Tip: 7PM Court: Time Warner Cable Arena Watch it: CSN Hear it: WEEI
Referees: Rodney Mott, Marat Kogut and Scott Wall
Spread: BOS -3.5
The Matchup
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| Record: 27-23 | Record: 11-39 |
| On road: 8-14 | At home: 6-19 |
| Streak: Won 7 | Streak: Lost 7 |
| Leaders | Leaders |
| Buckets: Pierce (18.8 ppg) | Buckets: Kemba Walker (17.3 ppg) |
| Boards: Garnett (7.5 rpg) | Boards: Byron Mullens (7.8 rpg) |
| Dimes: Pierce (4.1 apg) | Dimes: Walker (5.6 apg) |
| For the Stat Geeks: | For the Stat Geeks: |
| Offensive Rating: 102.5 (26th NBA) | Offensive Rating: 101.5 (28th NBA) |
| Defensive Rating: 102.4 (7th NBA) | Defensive Rating: 111.1 (29th NBA) |
| Pace: 91.4 (18th NBA) | Pace: 91.8 (14th NBA) |
Last time
The Celtics beat Charlotte, 100-89, back in January. Rajon Rondo messed around and got a triple-double in the victory.
This time
Get it to: Jeff Green
He’s the Celtics best all-around offensive option not named Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. And with those guys coming off heavy minutes last night, the Celtics are going to need Green to be uber-assertive.
Gotta stop: Kemba Walker
Explosive guard who can penetrate and inflict damage off the pick-and-roll. Make him and his teammates shoot jumpers. Charlotte has a meager 42% FG.
The Wild Card: The Celtics state of mind and legs
Can we really expect much tonight from Paul Pierce (54 minutes) and Kevin Garnett (47 minutes) following last night’s triple-overtime victory over Denver? The guys are 6-6 on the 2nd night of back-to-backs, and 3-6 when the second game is on the road. And none of those games involved 3 OTs.
How we see it goin’ down
I’m not sure which way to go with this one. All signs point to a Celtics letdown game. But the Bobcats are a terrible team.
If the Celtics win, it will be ugly.
Celtics 84
Bobcats 83
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