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2019 NBA Handicapping
(13-18) Charlotte Hornets vs. Boston Celtics (19-7)
Date: Sunday December 22
Time: 6:00 PM EST
Venue: Boston Garden
NBA Moneyline Odds: TBA
NBA Betting Odds: Celtics -13
NBA Betting Total: 209.5
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Charlotte Hornets
Boston beat the Pistons on Friday and jumped up to second-place in the Eastern Conference but it only has a minimal lead over sixth-place Philadelphia 76ers.
Brooklyn is next, relatively comfortable in seventh-place, followed by the Charlotte Hornets.
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The Hornets host the Jazz on Saturday night before traveling to Boston for the second leg of back-to-back games. Your handicapper here wrote about that game too and he, at least, considers it a winnable game for the home team and has gone as far as to recommend a modest play on Charlotte, which is catching six points as an underdog at the Spectrum Center.
The Celtics won by twenty-one in Charlotte back in early November, before Gordon Hayward broke his hand and Devonte’ Graham had fully emerged for the Hornets.
Kemba Walker had a modest fourteen points and six assists in his return to Charlotte and Terry Rozier went one-of-eleven from the field for three points. Graham scored fifteen points with nine assists in thirty minutes off the bench.
Boston Celtics
Since losing by fourteen in Philadelphia on opening night, Boston has lost six games by an average of exactly four points each.
Hayward didn’t play in the victory over Detroit, his first night off since returning and playing three games following broken hand last month. Boston has to be encouraged with how he has looked upon his return and the Celtics actually listed “foot” on the injury report; he is still getting periodic rest to keep his surgically-repaired foot healthy.
Marcus Smart didn’t play either. He missed his fifth consecutive game with a troublesome eye infection and is considered “day-to-day.”
Robert Williams is the latest name on Boston’s injury report and he has the most significant problem — a bad hip that will keep him out until at least the first week in January.
Hayward will certainly play in this game and it isn’t as if Boston struggled without any of the three aforementioned players vs Detroit. The Celtics’ ability to plug and play different guys on different nights allows them to play the long game with all of their youth, this season and beyond.
Grant Williams scored a career-high eighteen points in Friday’s win and Romeo Langford, Boston’s other — higher — first round pick had six, the first six points of his career.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Over is 16-6-1 in CHA last 23 vs. NBA Atlantic.
- CHA are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 Sun. games.
- Under is 7-3 in CHA last 10 overall.
- BOS are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall.
- CHA are 5-15-1 ATS in the last 21 meetings.
- Favorite is 8-3-1 ATS in the last 12 meetings.
Free Charlotte Hornets vs. Boston Celtics NBA Prediction: Boston doesn’t win this one by twenty.
The Hornets are much more competitive now than they were six weeks ago but this is a tough spot for them.
Boston is a strong favorite but the Hornets have been nasty underdogs of late. This handicapper puts the number at eight and wouldn’t recommend either side within three or four points of that.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Boston -8.5
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