NBA Basketball Betting: Celtics Favored in Odds vs Wizards

The Washington Wizards and the Boston Celtics will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday afternoon at 8:00pm EST when they meet at the TD Garden in a game that can be seen on ESPN. NBA basketball betting at online sportsbooks have the Celtics listed as 12-point favorites against the Wizards with a total of 194. The Wizards were defeated 102-74 by the Milwaukee Bucks last time out as a 4-point underdog in NBA odds. That game's 176 points went UNDER the posted total of 192.5. JaVale McGee had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds in the second straight loss for the Wizards.

Washington could only net 19 points in both the third and fourth quarter and recorded season lows for points and assists. "We just didn't compete tonight. It carried over to defense. It carried over to offense. We had missed layups, missed shots," Wizards coach Flip Saunders said after the game. "We were out of sync the whole time." Heading into today's game on ESPN, the Wizards are 21-38 straight up on the season, 25-34 against the spread as underdogs in NBA basketball betting and 4-6 after playing Milwaukee.

The Celtics pulled ahead in the second half and earned a 96-86 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday. The Celtics covered the 5-point spread as favorites in NBA basketball betting while the 182 points went UNDER the posted total of 195.5 at online sportsbooks. Kevin Garnett poured in 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen had 16 points apiece in Boston's third straight win. "We're a veteran team, we know how to play," Garnett said after the game. "It's just [about] when we want to put our heads together, go out and execute and do the things we have worked on."

Heading into today's match-up, the Celtics are 39-21 straight up on the season, 24-35-1 against the spread as favorites in NBA basketball betting odds and 8-2 after playing the 76ers. Boston is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games when playing Washington and 5-0 straight up in NBA odds for their last 5 games when playing Wizards. The total has gone UNDER in 6 of the Celtics last 8 games when playing at home against Washington and UNDER in 6 of the Wizards last 7 games on the road. Vegas sports odds at Caesars sportsbook have the Celtics -12 favorites against the Wizards with a betting total of 194.