How we see it goin' down: Celtics vs 76ers

Tip: 7PM Court: Wells Fargo Center Watch it: TNT Hear it: WEEI

Referees: Derrick Stafford, Matt Boland and John Goble

Spread: BOS -3.0

The Matchup


Record: 31-27	Record: 23-35
On road: 10-18	At home: 17-15
Streak: Won 2	Streak: Lost 1

Leaders	Leaders
Buckets: Pierce (18.6 ppg)	Buckets: Jrue Holiday (19.1 ppg)
Boards: Garnett (7.8 rpg)	Boards: Thaddeus Young (7.7 rpg)
Dimes: Pierce (4.5 apg)	Dimes: Holiday (8.5 apg)

For the Stat Geeks:	For the Stat Geeks:
Offensive Rating: 102.4 (25th NBA)	Offensive Rating: 100.8 (28th NBA)
Defensive Rating: 102.2 (6th NBA)	Defensive Rating: 104.9 (11th NBA)
Pace: 91.4 (19th NBA)	Pace: 90.7 (22nd NBA)

Last time

The Celtics are 1-2 vs Philadelphia this season. KG and JG led the way in the 92-79 cakewalk at the Garden on Dec. 8. Evan Turner and a Rajon Rondo slip doomed the C’s on Dec. 7. Rondo’s 20 assists were not enough in the 106-100 loss on Nov. 9. The Celtics haven’t won in Philly since the 2010-11 season.

This time

Get it to: Kevin Garnett

KG is averaging 18.3 ppg on 68% shooting vs Philadelphia this season. He’s doing most of his damage in the mid-range area. Makes sense to find Garnett on the pick-and-pop and make Spencer Hawes and Lavoy Allen chase him around the perimeter.

Gotta stop: Evan Turner

Evan Turner saves his best for the Celtics (21.3 ppg, 8 rpg vs BOS). On the bright side, he shot an abysmal 36% in February. He’s a big wing who loves to bully his way into the paint. Paul Pierce needs to stay out of foul trouble.

The Wild Card: Capitalizing on Philly’s lack of depth

Philadelphia is 25th in bench scoring (27.4 ppg, 42% FG) and they’ll be without shooting guard Nick Young (ankle sprain). Jeff Green, Jason Terry and co. should haev a decided advantage over their counterparts. One guy to watch out for – long-range threat Dorell Wright has generated 3 double-digit scoring games in the past week.