The Boston Celtics (8-7) welcome in the Brooklyn Nets (2-12) after winning three home games in a row. It starts at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, November 21, 2025.
The Celtics take the court as heavy favorites against the Nets. The Celtics are favored by 15.5 points. The matchup’s over/under is set at 222.5.
Celtics vs. Nets betting odds
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Spread: Boston -15.5Total: 222.5Moneyline: Boston -1163, Brooklyn +730
Nets at Celtics odds, spread, & morePredictionPick ATS: Celtics (- 15.5)Pick OU:
Over (222.5)Prediction:
Celtics 121 – Nets 106MoneylineThe Celtics are 6-3 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 66.7% of those games).Boston has not yet played as a moneyline favorite of -1163 or shorter.Based on this game’s moneyline, the Celtics’ implied win probability is 92.1%.The Nets have entered the game as underdogs 14 times this season and won twice.Brooklyn has not won as an underdog of +730 or more on the moneyline this season in two games with those odds or longer.The implied probability of a win by the Nets based on the moneyline is 12.0%.Against the spreadThe 113.7 points per game the Celtics put up are 7.6 fewer points than the Nets give up (121.3).When Boston scores more than 121.3 points, it is 4-0 against the spread and 4-0 overall.Brooklyn is 4-4 against the spread and 2-6 overall when it scores more than 108.5 points.Boston is 6-4 against the spread and 7-3 overall when it allows fewer than 109.6 points.The Celtics are at the 22nd spot in the NBA’s scoring charts (113.7 PPG), while the Nets allow the 23rd-fewest points per game (121.3) in the league.The 29th-ranked scoring NBA team (109.6 PPG) is Brooklyn, while the Boston squad ranks second in the league defensively (108.5 PPG).The Celtics have out-scored their opponents by a total of 78 points this season (5.2 points per game on average), and opponents of the Nets have out-scored them by 163 more points on the year (11.7 per game).Over/UnderBoston’s average implied point total this season is 1.6 fewer points than its implied total in Friday’s game (117.4 implied points on average compared to 119 implied points in this game).So far this season, Boston has scored more than 119 points in five games.Brooklyn’s average implied point total on the season (119.5 points) is 15.5 points higher than its implied total in this matchup (104 points).How to watch Celtics vs. Nets