NBA Best Bets: Celtics vs. Cavaliers Picks for December 1
Published 12:39 am Sunday, December 1, 2024
The Eastern’s top two teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers (17-3) and the Boston Celtics (16-3), take the court at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET on NBA TV, FDSOH, and NBCS-BOS. The Celtics are favored by 1.5 points on the road.
Hoping to gain an edge on Sunday’s game? Discover the best bets available for this matchup (based on our computer predictions) in the following article.
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Celtics vs. Cavaliers Game Info
- When: Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 6:00 PM ET
- Where: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio
- TV: NBA TV, FDSOH, and NBCS-BOS
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Celtics vs. Cavaliers Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Cavaliers (+ 1.5)
- Against the spread, Boston is 8-11-0 this season.
- Cleveland has beaten the spread 14 times in 20 games.
- The Celtics have an ATS record of 8-11 as 1.5-point favorites or more.
- The Cavaliers are 3-0 as 1.5-point underdogs or more.
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Pick OU:
Under (235.5)
- In seven games this season, the Celtics and their opponents have gone over 235.5 total points.
- The Cavaliers have played nine games this season that finished with a point total above 235.5 points.
- Boston’s contests this year have an average total of 229.2, 6.3 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- The average total for Cleveland’s games this season is 228.4 points, 7.1 fewer points than this game’s over/under.
- The Celtics are the seventh-highest scoring team in the league this year. The Cavaliers have scored the second-most points.
- This game features the league’s 20th-ranked (Cavaliers) and eighth-ranked (Celtics) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Cavaliers (+100)
- The Celtics have entered the game as favorites 19 times this season and won 16, or 84.2%, of those games.
- The Cavaliers have won in two of the three contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- Boston has a record of 16-3, a 84.2% win rate, when it’s favored by -120 or more by bookmakers this season.
- This year, Cleveland has won two of three games when listed as at least +100 or better on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 54.5% chance of a victory for the Celtics.
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