Utah Jazz vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 11/3/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Utah Jazz vs Boston Celtics

Date: Monday, November 3, 2025

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBC Sports Boston

The Utah Jazz (2-2) are hitting the road to TD Garden on Monday where they will meet the Boston Celtics (2-3).

The Jazz played the Trail Blazers and ended up losing by a score of 136-134 in their last game. Regarding personal fouls, the Jazz ended up with 24 while the Trail Blazers recorded 33 personal fouls. They also buried 21 of 55 attempts from three-point range. Portland shot 85.2% from the charity stripe by making 23 of 27 tries. Additionally, Portland pulled down 37 boards (8 offensive, 29 defensive) and had 7 blocked shots. Portland dished out 34 dimes and had 14 steals for this contest. In the matter of defense, Utah allowed the other team to shoot 47.9% from the floor on 46 out of 96 shooting. They also distributed 30 assists for the contest as well as forcing the other team into 18 turnovers and getting 10 steals. In relation to pulling down boards, they collected 41 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Jazz converted 41 of their 49 attempts for a percentage of 83.7%. Utah walked away from the game having earned a 48.8% field goal percentage (41 of 84) and made 11 of their 35 shots from downtown.

Lauri Markkanen is one player who was a major contributor in this matchup. Markkanen ended up shooting 52.6% from the floor and dished out 2 dimes. He was on the court for 38 minutes and also grabbed 5 rebounds. He had 32 points on 10 of 19 shooting.

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Utah heads into this one with a record of 2-2 this season. They are turning it over 18.5 times per game and as a group they are committing 22.0 fouls per game. As a unit, Utah is pulling in 51.5 rebounds per game and has totaled 120 assists for the season, which has them ranked 21st in basketball in terms of passing. The Jazz are shooting 33.7% on shots from beyond the arc (57 of 169) and 86.9% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 126.3 pts per game (4th in the league) while shooting 46.8% from the field.

Defensively, the Jazz are forcing 15.0 turnovers every game and they draw 25.3 personal fouls. They currently rank 12th in the NBA in allowing assists with 122 surrendered for the campaign. The Jazz defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 45.6% (170 of 373) and they concede 39.5 boards per contest as a basketball team. They give up 36.9% on three-point shots and they are 21st in the NBA in PPG allowed (120.8).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Celtics walked away with a victory by a final of 125-105 against the Cavaliers. The Celtics collected 34 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive rebounds totaling 46 for this game. They turned it over 9 times, while getting 11 steals for the contest. The Cavaliers had 22 fouls in this contest which got the Celtics to the free throw line for a total of 24 shots. They were able to convert 20 of them for a percentage of 83.3%. When discussing shooting from downtown, Boston knocked down 21 of 57 tries (36.8%). At the conclusion of this game, the Celtics walked away from this one shooting 42 out of 95 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.2%. The Celtics allowed the Cavaliers to convert 35 out of 87 attempts from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 40.2% for the contest. They finished shooting 32.7% from 3-point land by connecting on 17 out of 52 and finished the game at 18 out of 24 at the free throw line (75.0%). In relation to team rebounding, Boston allowed Cleveland to get 31 in all (5 on the offensive glass).

Jaylen Brown ended up having an impact for the Celtics in this game. He converted 12 out of 20 in this matchup giving him a rate of 60.0%, and tallied 5 rebounds. Brown earned 30 points in his 32 minutes on the hardwood and had 4 assists for the matchup.

Boston has a mark of 2-3 for the campaign. When it comes to offensive execution, the Celtics are shooting 44.6% from the field, which ranks 24th in the NBA. Boston has earned 571 points so far this season (114.2 per contest) and they pull down 44.8 rebounds per contest. They are dishing out assists 21.2 times per contest (29th in the league) and they are turning it over 12.2 times per contest. The Celtics are responsible for committing 24.4 fouls per contest and they connect on 79.8% from the free throw line.

The Celtics are ranked 2nd in the league in PPG given up with 107.2. They are able to force 15.6 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.0% from the field (1st in the NBA). The Boston defense allows 32.7% on 3-pointers (68 of 208) and opponents are knocking down 83.9% of their foul shots. They have conceded 22.0 assists and 45.0 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 3rd and 18th in the NBA.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Utah

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