Brooklyn Nets vs Boston Celtics Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 17 (4/17): NBA

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Odds

Time	3:30 PM. EST
Nets money line	+155
Nets spread	+4
Celtics money line	-175
Celtics spread	-4
Over / under	224

 

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Record	45-38	51-31
Road / home record	24-17	28-13
Streak	W5	W1
Points per game	112.9	111.7
Points allowed per game	112	104.5
Rebounds per game	44.4	46
Rebounds allowed per game	44	43.7
Over / under record	41-42	41-40-1

 

Preview

Boston Celtics will be meeting Brooklyn Nets on Sunday in Boston, This will be the first game in the first round for those teams this season after the Nets have beaten the Cavaliers 115-108 in the play in tournament to get the 7th seed, They have played 4 times this season and Boston Celtics have won 3 of those games (1 At home and 2 Away) with only 1 win for the Nets which was Away.

It's time for the Playoffs and Brooklyn Nets won't be as shaky as they were in the most of this season as they had a lot of injuries and Kyrie's problem and James Harden's trade and all that but I think they have already improved in the last few games and they are on a 5 game winning streak now and Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will be ready for this one. Ben Simmons and Joe Harris are still out for this game.

Boston Celtics have had a great season winning 13 of last 16 games of the season and have already beaten Brooklyn Nets 3 times and only lost 1 game to them this season. Boston will be missing Robert Williams in this game and he is an important player for the Celtics but he might get back in the last few games of this series or the next series if they beat the Nets.

Trends

Nets are 2-7 ATS last 9 games.

Nets are 13-5-1 ATS last 19 games Vs Boston Celtics.

Nets games have gone Under in 6 of last 7 games.

Nets are 5-0 straight up last 5 games this season.

Celtics games have gone Over in 10 of last 12 games.

Celtics are 4-1 ATS last 5 games.

Celtics are 4-1 straight up last 5 games .

Celtics are 13-3 straight up last 16 home games.

Head to Head

Brooklyn Nets have the upper hand in the last 10 games vs Boston Celtics with 6-4 straight up record and 6-3-1 ATS record, Boston have the lead 3-1 this season (2 Away and 1 Home), The O/U is 7-3 to the Over with Brooklyn Nets averaging 116.6 points and Boston Celtics averaging 115 points a game. 

Prediction

This is the series that everyone is waiting for and the one that is more likely to go to game 7 than any other series, both teams are in a great form and will be ready for this one, Boston only covered 3 games ATS last 19 games vs Brooklyn Nets! And with Kyrie and Durant being in form now I like the Nets to cover and possibly win this game outright so give me the Nets here.

Pick: Brooklyn Nets +4 (-110)

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