Celtics vs. Pelicans Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under – January 12

Published 5:16 am Sunday, January 12, 2025

The Boston Celtics (27-11) face the New Orleans Pelicans (8-31) as heavy, 14.5-point favorites on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET on NBCS-BOS and Gulf Coast Sports.

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Celtics vs. Pelicans Game Info & Odds

  • Date: Sunday, January 12, 2025
  • Time: 6:00 PM ET
  • How to watch on TV: NBCS-BOS and Gulf Coast Sports
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
  • Location: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Venue: TD Garden

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Celtics vs. Pelicans Score Prediction

  • Prediction:
    Celtics 122 – Pelicans 103

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Spread & Total Prediction for Celtics vs. Pelicans

  • Pick ATS: Celtics (- 14.5)
  • Computer Predicted Spread: Celtics (-19.4)
  • Pick OU:

    Under (227.5)

  • Computer Predicted Total: 225.5
  • The Celtics’ .421 ATS win percentage (16-22-0 ATS Record) is higher than the Pelicans’ .385 mark (15-24-0 ATS Record) in 2024-25.
  • Boston covers the spread when it is a 14.5-point favorite or more 28.6% of the time. That’s more often than New Orleans covers as an underdog of 14.5 or more (never covered this season).
  • Boston’s games have gone over the total 42.1% of the time this season (16 out of 38), less often than New Orleans’ games have (21 out of 39).
  • As a moneyline favorite this season, the Celtics are 27-9, a better mark than the Pelicans have posted (4-25) as moneyline underdogs.

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Celtics Performance Insights

  • Things are clicking for the Celtics, who are scoring 117.9 points per game (fifth-best in NBA) and ceding 108.4 points per contest (fifth-best).
  • Boston is averaging 44.9 rebounds per game (11th-ranked in league). It is ceding 44.3 rebounds per contest (17th-ranked).
  • So far this year, the Celtics rank 17th in the league in assists, putting up 25.4 per game.
  • Boston ranks top-five this year in turnovers, ranking second-best in the league with 11.6 turnovers per game. Meanwhile, it ranks 24th with 12.9 forced turnovers per contest.
  • The Celtics rank best in the NBA by sinking 18 threes per game. In terms of three-point percentage, they rank 13th in the league at 36.4%.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

  • Offensively, the Pelicans are the fourth-worst squad in the league (107.4 points per game). Defensively, they are 25th (117.1 points conceded per game).
  • In 2024-25, New Orleans is 24th in the league in rebounds (42.7 per game) and 25th in rebounds conceded (45.6).
  • With 24.8 assists per game, the Pelicans are 22nd in the NBA.
  • At 14.1 turnovers committed per game and 14.2 turnovers forced, New Orleans is 17th and 12th in the league, respectively.
  • Beyond the arc, the Pelicans are third-worst in the league in 3-pointers made per game (11.8). And they are fifth-worst in 3-point percentage at 34%.

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