Portland Trail Blazers vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 1/26/2026 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Boston Celtics

Date: Monday, January 26, 2026

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: Peacock

The Boston Celtics (28-17) will take on the Portland Trail Blazers (23-23) at TD Garden on Monday.

The Trail Blazers faced the Raptors and went home with a loss by a final score of 110-98 in their last game. Portland finished the game with a 39.8% FG percentage (39 out of 98) and converted 13 of 45 3-point attempts. From the free throw line, the Trail Blazers knocked down 7 of 10 tries for a rate of 70.0%. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they collected a total of 45 with 14 of them being of the offensive variety. They also dished out 22 assists in the matchup in addition to creating 16 turnovers and earning 7 steals. With respect to the defense, Portland allowed 52.9% from the floor on 45 of 85 shooting. Toronto doled out 28 dimes and had 7 steals in this game. On top of that, Toronto snagged 46 rebounds (10 offensive, 36 defensive) and had 3 rejections. Toronto finished the game at 64.7% from the free throw line by knocking down 11 of 17 shots. They made 9 out of their 29 tries from distance. In the matter of personal fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up finishing with 11 while the Raptors had 17 personal fouls.

Jrue Holiday is a player who played a role in this contest. Holiday finished the game shooting 64.3% from the field and also recorded 7 assists. He played 22 minutes and snagged 1 rebound. He finished with 21 points on 9 out of 14 shooting.

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Portland heads into this contest with a win-loss record of 23-23 for the season. They have an average of 116.1 pts per game (16th in the NBA) while going 45.0% from the floor. The Trail Blazers are shooting 33.8% on 3-point shots (649 of 1,920) and 77.9% from the free throw line. As a unit, Portland is pulling down 45.3 boards per contest and has totaled 1,123 dimes this year, which ranks 23rd in basketball in terms of passing the rock. They turn the ball over 16.8 times per game and as a team they commit 20.7 personal fouls every game.

On the defensive end of the court, the Trail Blazers are able to force 15.3 turnovers per contest while drawing 22.5 fouls. They are 21st in the NBA in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,235 conceded on the season. The Trail Blazers defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 47.3% (1,959 of 4,144) and they surrender 43.6 rebounds per contest as a squad. They give up 34.8% on 3-point attempts while they are 23rd in basketball in PPG allowed (117.8).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Celtics took a defeat with a final score of 114-111 against the Bulls. Regarding cleaning the glass, Boston permitted Chicago to get 44 in all (8 on the offensive side). They went 46.7% from downtown by going 21 out of 45 and walked away from this one shooting 7 out of 8 at the free throw line (87.5%). The Celtics allowed the Bulls to knock down 43 of their 85 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 50.6% for the game. In all, the Celtics finished shooting 44 for 99 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 44.4%. In the matter of three-point shots, Boston converted 15 out of their 47 attempts (31.9%). They were able to convert 8 of them for a rate of 88.9%. The Bulls were called for 15 fouls in this matchup which took the Celtics to the charity stripe for 9 attempts. They gave up possession of the ball 6 times, while getting 10 steals for the game. The Celtics collected 30 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 38 in the matchup.

Jaylen Brown ended up having an impact for the Celtics for the matchup. He knocked down 14 of 28 in this contest giving him a rate of 50.0%, and had 8 rebounds. Brown earned 33 points in his 37 minutes on the court and accumulated 5 assists for the matchup.

Boston has a mark of 28-17 for the campaign. When it comes to offensive execution, the Celtics are connecting on 47.0% from the floor, which is 14th in the league. Boston has accounted for 5,262 pts for the campaign (116.9 per game) and they average 44.8 boards per contest. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 24.0 times per game (29th in basketball) and they are turning it over 12.0 times per game. The Celtics are responsible for committing 20.4 personal fouls per game while shooting 79.8% from the free throw line.

The Boston defense concedes 36.5% on shots from beyond the arc (647 of 1,772) and opponents are knocking down 79.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have conceded 25.8 assists and 42.2 boards on a nightly basis, which is ranked 9th and 6th in the league. The Celtics defensively are ranked 4th in basketball in points per game surrendered with 110.3. They are forcing their opponents into 13.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 44.7% from the floor (3rd in basketball).

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Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Boston and under the total points

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