-8 on Tuesday, February 2 at Chase Center. The Warriors are home underdogs in the game, which starts at 10:00 PM ET on TNT. The matchup has an over/under of points.

The betting insights in this article reflect odds data from William Hill Sportsbook as of February 1, 2021, 4:25 PM ET. See table below for current betting odds.

Celtics vs Warriors Betting Odds

Celtics vs Warriors Props

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Injury Report as of February 1

Warriors Cavs Spread

Celtics:
Marcus Smart: Out (Calf),
Romeo Langford: Out (Right wrist),
Payton Pritchard: Out (Knee)

Warriors:
Alen Smailagic: Out (Knee),
Klay Thompson: Out For Season (Right Achilles),
Marquese Chriss: Out For Season (Leg)

Celtics and Warriors Records ATS

• Boston has put together a 10-8 record against the spread this season.
• When favored by at least 2.5 points, the Celtics are 5-5 against the spread in 2020-21.
• 9 of 18 Boston games this season (50%) resulted in a total greater than the contest’s over/under.
• Golden State has met expectations of oddsmakers this season with an even 10-10 record ATS.
• As at least a 2.5-point underdog, the Warriors frequently meet expectations with a 4-3 record against the spread.
• 45% of Golden State’s 20 games this season have topped the over/under.

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Scoring Trends

• In Boston’s matchups this season, the Celtics and their opponents have exceeded Tuesday’s over/under of 224.5 points eight times (44.4% of opportunities).
• Eight Golden State games this year (40% of its matchups) finished with a final point total greater than Tuesday’s point total of 224.5 points.
• The Celtics have seen a 220.8 average over/under in their games this season, 3.7 points fewer than the over/under in this matchup.
• The over/under for this game is 1.2 points fewer than the average over/under in Warriors’ games this season (225.7 points).
• The average implied total for the Celtics this season is 112.5 points, 1.5 fewer points than their implied total of 114 points in Tuesday’s game.
• Boston has outscored this matchup’s implied point total (114) nine times.
• The 117.1-point average implied total on the season for the Warriors is 6.1 more points than the team’s 111-point implied total in this matchup.
• Golden State has scored more than this game’s implied total of 111 points 10 times this season.
• The Celtics are the league’s 16th-highest scoring team (111.6 PPG), while the Warriors allow the 23rd-fewest points per game (113.3) in NBA play.
• The Celtics have totaled a total of 44 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 2.4 per game), while the Warriors have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 18 total points, -0.9 per game).

Celtics Leaders

• The Celtics scoring leader is Brown, who puts up 27.1 points per game.
• Brown’s PRA prop over/under for the game is set at 30.5, 5.5 less than his season average of 36.0.
• Boston is led in rebounding by Tristan Thompson’s 8.4 rebounds per game and assisting by Marcus Smart’s 6.1 assists per game .
• Smart’s PRA prop total for the contest is set at 20.5, 1.4 lower than his season average of 21.9.
• Jayson Tatum hits 3.1 threes per game to lead the Celtics.
• Tatum’s three pointers made prop over/under for the contest is set at 2.5, 0.6 shots lower than his season average of 3.1.
• Boston’s blocks leader is Robert Williams III, who averages 1.5 per game. Smart leads the team averaging 1.8 steals a contest.
• Smart’s steals prop total for the game is set at 1.5, 0.3 steals less than his season average of 1.8.

Warriors Leaders

Celtics Warriors Odds Shark

• Curry outpaced his teammates on the Warriors scoring front by putting up 27.7 points per game. He adds 5.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game this season.
• Curry’s points prop total for the game is set at 28.5, 0.8 points higher than his season average of 27.7.
• The Golden State leaders in rebounds and assists are James Wiseman (6.1 rebounds per game) and Draymond Green (6.6 assists per game).
• Green’s PRA prop total for the game is set at 20.5, 4.4 higher than his season average of 16.1.
• Curry makes more threes per game than any other member of the Warriors, cashing in 4.5 treys per game.
• Curry’s three pointers made prop total for the game is set at 4.5, equal to his season average of 4.5.
• Golden State’s Kelly Oubre Jr. has the top spot on the team’s steals leaderboard with 1.3 per game and Andrew Wiggins is first in blocks with 1.5 per game.
• Oubre’s steals prop over/under for the contest is set at 1.5, 0.2 steals greater than his season average of 1.3.

Predictions

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