Celtics vs. Rockets Prediction: Boston to Win, Jayson Tatum Projected for Big Game in Friday's NBA Matchup [1/3/2025]

The Houston Rockets and Boston Celtics are scheduled to meet in NBA action at Toyota Center on Friday, with tipoff at 8:00PM ET.

The Rockets, with star players such as Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun and Fred VanVleet, are set to take on the Celtics, who feature Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis and Derrick White.

Based on the latest simulation results, Dimers' proven NBA model (see Dimers Pro for full access) predicts the Celtics as the most likely winner of today's game.

"Employing the latest data, our experts simulated Friday's Boston-Houston game 10,000 times," said Damien Souness from Dimers.

"After computing the latest updates and thousands of other inputs, we predict the Celtics' chance of winning is 65%, while the Rockets' is 35%."

For further insights into Friday's matchup, including the predicted score, best bets and player prop picks, visit our interactive Celtics vs. Rockets predictions page.

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Celtics vs. Rockets Game-Day Updates and Essential Details

Friday's matchup between the Rockets and Celtics at Toyota Center is scheduled to start at 8:00PM ET.

• Who: Boston Celtics vs. Houston Rockets
• Date: Friday, January 3, 2025
• Time: 8:00PM ET/5:00PM PT
• Venue: Toyota Center
• Tickets: Get tickets for the game on Ticketmaster
• Merchandise: Buy Rockets and Celtics gear at Fanatics

Dimers.com's full preview of Friday's Celtics vs. Rockets matchup includes our prediction, picks and the latest betting odds.

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Celtics vs. Rockets Prediction: Who Will Win, Cover the Spread?

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's NBA matchup between the Celtics and Rockets 10,000 times as part of our NBA predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model gives the Celtics a 65% chance of defeating the Rockets. Our predicted final score has the Celtics winning 113-108.

According to our model, the Celtics (-4) have a 52% chance of covering the spread, while the over/under total of 221.5 points has a 51% chance of going over.

Pre-Game Probabilities

Last Updated: 1:06AM, Jan 4

Spread

Over / Under

Moneyline

Celtics

Celtics -4.0

52%

48%

-110

-108

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Rockets

Celtics BOS

-110

Celtics -4.0

52%

48%

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Rockets HOU

-108

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Celtics vs. Rockets Odds

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Celtics vs. Rockets Picks

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Celtics vs. Rockets Player Props

Looking for Boston vs. Houston NBA player props? We use the best information available to project how each team's leading players will perform at Toyota Center.

Jayson Tatum is expected to lead the Celtics in scoring, while Jalen Green is projected to be the top scorer for the Rockets.

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Conclusion

We predict the Celtics, with a 65% win probability, will likely beat the Rockets on Friday.

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