Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics Predictions

A steep price on Boston

Boston hosts Chicago on Friday, October 30, at 7:30 p.m. ET. SPF makes the Celtics -950 on the moneyline and 15.5-point favorites, with the Bulls at +625.

The price identifies Boston as the likely winner, but laying -950 offers little return. No team records, recent results, season statistics or confirmed starters are available to show that Boston is worth backing at those odds.

Chicago’s availability clouds the spread

FOX SPORTS 97-9 / iHeart reports that Chicago’s Nic Claxton is out with a hamstring injury. Tobe Awaka, Patrick Williams and Jalen Smith are day-to-day, while Boston’s Devin Carter is out with an illness. Those unresolved Chicago statuses make the Bulls difficult to assess at +15.5.

The total is 235.5, with both sides priced at -110. Without pace or recent scoring data, there’s no sound case for the over or under. The listed 50-50 moneyline split is also unsourced and shouldn’t influence the wager.

Prediction

Boston is the likely winner, but the moneyline is too expensive and neither the spread nor total has enough evidence behind it. Pass.