Betting Results:
Head to Head: Celtics, odds 1.099
Line: Celtics (-14.5), odds 1.921
Total Points: Under (231), odds 1.951

Pre-game Prediction
Bulls, 12.7%
Celtics, 87.3%

We tipped 4 bets for this one. A priced in value bet on the Bulls at 7.50, they lost, but the odds were too high against an inconsistent Celtics team, we'd have that bet every time, and end up profitable in the long term.

We also had 3 Player Prop bets, winning by tipping the Under PRA for Giddey and Vucevic, losing on an Under bet on Big Porzingis, who slammed in a 34 point, 11 rebound double-double to obliterate his PR total.

Kristaps Porzingis finishes with 34 points, carrying Celtics over Bulls 122-100

By KEN POWTAK AP Basketball Writer The Associated Press BOSTON

BOSTON (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis scored 26 of his season-high 34 points in the first half, and the Boston Celtics coasted to a 122-100 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.

The 7-foot-2 Porzingis made a season-best eight 3-point shots in 14 attempts with 11 rebounds over 33 minutes, helping Boston bounce back from a rough home loss to the Rockets on Monday.

Jaylen Brown added 28 points, Derrick White had 22 and Jayson Tatum 16 for the recently up-and-down Celtics, who are just 7-6 in their last 13 games.

Coby White led Chicago with 16 points in 31 minutes in his first game after missing four straight with an ankle injury. The Bulls have dropped eight of nine.

Bulls’ leading scorer Zach LaVine missed the game for personal reasons.

Tatum’s second of consecutive 3-pointers 15 seconds apart midway into the third quarter gave Boston its biggest lead of the game, 86-62.

The Bulls beat the Celtics in their previous trip to TD Garden on Dec. 19 when LaVine scored 36 points but were blown out by 25 points two days later at home.

Takeaways

Bulls: They certainly looked like they were missing LaVine’s team-high 24.0 points per game for stretches.

Celtics: Were focused from the start after the frustrating two-point loss against Houston. They opened a double-digit edge just over two minutes into the game.

Key moment

After the Celtics’ lead was sliced to six, they went on a 13-0 run over a nearly four-minute stretch midway in the second. Brown had nine points in the spree.

Key stat

Porzingis set his season-high in made 3s for a game by connecting on six in the opening half.

This is how we previewed this game....

We're going to focus on Player Prop bet tips for this one, but, we are also going to have a small bet on Chicago at odds of 7.50. That implies a probability of 13.3% win for Chicago, and our model put the realistic win rate at 20%-25%, which is quite some edge. Sure the Bulls will probably lose, but they'll lose 1 in 4 or 1 in 5, not 1 in 8, so we are priced in.

A quick peak at the stats backs up our bet. Bulls beat Denver last time out, Celtics lost at home to Houston. Celtics have a distinctly meh home record this season, 15-9, means they are losing 37.5% of home games. Bulls are 11-11 on the road.

A team with a 50% chance of a road win, playing a team with a 37.5% loss rate at home, at odds of 7.50, we'll take that all day long.

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics - Player Props Bet Tips

Nikola Vucevic (CHI) : Under 34.5 Points + Assists + Rebounds at odds of 1.94
This a massive target for Vucevic, we'd put him around 28-29 for this total. obviously if he has a great game and the Bulls win, our moneyline bet covers any loss here.

Returns $19.40 for a $10 bet

Kyle Porzingis (BOS) : Under 27.5 Points + Rebounds at odds of 1.87
Only exceeded this total in 1 of the last 5 games

Returns $18.70 for a $10 bet

Josh Giddey (CHI) : Under 29.5 Points + Assists + Rebounds at odds of 1.87
Strangely high total for a player who averages 25.6 this season, but has dipped to just over 24 in January, Bulls being huge underdogs won't help JG. However, like our Vucevic pick, if Giddey has a stormer, the Bulls will probably win, and we'll land our 7.25 tip

Returns $18.70 for a $10 bet

As it happened the Celtics won at a canter, thanks to a 41 point 2nd quarter and a 34 point double double from Kyle Porzingis, both facts killed two of our bets. Our other two player prop bet tips won. Vuc managed 18 PRA points, we'd tipped the Under 34.5, and Giddey got 20, we'd tipped Under 29.5. A wee loss for the day, but that was due to our value bet on the Bulls. A bet we'd have every single time..