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Boston Celtics vs Golden State Warriors Prediction, Odds and Picks for Monday, 01/20/25

Updated: 11:33 AM ET Jan 20, 2025

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Celtics

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29-13

Warriors

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Celtics vs Warriors Pickswise Expert Predictions

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Point Spread Pick

BOS Celtics -10.0(-110)BOS Celtics @ GS Warriors

Reasoning

The Boston Celtics are entering this matchup as heavy favorites, with a significant market shift moving them from a 5-point favorite to a 10-point spread. While Boston’s recent form has been inconsistent, their bounce-back ability remains one of their strong points. The Celtics have only suffered back-to-back defeats once this season. With a game plan built on resilience, they are poised to recover from a tough home loss to the Atlanta Hawks, making them an attractive pick here. However, their struggles have been concerning. Over their last 16 games, Boston is just 8-8, which is not the dominant form they need to assert themselves as legitimate title contenders. Still, they currently sit 2nd in the Eastern Conference, so it’s far from time to panic.

On the other hand, the Golden State Warriors are far from their championship glory days. The team has been plagued by inconsistency, hovering just above .500 and showing flashes of brilliance that are often undone by significant lapses in play. Injuries to key players like Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Green and potentially Steph Curry — who is dealing with an ankle issue — further hinder their chances. With Curry’s scoring dipping and the team struggling to find a consistent 2nd option, the Warriors will likely be outmatched. With the Celtics out for redemption and the Warriors’ roster in disarray, expect Boston to cover the 10-point spread.

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Same Game Parlay

Player Points

S. Curry (GS) - Over 25.5 pts

Player Rebounds

J. Brown (BOS) - Over 5.5 rebs

Player Threes Made

K. Porzingis (BOS) - Over 1.5 threes

Reasoning

Steph Curry over 25.5 points (-125)

There are quite a few notable absences for the Warriors in this game, so it’ll be up to Steph Curry to once again carry the team on his back. The list of potential absentees includes Draymond Green, Jonathan Kuminga, Kyle Anderson and Brandin Podziemski. Without a doubt, the Golden State depth will take a big hit here, but I have full confidence in head coach Steve Kerr to put a gameplan together in which Curry will thrive.

The Warriors have no other choice really, as Andrew Wiggins is no longer a reliable number-one scoring option, while Buddy Hield has completely cooled off after a solid start to the season. Curry had 27 in the first meeting of the season at TD Garden, leading his team to an upset victory. He’s averaging 27.8 points per game in the last 10 meetings, however in one of those games he got injured and scored just 4 points which brings his averages down a bit. He’s cleared this line 8 times in those 10 games, so only once when he was healthy has he failed. Time for Curry to turn back the clock and show everyone he still has it.

Jaylen Brown over 5.5 rebounds (+102)

Speaking of players that still have it, we’re going with Jaylen Brown in the 2nd leg of our Celtics vs Warriors Same Game Parlay. The current NBA Finals MVP is having a rough month shooting the ball in January, but he has stepped it up doing other things to make up for it. Over his last 10 games, Brown is averaging 6.8 rebounds per game, which is in line with his season average in road games at 6.9 per game.

We just saw him grab 11 rebounds in the loss to Atlanta and that was the 4th game in a row in which he has cleared this line. Rebounding has been the Achilles heel of the Warriors all year long, as they average just 53.4 a night which ranks them in the bottom 6 of the NBA. Brown has excelled at rebounding against Golden State for a while now, he’s averaging 7.3 per game in the last 10 meetings and has cleared this line a total of 9 times. Expect him to make it 10.

Kristaps Porzingis 2+ made threes (-154)

Load management kept Kristaps Porzingis out of Saturday’s game against Atlanta, which the Celtics lost at home in overtime. That means KP comes back healthy and rested for today’s encounter with the Warriors and I’m sure the Celtics will appreciate having him around, considering just how poorly they’ve played over their last 8 games. The Latvian has been a model citizen this year – he’s averaging 2.6 makes from deep in January, upping his production from 2.1 per game in the previous month.

Porzingis’ efficiency is also up by 13.5% and the Celtics would be foolish not to use him more on offense in this game. The Warriors have been leaking triples all over the place in their last 3 games, with opponents making 45.9% of shots. For comparison, the last-placed Pistons allow 37.9% for the entire year, which shows how badly the Warriors are defending the perimeter. Expect a productive night from KP in this one to wrap up our Celtics vs Warriors Same Game Parlay.

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Game Totals

The total has gone under in 4 of the Celtics' last 5 road games.

Point Spread

The Warriors are 9-12 against the spread at home this season.

Money Line

The Celtics have won 4 of their last 5 games at Western Conference Pacific Division teams.

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