The Washington Wizards and the Boston Celtics will meet here on Friday night at TD Garden in Boston. Both of these teams find themselves on opposite ends of the spectrum in the Eastern Conference standings heading into the middle of February. Washington has been one of the worst teams in the NBA this season, and Boston has been one of the best teams in the league this season. Both teams came into the year with lofty expectations and a talented roster. Unfortunately for Washington, the Wizards have been struggling since the opening night of the year. The Boston Celtics have been incredible since the opening night of the season and they have been even harder to beat at home as they come into this game with the best home record in the NBA this season.
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History Between These Two Teams This will be the second meeting of the regular season between the Washington Wizards and the Boston Celtics here on Friday night in Boston. Boston and Washington met back in late October and it was the Boston Celtics that came away with a blowout victory in the nation's capital. Boston will look to replicate that performance as they host Washington for the first of two times this season. They will also look to grab a second consecutive win over the Wizards in the process. This game between the Wizards and Celtics will be the second of four total meetings between these two teams this season.
The last time Boston met Washington, the Celtics duo of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, each recorded 30+ points. However, there is a possibility that they will be without Jayson Tatum in this game as he is currently listed as a gametime decision heading into Friday nights' contest. If Jayson Tatum cannot go in the second matchup of the season, they will need Jaylen Brown to record another solid performance much like he did last time around. If Jaylen Brown can replicate those numbers, Boston should have no problem grabbing a victory here on Friday night against Washington at home. As they have been the best team in the NBA when playing at TD Garden this season.
Four starters for Washington recorded double digit points and one guy off the bench, but it was Kyle Kuzma that led the way with a 20+ point performance last time out against Boston. They will certainly need Kyle Kuzma to replicate those numbers if they want to remain competitive in this game against the Boston Celtics on Friday. Kuzma has been leading the way for Washington for the majority of the season after the Jordan Poole experiment has failed to pan out throughout the early part of the regular season. He was rather ineffective last time against Boston only recording 11 points on a less than impressive shooting performance. If Washington wants to be more competitive this time around that is something that will certainly have to improve throughout this game.
Today’s Predictions I look for this game to be a similar outcome as their first meeting as I look for the Boston Celtics to run away with this game at home here on Friday night against Washington. I look for this one to be closed throughout the majority of the first half, but in the end I do look for Boston’s talent gap to pull away, especially if Jayson Tatum is in the lineup. With the way that the Boston Celtics have been playing as of late, they have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA and Washington comes into this game with absolutely no momentum at the moment.
Boston comes into this game with a record of 39-12 which puts them first in the Eastern Conference. They are currently on a two game winning streak and they have won seven out of their last ten. Meanwhile, Washington comes into this game on a game losing streak, and they have easily been one of the worst teams in the league this season, and that will likely carry over into this game against Boston on Friday night at TD Garden.
I look for the Boston Celtics to pull off a pretty comfortable victory here on Friday against Washington. Boston comes into this game favored by sixteen and a half points and the over/under is currently set at 238.5. The last time these two teams met they combined to score 133 points and Boston picked up the win by nineteen points. I expect a similar outcome in this game and I expect Boston to cover the spread in the process.
Tips For Betting As previously mentioned, Boston has been one of the best teams in the league at home this season. They come into this game with a record of 24-3 through 27 home games this season. Boston has been the betting favorite in all 27 of their home games and they have covered the spread in half of those games. Washington has been underwhelming on the road this season. As the Wizards come into this game with a road record of 6-19. Boston is 38-11 when they are the betting favorite in the game, and they are incredible after winning their previous game.
As they come into this one with a record of 27-11 after a win, which is the best mark in the NBA so far this season. Washington has very little momentum coming into this game on a losing streak and they seem unlikely to break that losing streak throughout this game against Boston on Friday night. The Celtics should be the clear favorites throughout this game at home and Boston should find themselves in a comfortable position by the time the fourth-quarter comes around.
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