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The NBA does not stop and this Sunday, December 18 will have a short but entertaining lineup of games, being this Magic vs Celtics the game that will open this Sunday.
These teams will meet again just one day after having met in this same venue, and it will be the Celtics who once again enter as the big favorites after winning their first two games of the campaign against the Magic.
JefeBet brings you the best analyses of the different games of the best basketball league in the world with their respective predictions, and we concentrate to offer you the best sports betting content so here we leave you our Orlando Magic vs Boston Celtics prediction.
Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Orlando Magic vs Boston Celtics NBA Regular Season Game on December 18, 2022
- Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts.
- When: Sunday, December 18, 2022, 3:00 PM E.T.
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Betting on the Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic have been trying since the beginning of the campaign to get things right, but to their misfortune, despite showing some interesting things, they have not been able to exceed expectations and as expected they find themselves shipwrecked at the bottom of the Eastern Conference with one of the worst records in the league.
There is nothing that Florida has excelled at this campaign, being a sluggish team on defense with an average of 113.7 points allowed per game andwith many problems on offense, being the third worst in the NBA in that aspect with an average of only 109.1 points scored.
Perhaps the only thing that can be rescued from the Magic so far this season is the performance of young sensation Paolo Banchero, who dominates the Rookie of the Year Award race as his team’s leading scorer with 21.7 points per game, along with 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
Betting on the Boston Celtics
Things have been very different on the side of the Celtics, reigning Eastern Conference champions and last campaign’s NBA finalists, as they come into this game with an enviable record that is the best in the league. However, they know they can’t relax yet considering they have the Milwaukee Bucks just 1.5 games back.
Unlike last year, however, the Celtics’ defense has been much more lax, its offense has been on another level, currently the most productive in the NBA with an average of 119.4 points scored per game.The team had a shooting percentage of 48.8 % from the field and 82.9 % efficiency in free throws.
That strong performance on offense is due to the great momentum of its three main stars, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart, with the first two averaging 30.2 and 26.6 points, respectively, and the third being the team’s leader in assists and steals with 7.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
JefeBet Prediction
The difference between one team and the other is more than evident in this clash, with an Orlando Magic that has a very good player like Banchero but that is not enough to help a poor offense that will have many problems facing a Celtics defense that is not the best of all, but that knows how to do things.
In addition, the Magic will also have to deal with the mission of keeping limited a powerful local offense led by Tatum and Brown at an excellent level, which has been much more effective at home.
The Celtics have an 11-2 record at home this campaign, and considering the momentum and differences between the two teams, we expect them to have another solid performance here and make the Magic suffer in order to get a convincing victory.
Prediction: Boston Celtics Spread.
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