Celtics and Bucks on Pace to Shatter Season Wins Overs

• The Boston Celtics have -150 odds to win more than 59.5 games.
• The Milwaukee Bucks have -125 odds to win more than 55.5 games.
• The Celtics are on a 66-win pace, while the Bucks are on a 61-win pace.

BOSTON - The NBA is getting closer and closer to the Christmas Day inflection point in the season, and bettors should use this time to check in on win total O/Us and which direction they are headed.

The Boston Celtics are leading the NBA in wins this year, and they also lead the odds to be the team with the most wins in the season at online sportsbooks.

NBA 2022/23 Regular Season Most Wins Odds

• BOS Celtics -300
• MIL Bucks +350
• PHO Suns +1000
• DEN Nuggets +2000
• MEM Grizzlies +2500

The Celtics are currently 21-5, which is the best record in the NBA by two games, beating out the Milwaukee Bucks.

Regular Season Win Totals: Boston Celtics

• Over 59.5 -150
• Under 59.5 +115

The Celtics are currently on pace to win 66 games, which would put them well over the W/L rate needed to cover this spread.

The NBA sportsbooks seem to respect this, as they are -150 favorites to go over 59.5 wins.

However, the Celtics are on a historic pace – they are currently averaging the best offensive rating in NBA history, over 120 points per 100 possessions.

It’s possible that at some point they regress as a team offensively, and that brings their win total more in line with what the sportsbooks predict.

Regular Season Win Totals: Milwaukee Bucks

• Over 55.5 -125
• Under 55.5 -105

The Milwaukee Bucks are really the only team within striking distance of the Celtics as far as odds to lead the NBA in wins this season.

The Phoenix Suns were in the conversation – and are still third on the odds boards – but an absolute shellacking at the hands of the Celtics may have relegated them to also-rans in the minds of NBA betting fans.

The Bucks are two games behind the Celtics, with a record of 18-6. This puts them on a 61-win pace for the season, again well over their O/U of 55.5 wins.

Both of these teams, it seems, are expected to regress to the mean a little bit, and fall off their current pace. That said, both of them are currently favored to hit their overs – it might just be a question of how much they’ll hit the overs by.