How we see it goin' down: Celtics vs Warriors

Tip: 7:30PM Court: TD Garden Watch it: CSN Hear it: WEEI

Referees: Mike Callahan, Sean Corbin and Tre Maddox

Spread: BOS -4.0

The Matchup


Record: 30-27	Record: 33-25
At home: 20-9	On road: 15-18
Streak: Won 1	Streak: Lost 2

Leaders	Leaders
Buckets: Pierce (18.5 ppg)	Buckets: Stephen Curry (21.9 ppg)
Boards: Garnett (7.7 rpg)	Boards: David Lee (11.1 rpg)
Dimes: Pierce (4.5 apg)	Dimes: Curry (6.5 apg)

For the Stat Geeks:	For the Stat Geeks:
Offensive Rating: 102.6 (25th NBA)	Offensive Rating: 106.4 (11th NBA)
Defensive Rating: 102.6 (7th NBA)	Defensive Rating: 106.9 (20th NBA)
Pace: 91.2 (20th NBA)	Pace: 94.2 (6th NBA)

Last time

The Warriors smoked the Celtics, 101-83, in December. The Celtics played without Rondo and any ability to shoot the ball.

This time

Get it to: Paul Pierce

The Truth was embarrassed in the first game vs Golden State. He shot 4-20 and looked very old playing against the 20 year old Harrison Barnes. Let’s resurrect my analysis: “This may have been the worst basketball I’ve seen Paul Pierce play, and I watched a lot of games in the lost seasons (1999-2006).”

I’m expecting a lot more tonight from the savvy veteran. He remembers what happened in that game and will seek redemption.

Gotta stop: Stephen Curry

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days, you’re aware that Curry scored 54 against the Knicks on Wednesday night. He made 11 of 13 3 FGs. We’re all salivating at the chance to watch Avery Bradley and Curry lock horns, but this will be a team effort.

The Wild Card: Perimeter defense

Guess who leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage? The Warriors at 39.8%. The Celtics rank 5th (34.2%) in Opp. 3 FG. Curry gets all the attention (and deservedly so, he’s shooting 46%) but Klay Thompson, Jarrett Jack and Harrison Barnes are all shooting better than 36% from 3.