Following a nine-game winning streak, the San Antonio Spurs are coming off two straight losses and will look to avoid a third when they go up against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on Sunday. Sportsbooks opened the Celtics as 2-point home favorites with a total of 220.
Standout Stats
- San Antonio’s streakiness cannot go unnoticed. Before the Spurs’ nine-game winning streak, they went 1-7 SU on a brutal road trip. San Antonio let Houston Rockets superstar James Harden score 61 points in a 111-105 loss on Friday.
- The Celtics blew an 18-point fourth-quarter lead in a 124-117 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday and will have little time to recover from the disappointing setback. Boston has lost three in a row and sits a game behind fourth-place Indiana in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.
- Spurs big man LaMarcus Aldridge, who scored 32 points in a Spurs win over the Celtics earlier this season, was held to 10 against Houston and is scoring well below his average of 21 points in four of the past five games.
- The Spurs and Celtics have been two of the top OVER teams in the NBA this season. San Antonio’s OVER/UNDER record sits at 40-32-1, while Boston’s comes in at 41-32 O/U. In the past six meetings between the Celtics and Spurs, the OVER is 6-0.
- San Antonio has had the upper-hand when it comes to covering the spread in this series. In the Spurs’ previous 10 matchups with the Celtics, San Antonio is 8-2 ATS. The Spurs are also 12-3-1 ATS in their past 16 trips to Beantown.
My best bet for Spurs-Celtics
OVER 220 points
Both of these teams have proven to be perennial OVER bets any time they step on the court, and I’m expecting to see yet another high-scoring affair in Massachusetts today. Each squad has suddenly sprung a leak on defense and it’s caused scoring to go up as a result. Take the OVER.
The OVER is 6-0 in the last six meetings between the Spurs and Celtics. The Spurs are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 meetings with the Celtics.away The OVER is 6-1 in the Celtics' last seven games.home
