Portland Trail Blazers vs Boston Celtics Prediction, Preview and Odds - 01/21/2022

Game Time: 7:30 pm ET, Friday, January 21, 2022

Venue:  TD Garden, Boston, MA

Where to Watch:  NBCS-BOS

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +7.5, Celtics -7.5; Over/Under:  214 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +7.5, Celtics -7.5; Over/Under:  214 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Trail Blazers +7.5, Celtics -7.5; Over/Under:  214.5 points

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  18-26 (4th place, Northwest Division)

Boston Celtics:  23-23 (3rd place, Atlantic Division)

 

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Portland Trail Blazers:  5-5 last 10

Boston Celtics:  6-4 last 10

 

 

 

The Trail Blazers are coming into this game with an 18-26 record overall and they are 4-15 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 2 of their last 3 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 2 game winning streak that they were on. Their 2 wins in that span were against the Washington Wizards and the Orlando Magic while their loss came against the Miami Heat in their last game. Anfernee Simons led the team in points in that game with 27 while CJ McCollum was next on the team with 24 points. Simons led the team in assists in that game with 7 while Jusuf Nurkić led the team in rebounds with 14. They were 40.7% from the field, 30.4% from 3-point range, and 75% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 108.3 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 112.3 PPG against them. The Trail Blazers have an ATS record of 17-27 this season and their O/U record is 21-23.

 

 

The Celtics are coming into this game with a 23-23 record overall and they are 15-9 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 2 of their last 3 games but are coming off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 2 game winning streak that they were on. Their 2 wins in that span were against the Chicago Bulls and the New Orleans Pelicans while their loss came against the Charlotte Hornets in their last game. Dennis Schröder led the team in points in that game with 24 while Jaylen Brown was next on the team with 21 points. Brown led the team in assists in that game with 6 while Al Horford led the team in rebounds with 10. They were 43.3% from the field, 30.4% from 3-point range, and 76.9% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 107.5 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 105.8 PPG against them. The Celtics have an ATS record of 21-23-2 this season and their O/U record is 20-25-1.

 

 

The Celtics are coming into this game as a 7.5 point favorite with the current betting odds according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Celtics have been playing well in their recent games and they have started to play better in their home games as well. They have won 2 of their last 3 but lost their last game and will be looking to bounce back. The Trail Blazers have one of the worst road records this season. They have been playing well recently but they are coming off of a loss and they will start to hit a big slump soon with all of the injuries they have suffered to star players. The injuries are going to start catching up to the Trail Blazers in their games and they are getting a good Celtics team here looking to start climbing the standings with some wins. The best bet to place in this game is on the Celtics to cover the spread here.

 

Trail Blazers Celtics Prediction:  Our NBA Pick for Friday, January 21, 2022 (7:30 pm ET start time) is Celtics 117 Trail Blazers 104.

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Portland Trail Blazers: 17-31 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points. 18-26 ATS in all games. 15-22 ATS when the total is 210 to 219.5. 6-16 ATS as an underdog. 3-10 ATS as a road underdog. 5-14 ATS in road games. 14-27 ATS after allowing 105 points or less.

Boston Celtics: 4-15 O/U as a favorite of 3.5 to 9.5 points. 8-20 O/U as a favorite. 6-13 O/U as a home favorite. 24-32 O/U when playing 8 or more games in 14 days.

 

 

Portland Trail Blazers:  N. Powell (SG) Ques Fri - Conditioning. C. Zeller (PF) Ques Fri - Knee injury. N. Little (SF) Ques Fri - Knee injury. L. Nance Jr. (SF) Out indefinitely - Knee injury. D. Lillard (PG) Mid March - Abdominal injury.

Boston Celtics:  M. Smart (PG) Ques Fri - Thigh injury. R. Williams III (C) Ques Fri - Personal. A. Nesmith (SG) Ques Fri - Ankle injury.

 

 

 

"You've got to give them credit. But I was happy with how hard we played in the game, the entire game." - Chauncey Billups on his team’s loss against the Heat on Wednesday night.

 

 

"I thought we had a lot of good looks and we moved the ball really well. They made a lot of tough baskets. They came and outplayed us." - Jaylen Brown on their loss against the Hornets on Wednesday night.

 

 

 

PG     Anfernee Simons

SG     CJ McCollum

SF     Tony Snell

PF     Robert Covington

C      Jusuf Nurkic

 

PG    Payton Pritchard

SG    Jaylen Brown

SF    Jayson Tatum

PF    Al Horford

C    Enes Freedom

 

 

PPG: D. Lillard (24)

APG: D. Lillard (7.3)

Reb/G: J. Nurkic (10.7)

 

PPG: J. Tatum (25.2)

APG: M. Smart (5.3)

Reb/G: R. Williams III (9.2)

 

Coaches:

Portland Trail Blazers: Chauncey Billups (1st season)

Boston Celtics: Ime Udoka (1st season)