Boston Celtics shooting guard Jaylen Brown’s performance against the Philadelphia 76ers last season

progresifjaya.co.id, JAKARTA – The Boston Celtics will face the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2025-26 NBA season opener at TD Garden on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 6:30 a.m. Facing the Philadelphia 76ers, the Boston Celtics currently hold a narrow lead of 2 points. The over/under for this match is 226,5 points.

Currently, the Boston Celtics are unlikely to compete for the NBA title. Their squad has undergone numerous changes. The franchise nicknamed The Green Machine has lost four valuable contributors to their 2024 NBA championship: Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford, and Luke Kornet. Meanwhile, star Jayson Tatum is likely to be out for most of the season.

The Boston Celtics have indeed been a very strong team in recent seasons. However, this season, they arguably don’t have enough players with super-duper-tough qualities. Although there are some shining candidates on the roster.

Payton Pritchard, the Sixth Man of the Year award winner who wears number 11, will likely take on a larger role. Meanwhile, Derrick White, wearing number 9, might make his first All-Star appearance if he can easily assume a larger role.

Jaylen Brown, number 7 for the Boston Celtics, will now experience being a first-team option for the first time in 10 years with the Boston Celtics. He’s been familiarly known as the second choice behind Jayson Tatum and Kyrie Irving. Now it remains to be seen whether he can demonstrate sufficient playmaking and ballhandling skills to fulfill the responsibilities he will face against the Philadelphia 76ers.

This season may not be the Boston Celtics’ best, considering their high standards. Nevertheless, it still looks set to be one of their most exciting.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers matchup. Starting with predictions, moneyline, spread, odds, and Over/Under totals.

Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers Prediction

ATS Pick: Boston Celtics (-2)
O/U Pick: Under (226,5)
Score Prediction: Boston Celtics 122 – Philadelphia 76ers 101

Moneyline

The Boston Celtics won 60 of the 78 games they were listed as moneyline favorites last season (76.9%).

In games played as moneyline favorites with odds of -141 or shorter last year, the Boston Celtics had a 58-17 record (77,3%).

The implied moneyline odds in this matchup give the Boston Celtics a 58,5% chance of winning.
The Philadelphia 76ers were underdogs 53 times last season and won 10 or 18,9%, of those games.

The Philadelphia 76ers have a 9-38 record in games where oddsmakers place them as underdogs with odds of at least +119 on the moneyline.

The Philadelphia 76ers have a 45,7% chance of winning this game based on the implied moneyline probabilities.

Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers

Spread and Odds

Last year, the 116,3 points scored by the Boston Celtics per game was only 0,5 points more than the 115,8 points allowed by the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Boston Celtics were 30-16 against the spread and 41-5 overall last season when scoring more than 115,8 points.

When scoring more than 107,2 points last season, the Philadelphia 76ers were 22-23 against the spread and 22-23 overall.

The Boston Celtics were 35-13 against the spread and 45-3 overall when allowing fewer than 109,6 points last season.

Last season, the Boston Celtics ranked eighth in the NBA in scoring (116,3 PPG), while the Philadelphia 76ers allowed the 21st-fewest points per game (115,8) in the league.

The Philadelphia 76ers were the 26th-ranked scoring team (109,6 PPG) in the NBA last season, while the Boston Celtics ranked second in points allowed per game (107,2).

The Boston Celtics scored 747 more points than their opponents last year (an average of 9,1 per game), while the Philadelphia 76ers were outscored by their opponents on average last year (by 511 points, -6,2 per game).

Over/Under

The Boston Celtics averaged an implied point total of 118,1 last season, which was 3,1 points higher than their implied total in Thursday’s game (115).

Last season, Boston scored more than 115 points 48 times.

Philadelphia’s average implied point total last season (114,9) was 2,9 points higher than the team’s implied total in this game (112). (Bembo)