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(16-15) Charlotte Hornets vs. Boston Celtics (18-13)
Date: Sunday December 23
Time: 6:00 PM EST
Venue: TD Garden, Boston, MA.
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Celtics -7
NBA Betting Total: 218
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Charlotte Hornets
The Hornets have won two in a row going into Boston, ever since they got blown out by twenty-eight against the Lakers.
Malik Monk has joined the former national title duo from Connecticut at Charlotte’s only other double-digit scorer.
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Remember, Monk is a young man who set the freshman scoring record at Kentucky for a single game when he dropped forty-seven against North Carolina.
He’s only got a effective field goal percentage just over forty-seven and plays less than twenty minutes per game but he’s still getting his ten per game as a sophomore. He’s also doing a pretty good job of taking care of the ball playing some backup point guard, alongside Tony Parker.
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Ball security is the Hornets’ strength. No team in the NBA turns it over fewer times per game. A lot of that can be attributed to Tony Parker, even if he isn’t having the most fantastic season at age thirty-six (he turns thirty-seven in May).
But he’s playing twenty minutes every night and, like I’ve said, taking care of the ball. Just that can mean the world to an inexperienced second unit. Savvy move by Michael Jordan and the rest of the Hornets’ front office to bring him in. So far, it has Charlotte in first place in the Southeast.
Boston Celtics
The Celtics already lost to the Hornets once this season and the good days that brought eight wins in a row appear to be over.
Boston lost a second home game in a row and third overall on Friday night, falling to Milwaukee by double-digits. After the game, Boston had a closed-doors meeting and Kyrie Irving made the comment that his team was obviously playing selfishly after the game.
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Gordon Hayward was re-inserted into the starting lineup and scored just eleven points in thirty-six minutes. Irving had fifteen. Jaylen Brown led the team with twenty-one off the bench.
The Celtics continued to play without Al Horford, who should be back any game now. Aron Baynes won’t be back anytime soon after fracturing his hand against Phoenix earlier this week.
That will mean more minutes for Semi Ojeleye, who started against the Greek Freak on Friday night. He’ll at least pick up more minutes until Horford returns. Like most of the Celtics so far, he’s failed to get it together from the field as a shooter, where he’s hitting just forty percent of all his attempts.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Over is 9-3 in BOS last 12 vs. NBA Southeast.
- BOS are 23-8 ATS in their last 31 home games.
- BOS are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games overall.
- CHA are 1-6-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
- Favorite is 5-2-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
Free Charlotte Hornets vs. Boston Celtics NBA Prediction: Hornets keep it close enough.
Charlotte is a respectable opponent and I’m taking any respectable opponent to at least keep it close against Boston.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Charlotte ATS
NBA Free Score Prediction: Charlotte 112 – Boston 116
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