Celtics vs Raptors

Jaylen Brown and the Celtics have already proven they can win in this building, taking a 121-113 victory at Scotiabank Arena earlier this month behind Brown’s 30 points and a barrage of threes from a deep guard and wing rotation that now leans even harder on Derrick White and Anfernee Simons with Jayson Tatum still sidelined by his Achilles injury. Boston has been the better form team over the last 10, going 7-3 with a 120.0 offensive average, while Toronto is just 4-6 in that span and only recently stopped a four-game skid with road wins over a shorthanded Heat squad and a Bucks team missing Giannis, all while still down RJ Barrett (knee) and potentially Jakob Poeltl (back), which thins their wing and center depth again tonight. With the season series already 1-0 to Boston, Brown’s matchup success against Toronto’s wings, and the Celtics’ ability to stretch out Toronto’s defense from deep, laying the modest -120 on Boston’s moneyline gets an A- grade for combining clear matchup edges with reasonable juice despite the road setting. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 20/12/2025 09:40.

Toronto’s recent offensive spark behind Brandon Ingram and Scottie Barnes — 111 and 106 points in their last two road wins with both forwards carrying heavy usage — now runs into a Boston team that has quietly turned games into track meets, averaging 120.0 points in its last 10 and hanging 129 on Miami on Friday thanks to Derrick White’s 33-point outburst and Brown’s sixth straight 30-piece. The last Celtics–Raptors meeting in this same arena sailed over this identical 224.5 total with a 121-113 final, as Boston drilled 20 threes and Toronto still found enough late offense to keep the pace high, and the defensive injuries on both sides (no Tatum for Boston as a big wing defender, no Barrett and a compromised Poeltl for Toronto) tilt things toward more small-ball, switching lineups and additional perimeter scoring. With Boston’s three-point volume and Toronto’s primary creators in strong rhythm, another upper-220s style game feels more likely than a grind, so Over 224.5 at -110 earns a B grade for solid correlation with recent form but slightly thinner value than the side. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 20/12/2025 09:40.

Scottie Barnes has generally held his own against Boston — averaging roughly 16 points, 6 boards and 5 assists over the last three seasons and posting an 18-11-8 line in the earlier loss this month — but even that versatility wasn’t enough to overcome Jaylen Brown, Derrick White and Boston’s 20 made threes in a game the Celtics still won by eight on this same floor. With Toronto’s wing rotation down RJ Barrett and its interior defense possibly limited again if Jakob Poeltl’s back keeps him from full minutes, Barnes and Brandon Ingram are being asked to shoulder massive two-way loads against a Celtics group that’s 7-3 in its last 10 and just snapped a mini-slide by beating Miami behind elite guard play, while Toronto’s current two-game winning streak follows a four-game skid and came against undermanned opponents. Given Boston’s clear perimeter shot-creation edge, its recent success in Toronto, and the small nature of this number, laying the -1.5 at -110 with the Celtics gets a B grade — strong enough to back, but slightly riskier than the moneyline if late-game variance in a tight Atlantic race shows up again. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 20/12/2025 09:40.