Charlotte Hornets Vs. Boston Celtics: Master
The Boston Celtics will host the Charlotte Hornets for their 3rd and final meeting of the regular season. With so much yet to shake out in regards to seeding, tonight's matchup might not be the final time they matchup this year.
Let's leap straight into this one.
- Location: TD Garden; Boston, Massachusetts
- Date: Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
- Tipoff: 8:10 PM EST
- Brandon Miller (CHA): 30.3 MPG|20.2 PPG|5.0 RPG|3.4 APG
- Jaylen Brown (BOS): 34.4 MPG|28.7 PPG|7.0 RPG|5.2 APG
Buzz City or Buzz Saw?
The Hornets have been incredible this year. As it sits today, the Hornets are sitting in 8th location, just a half game back of the Toronto Raptors in 6th and two games back of the Atlanta Hawks in 5th.
The Hornets are guaranteed a spot in this year's play-in competition, however could likewise quickly sneak out of it and into the sixth seed. The issue is the Hornets have the toughest remaining schedule in the NBA, completing their year with video games against the Detroit Pistons and New york city Knicks following tonight's matchup.
The Hornets have actually gone 35-14 this year with their entire beginning five healthy. The lineup of Brandon Miller, LaMelo Ball, Kon Knueppel, Moussa Diabaté and Miles Bridges has been the very best in the NBA with a net rating of +16.1 and offensive rating of 130.0.
Defensively, the Hornets have actually been simply as great. The group ranks 7th in basket portion, sixth in points enabled and first in rebounds allowed.
Jay Two Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have actually played 12 video games together this year, they have actually gone 10-2 and have no plans on slowing down. Both of the Jays have been putting up outrageous stat lines and tonight against Charlotte I'm expecting that extremely same energy.
With both Jaylen and Jayson on the flooring this year, the Celtics defensive score drops to 107.0. Albeit a small sample size, however the Celtics defense has been excellent given that Tatum's return and he's the biggest reason why.
The Celtics' are permitting just 107.0 points per video game in their last 15 games, bulk of which were had fun with Tatum in the lineup. The team's simply dipping into a higher level as the routine season comes to a close and a win tonight would win them the Atlantic Division and lock them into the No. 2 seed in the East.
Jaylen Brown o37.5 PRA (-107)|Lucky Rebel
This line feels insane which's why it's most likely a trap. I could care less, Jaylen Brown has actually been too excellent this year for me to pass this up. Brown's balancing 28.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.2 helps per video game; all career highs. He's seen the greatest use of his profession this year but he's also been incredibly efficient with that use.
Brown's shooting 47.6% from the field and 80% from the totally free throw line for the first time in his profession. He leads the NBA in made basket this year and he's taken substantial strides as a playmaker.
He's cleared this line in 15 of his last 20 games, consisting of 8 of the 12 games he's played together with Tatum.
Brown averages 18.9 shot efforts per game with Tatum back, he leads the group in use and has actually gotten to the line for 8.8 complimentary toss attempts per video game. The Hornets have actually been excellent defensively but this line simply feels like an over-correction.
Grant Williams 2+ 3s (+155)|Lucky Rebel
Boston quits a heap of large open threes and Grant Williams has actually been fantastic recently. This will be the first time he's playing his previous group because 2024 and he's cleared this line in 4 of his last 5.
Varun Sharma 24 hr earlier