Washington Wizards vs Boston Celtics Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 3 (4/3): NBA

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Odds

Time	1 p.m. EST
Wizards money line	+650
Wizards spread	+12.5
Celtics money line	-1000
Celtics spread	-12.5
Over / under	221

 

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Record	34-43	48-30
Road / home record	13-24	27-13
Streak	W2	W1
Points per game	108.7	110.8
Points allowed per game	111.3	107.5
Rebounds per game	43.2	46.1
Rebounds allowed per game	44.4	43.8
Over / under record	41-34-2	38-39-1

 

 

Preview

Boston Celtics will meet Washington Wizards on Sunday in Boston, this will be the fourth matchup between them as surprisingly the Celtics have only won one game and lost two games to the Wizards this season and they are the heavy favourites to level it up in this game tonight vs a tanking Wizards team.

Washington Wizards have won last 2 games this season vs Orlando and a great win vs Dallas last game, Washington have been playing better as of late as they have won and covered 4 of last 5 games this season including wins over playoffs teams like Dallas and Warriors but beating a Celtics team that is in form will be a hard task for this Wizards team that is missing a lot of key players.

Boston Celtics have been playing some of their best basketball in last few weeks this season with 7 wins in last 9 games which puts them in the 3rd place in the standing with a possible matchup with Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs as things stand. Robert Willams is out in this game and Tatum is questionable, without Robert Williams Boston play a lot less defence and have high scoring games as Robert is one of the best defenders on this team.

Trends

Washington are 4-1 ATS and straight up last 5 games

Washington games have gone Over in 12 of last 17 games this season

Washington are 6-3 ATS last 9 games vs Boston Celtics

Washington are 1-8 ATS last 9 road games

Boston are 6-3 ATS last 9 games

Boston 12-3 Straight up last 15 games overall

Boston games have gone Over in 7 of last 8 games this season

Boston are 1-5 ATS last 6 games played in April

Head to Head

Straight up record is 5-5 for both teams in this matchup, of course it was a diffrent Wizards team but they covered 6 of those 10 games with a push game and only covers for Boston in this span. The O/U is 2-8 to the Under which might be a little concerning to the Over bettors but i like this trend to flip tonight and see a high scoring game. Boston averaged 109.5 and Washington averaged 106.7 points a game.

Prediction

Boston Celtics playing at home here in a game that should be relatively easy for them to win but i like the Over in this game more than Boston spread as Washington Wizards are playing little to no defence and washington games have gone over 12 of last 17 games and same thing with Boston Celtics as they have gone Over in 7 of last 8 games and they can beat the Wizards with not a lot of defence needed here so give me the Over.

Pick: Total Over 221 points (-110)

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