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Friday Night NBA Picks and Predictions on this NBA game between the Boston Celtics vs Toronto Raptors.
Tipoff is set for 9:05pm and the current odds have the Raptors as -3 point favorites with the over/under at 218 total points.
Toronto and Boston last met in late December and the Raptors got the 113-97 victory lead by Kyle Lowry’s 30 points and their team shooting over 52 percent from the field and over 41% from 3 point land.
The Celtics star Kemba Walker sat out Wednesday’s game against the Nets due to his ongoing battle with his knee, but the good news is that he’s been upgraded to probable in this matchup.
The team stepped up in his absence with a total over 7 players in double digits and manhandling the Nets by 34 points. In the last 3 games, Boston has put up an average of 127.7 total points and giving up an average of 117 points per game on defense.
The Celtics are 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 games against the Raptors and the total has gone over in 10 of Boston’s last 15 games.
Toronto comes into this game as one of the hottest teams in the league right now, winners of their last 7 games and currently sitting second in the Eastern Conference at 49-18 overall.
They are coming into this game fresh off a 109-99 win against the Magic on Wednesday where 6 players put up double digits, lead by Fred VanVleet’s 21 points. Toronto is only putting up 107.7 points per game in the last 3 games, but playing outstanding defense in these games, only giving up an average of 98 total points.
The Raptors are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division and the total has gone under in 4 of the Raptors last 5 games.