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Utah Jazz vs. Boston Celtics
The Utah Jazz and the Boston Celtics will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at TD Garden.
Oddsmakers opened the Celtics as -14-point favorites versus the Jazz, while the game's total opened at 242.
Boston lost its last outing, a 127-123 result against the Thunder on January 02. The Celtics failed to cover in that game as a -4-point favorite, while the 250 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Utah was a 154-148 winner in its last match at home against the Pistons. They failed to cover the -8.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 302 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.
Utah:
Team record: 16-19 SU,20-15 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Utah is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Utah is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Utah is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Boston:
Team record: 26-7 SU,16-15-2 ATS
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Boston's last 8 games
Boston is 10-5 ATS in its last 15 games at home
Next up:
Utah at Philadelphia Saturday, January 6
Boston at Indiana Saturday, January 6