The NBA basketball season is a long slog and requires elite levels of concentration, fitness, and will power. With 82 matches for each team in the regular season, there are bound to be peaks and troughs throughout the seven-month regular season as teams attempt to make the playoffs, or even better, win their conference. It […]
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The Indiana Pacers (6-22) will try to stop a four-game losing streak when they visit the Boston Celtics (17-11) on Monday, December 22, 2025 at TD Garden as heavy, 10.5-point underdogs. The game airs at 7:30 p.m. ET on FDSIN and NBCS-BOS. The matchup has an over/under of 225.5.
Celtics vs. Pacers Odds
Celtics odds to win: -481
Pacers odds to win: +370
Spread: Celtics (-10.5)
Total: 225.5
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Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Everton fall to Arsenal 1-0. Here’s how it happened. [RBM] Watch the highlights below. “We are a good side…Chelsea last week: we played very well and got beat 2-0. Arsenal tonight: played well, defended well, pressed really well, committed as a team – the lads that came off the […]
Growth isn’t linear for any young player, and no player has been a better example of that than Miami Heat big man Kel’el Ware. However, the 7-footer has taken a sizable leap in just his second season. Through 29 games, he’s averaging 12.5 points and 10.7 rebounds on 66.1 percent true shooting. After recording 15 […]
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The Rockets lost in the NBA nightcap tonight against the lowly Sacramento Kings in overtime, 125-124. The Rockets always seem to have a stupid loss to the Kings in them, every year, just as they have a ridiculous loss to Utah in them every year. This week was a bit special in terms of absurd […]
The Spurs now have the second-best record in the West and are on a six-game winning streak in the regular season after beating the Wizards 124-113. A great second quarter was enough for San Antonio to create a massive lead that a severely shorthanded Washington team fought hard to overcome, but fell short. Victor Wembanyama […]
There are games during a long NBA season that feel as though they can define a team’s season. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 112-107 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday felt like exactly that. It was the type of win that feels like it should count for more than one win in the standings, especially […]
Facing the worst team in the league for the 2nd time in 3 games, the San Antonio Spurs came into this one looking for their 10th road win this year and their first 6 game winstreak since March of 2019. A sluggish start to the game saw them trailing after the 1st quarter, but an […]
at Indiana Pacers (6-22) at Boston Celtics (17-11) Monday, December 22, 2025 7:30 PM ET Regular Season Game #29 Home Game #15 TV: NBCSB, FDSN, NBA-LP Radio: 98.5 Sports Hub, 107.5 The Fan, Sirius XM TD Garden The Celtics host the Indiana Pacers for the first of 4 meetings this
season. This is a rematch of the 2024 Eastern Conference Finals that
the Celtics swept. They will play in Indiana on December 26 and
January 12. They will finish out the series in Boston on January 21.
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The Washington Wizards lost to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night, 124-113 at Capital One Arena. The loss drops them to 5-22 while the Spurs improve to 21-7. The first half of this game went poorly for Washington and as expected to some degree. The Wizards were out-rebounded 33-20 in the first 24 minutes […]
Milwaukee Bucks lost a close one to the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-100 due to a dud of a third quarter. Kevin Porter Jr. nearly notched a triple-double with 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists. Anthony Edwards led the home team with an identical 24 points. NBA.com Box Score Game Recap Bobby celebrated his return to […]
Portland Trail Blazers wing Jerami Grant may miss another game with Achille soreness, this time against his old team the Detroit Pistons. The latest injury report for tomorrow’s 7pm game at home against the Pistons lists Grant as “Questionable” with “Left Achilles Tendon Soreness,” the same ailment that had his status as “Questionable” before yesterday’s […]
The New York Knicks lit the nylon on fire en route to a 132-125 win over the Miami Heat Sunday evening. No, it wasn’t literally on fire. But metaphorically, it was burnt to a crisp after the final whistle blew, behind Jalen Brunson’s masterful 47-point, eight-assist performance. Collectively, the Knicks shot 55.3 percent from the […]
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Welcome to a new week and a new Lynx Offseason Update! As we begin the final full week of the calendar year, let me be the first to wish you a Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah. With the year coming to a close, the offseason is just getting started — or is about […]
Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks (20*-8) faced the Miami Heat (15-14) for the fourth and final time tonight. The Heat jumped out to a 37-30 first-quarter lead behind Kel’el Ware’s hot shooting and a 7-of-11 performance from three-point range, while Brunson kept the Knicks close with 14 points. New York’s bench sparked a […]
“Defense wins championships” is a cliché as old as you’ll find in sports. That might stem from older fans, nostalgic for low scores and clinging to what they grew up on. People might just say it at the sake of sounding different since average viewers are often more engaged by offense, regardless of the sport. […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers are struggling. They enter Monday’s game having lost three in a row, five of their last seven, and seven of their last 10. Right now, they just need a win, no matter how ugly it may be. Going up against the Charlotte Hornets should provide them with a good opportunity to pick […]
The Dallas Mavericks (11-18) will travel to New Orleans Monday to face the Pelicans (7-22) with a 7:30pm tipoff at the Smoothie King Center. The two clubs enter this game rejuvenated by recent success, with the Pelicans riding a four-game win streak after stuffing the Pacers into a locker Saturday 128-109, and the Mavericks having […]
Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets December 21, 2025 Location: Golden 1 Center, Sacto, CA TV: SCHN Radio:KBME Sports Talk 790 Online: Rockets App, SCHN+ Gametime: 9:00 PM CST Probable Starting Lineups Rockets: A. Thompson, Josh Okogie, Kevin Durant, Jabari Smith Jr., Alperen Sengun Kangz: Rustle Westbrook, Keon Ellis?/Malik Monk?, DeMar DeRozen, Keegs Murray, Frenchy Raynaud […]
The Chicago Bulls were all-offense, no-defense against the Atlanta Hawks in a Sunday matinee.
But that offense was quite stupendous, and Chicago outlasted the home team to win its third straight game at the buzzer, 152-150. This represents the Bulls’ first three-game win streak in 2025-26 since their 5-0 season start.
That 152-point tally represented a season-high for the Bulls, as did the team’s 57.6 percent field goal conversion rate and its 41 assists, per K.C. Johnson of Chicago ...
We are three months into the NBA season, and the two former superstars for Rutgers men’s basketball are proving why they were drafted high and are showing potential to dominate the league for years to come. Ace Bailey Ace Bailey, despite a slower start to the season, is playing his best basketball as of late. […]
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The last couple of games have provided some of the best […]
For the first time since October 25, Trae Young played in from of the home crowd at State Farm Arena on a Sunday afternoon matinee game against the Chicago Bulls. In a continuing theme, the Hawks went down eleven within the opening minutes. Chicago started 8-for-10 from the field, and once again the Hawks defense […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers may be getting some much-needed reinforcements for Monday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets. Superstar Donovan Mitchell could be returning to the lineup after missing Friday’s loss to the Chicago Bulls with an illness. Sam Merrill is also expected to be back after missing a month with a hand injury. Both players are […]
The Athletic (subscription required) dropped a 40-player “trade board” that ranks and talks about the most likely players to be traded this NBA season. Three Portland Trail Blazers made the list… and in their view, none of them will command much of a return: Coming in at No. 19 was Robert Williams III: Trade Value: […]