Houston Rockets vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 11/1/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Houston Rockets vs Boston Celtics

Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBC Sports Boston

TD Garden is where the Boston Celtics (2-3) will meet the Houston Rockets (2-2) on Saturday.

The Rockets played the Raptors and notched a win by a score of 139-121 in their last game. Regarding personal fouls, the Rockets ended up with 16 and the Raptors recorded 26 personal fouls. They also converted 21 out of their 40 tries from three-point range. Toronto finished the game at 73.7% when shooting free throws by knocking down 14 of 19 attempts. Additionally, Toronto snagged 47 rebounds (7 offensive, 40 defensive) and earned 8 rejections. Toronto earned 29 dimes and had 6 steals for the contest. Concerning the defense, Houston allowed the other team to go 50.6% from the field on 43 out of 85 shooting. They also dished out 31 assists for this game as well as forcing the opposition into 10 turnovers and having 9 steals. In regard to rebounding, they earned a total of 52 with 19 of them being on the offensive end. From the free throw line, the Rockets made 26 of their 34 tries for a percentage of 76.5%. Houston walked away from the game having earned a 57.5% field goal percentage (50 of 87) and buried 13 of their 30 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Kevin Durant is a guy who was a major contributor for the game. He ended up with 31 points on 11 of 19 shooting. He played 37 mins and also snagged 5 rebounds. Durant walked away from this one shooting 57.9% from the floor and also recorded 1 assist.

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Houston heads into this contest with a win-loss mark of 2-2 for the season. They turn it over 16.5 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 22.0 fouls per game. As a unit, Houston is collecting 47.3 boards per game and is sitting with 102 assists this season, which has them ranked 25th in basketball in terms of passing. The Rockets are shooting 40.7% on shots from 3-point land (50 of 123) and 81.3% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 127.8 points per outing (5th in the league) while hitting 49.4% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Rockets are able to force 13.5 turnovers per game and they draw 27.0 fouls. They are ranked 8th in basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 106 relinquished so far this year. The Rockets defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 47.1% (172 of 365) and they surrender 36.3 boards per game as a unit. They concede 38.0% on three-point shots and they are ranked 16th in the NBA in PPG allowed (117.5).

When they last stepped on the court, the Celtics got the victory with a final of 125-105 when they played the Cavaliers. In the matter of how they attacked the glass, Boston allowed Cleveland to grab 31 in all (5 on the offensive glass). They finished 32.7% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 17 of 52 and finished the contest at 18 of 24 from the charity stripe (75.0%). The Celtics allowed the Cavaliers to knock down 35 out of their 87 attempts from the field which left them shooting 40.2% in the matchup. When the final whistle blew, the Celtics went 42 out of 95 from the field which had them shooting 44.2%. In terms of shots from 3-point land, Boston made 21 of 57 attempts (36.8%). They were able to knock down 20 of them for a clip of 83.3%. The Cavaliers committed 22 fouls for this game which got the Celtics to the charity stripe for a total of 24 attempts. They coughed it up 9 times, while recording 11 steals in this contest. The Celtics earned 34 defensive boards and 12 offensive boards for a total of 46 for the matchup.

Jaylen Brown ended up being a factor for the Celtics in the game. Brown recorded 30 points in his 32 minutes of playing time and had 4 assists for the matchup. He buried 12 out of 20 for this game giving him a rate of 60.0%, and had 5 rebounds.

Boston has a win-loss record of 2-3 on the year. As an offense, the Celtics are hitting on 44.6% from the field, which ranks 24th in the NBA. Boston has accounted for 571 pts on the campaign (114.2 per contest) and they snag 44.6 boards per contest. They are getting an assist 21.2 times per game (28th in the NBA) and they cough up possession 12.0 times per contest. The Celtics have committed 24.4 fouls per contest and they hit 79.8% from the charity stripe.

The Boston defense gives up 32.7% on shots from distance (68 of 208) and opponents are making 83.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrender 22.0 assists and 45.0 rebounds every game, which is ranked 3rd and 19th in basketball. The Celtics on the defensive end are ranked 2nd in basketball in points per game surrendered with 107.2. They are forcing 15.6 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 40.0% from the field (1st in the league).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Houston

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