NBA on TNT: Celtics Host Banged up 76ers

The fans at TD Garden see the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics when they take their seats on Thursday. The game will tip-off at 7:00 pm EST and TNT will have the telecast.

Oddsmakers opened the Celtics as -6-point favorites versus the 76ers, while the game's total opened at 212.5. The line now shows Boston as 4.5-point favorites and the total is down to 208.

Raptors Win was Costly for 76ers

Philadelphia won its last outing, a 117-111 result against the Toronto Raptors on January 15. The 76ers covered in that game as a +2-point underdog, while the 228 combined points took the game OVER the total.

Philly has won 5 of their last 6 games coming into tonight. Then the injury bug hit against Toronto. The club is still unsure about when rookie Markelle Fultz's shoulder will allow him to return.

J.J. Redick suffered a "bone edema and small Cortical crack in the left fibula," that will be re-evaluate in 10-to-14 days. Redick has been great for the Sixers. He is averaging 17.3 points per game. That is 5.1 higher than his career average. He is 40.5 percent on 3-pointers. He is also 94.6 percent from the foul line.

The Sixers will also be without bench player Richaun Holmes for a second straight game.

Joel Embiid scored 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Monday.

In their only loss over their last 6 games, the Sixers blew a 22-point first-half lead to the Celtics in London. They blew a 22-point lead against the Raptors as well on their last visit. Then they hung on after squandering a 21-point lead Monday.

Celtics Playing 2nd game in 11 Days

Boston was a 116-113 loser in its last match at home against the Pelicans. They failed to cover the -5.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 229 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.

The loss was only the Celtics second game in the last 11 days.

Kyrie Irving revealed Wednesday he has a sore left shoulder. He is questionable for Thursday. Marcus Smart, Guerschon Yabusele and Abdel Nader have reported being sick as well.

The Celtics have won 13 of the last 14 games against the Sixers. The last seven have been at TD Garden.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Philadelphia	20-20	22-17-1	108.62	108.18	0.44	11-9	11-8-1	22-18	10-10	12-8
Boston	34-11	27-16-2	103.22	98.13	5.09	13-9-2	14-7	22-22-1	13-11	9-11-1

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
PHI	25.95	17.40	1.49
BOS	22.16	13.31	1.66

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
PHI	11.12	36.42	47.54
BOS	9.18	35.53	44.71

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
PHI	46.21	43.83	2.38
BOS	44.89	43.08	1.81

Team Records

Philadelphia 76ers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	20-20	10-10	10-10	22-17-1	11-9	11-8-1	108.63	108.18	0.45
Last 10	6-4	3-2	3-2	6-4	3-2	3-2	108.60	104.90	3.70
vs Div	2-6	1-3	1-3	2-6	1-3	1-3	100.38	109.63	-9.25
vs EAST	9-10	7-4	2-6	9-10	6-5	3-5	106.79	107.47	-0.68
vs WEST	11-10	3-6	8-4	13-7-1	5-4	8-3-1	110.29	108.81	1.48

Boston Celtics

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	34-11	18-6	16-5	27-16-2	13-9-2	14-7	103.22	98.13	5.09
Last 10	8-2	5-2	3-0	6-4	4-3	2-1	103.60	97.30	6.30
vs Div	8-1	4-0	4-1	6-3	3-1	3-2	102.89	96.56	6.33
vs EAST	22-8	9-4	13-4	18-11-1	7-5-1	11-6	102.50	97.80	4.70
vs WEST	12-3	9-2	3-1	9-5-1	6-4-1	3-1	104.67	98.80	5.87

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	108.63	7	98.13	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	108.30	5	98.75	3
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	46.10	1	44.46	24
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	103.22	22	108.18	23
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	104.75	19	110.25	25
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	45.29	8	42.15	5

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Philadelphia	1-9	5-5	6-4	99.40	50.90	44.43	45.80	111/294	8.30
Boston	9-1	5-5	6-4	107.20	50.70	43.17	43.40	104/291	9.70

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Jan 11, 2018	BOS	114	PHI	103	2	BOS	212	O	BOS	BOS	BOS	48	57	48.3	46.3	46	37	13/35	11/28	11	12
Nov 30, 2017	PHI	97	BOS	108	-8	BOS	211.5	U	BOS	PHI	PHI	44	54	41.7	50.6	45	40	16/32	12/29	11	7
Oct 20, 2017	BOS	102	PHI	92	-3	BOS	216.5	U	BOS	BOS	Push	46	50	41.7	38	55	47	10/29	10/32	4	7
Mar 19, 2017	BOS	99	PHI	105	5	PHI	202	O	PHI	PHI	PHI	51	46	40	47.1	41	42	6/29	12/33	8	9
Feb 15, 2017	PHI	108	BOS	116	-10	PHI	218.5	O	BOS	PHI	BOS	61	61	47.3	47.5	47	39	8/31	13/28	16	13
Jan 6, 2017	PHI	106	BOS	110	-11	PHI	212.5	O	PHI	BOS	BOS	62	51	46.8	40.2	41	42	9/28	19/40	9	6
Dec 3, 2016	BOS	107	PHI	106	9.5	PHI	207.5	O	BOS	PHI	PHI	45	53	50	46.1	37	38	8/26	15/33	5	5
Mar 20, 2016	BOS	120	PHI	105	12	BOS	214	O	BOS	BOS	BOS	55	44	48.9	42.4	53	40	10/24	8/21	8	5
Jan 24, 2016	BOS	112	PHI	92	8	BOS	206	U	BOS	BOS	BOS	58	43	44.3	39.3	51	47	11/25	8/26	14	12
Nov 25, 2015	PHI	80	BOS	84	-12	PHI	201.5	U	PHI	BOS	BOS	47	40	37.3	34.1	50	54	7/27	9/29	11	7

NBA Betting Trends

Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Philadelphia's last 23 games on the road
Philadelphia is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Boston
Philadelphia is 1-14 SU in its last 15 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games when playing Boston
Philadelphia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games when playing on the road against Boston

Boston Celtics
Boston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Boston is 10-5 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Philadelphia
Boston is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston's last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston's last 8 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Team Last 5 Games

Philadelphia 76ers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 15, 2018	TOR	117-111	W	2	220	W/O	49.38	81.58	6	H
Jan 11, 2018	BOS	103-114	L	2	212	L/O	46.34	88.89	11	H
Jan 5, 2018	DET	114-78	W	-6	210.5	W/U	48.89	92.31	14	H
Jan 3, 2018	SAN	112-106	W	-3.5	208	W/O	45.00	76.74	7	H
Dec 31, 2017	PHO	123-110	W	-3.5	220.5	W/O	55.84	79.41	10	A

Boston Celtics

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 16, 2018	NOH	113-116	L	-5.5	213.5	L/O	39.60	87.50	19	H
Jan 11, 2018	PHI	114-103	W	-2	212	W/O	48.31	78.95	13	A
Jan 6, 2018	BKN	87-85	W	-3	205.5	L/U	37.76	53.33	5	A
Jan 5, 2018	MIN	91-84	W	-3	210.5	W/U	40.43	69.23	6	H
Jan 3, 2018	CLE	102-88	W	-3	212.5	W/U	44.57	72.73	12	H

Next up:
Philadelphia home to Milwaukee Saturday, January 20
Boston home to Orlando Sunday, January 21

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