NBA
(1 Pick)
7:30PM EST: Celtics -5 (3 Units)
For starters Boston plays phenomenal at Home. They went 32-9 at Home last year and are currently 5-0 this year. Their lowest margin of Victory at Home this season was an 8-point win over Miami in their Home Opener. Milwaukee hasn't beaten Boston in Boston during the regular season since 2018 either. Making 5 straight losing road trips.
Major moves for both teams since their last meetings. Damian Lillard in Milwaukee and Porzingis in Boston. Milwaukee still has some more work to do. Adding a Superstar like Lillard isn't an overnight transition. He and Giannis must learn to co-exist and while there's been some offensive prowess the Milwaukee defense has taken a huge blow. They rank 23rd in defensive rating this year after ranking 4th last year.
Porzingis on the other hand is more of a compliment to the Tatum and Brown duo. He's slid in perfectly thus far and having a career year efficiency wise. He's also great on defense down low. Boston has a defensive rating of 107 (3rd best) this year, an improvement from their 110.6-mark last year.
The Celtics are just playing more complete basketball right now. Milwaukee will figure it out as the season goes on but they're just not firing on all cylinders just yet. That will be exposed going into a championship contender’s house. This is also the Celtics first Home game since the 13th. They just wrapped up a 4-game road trip they went 3-1 on. The home crowd will be rocking for this rivalry game.
Yes, this play was released for Free on the Website earlier. We just wanted more clarirty on Tatum's status before we officialy released. As you well know our picks aren't free released very often.
