Charlotte Hornets Vs. Boston Celtics: Master
The Boston Celtics will host the Charlotte Hornets for their 3rd and final conference of the routine season. With so much yet to shake out in terms of seeding, tonight's matchup may 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 actually been amazing this year. As it sits right now, the Hornets are being in 8th location, just a half game back of the Toronto Raptors in 6th and 2 games back of the Atlanta Hawks in 5th.
The Hornets are guaranteed a spot in this year's play-in competition, but could likewise easily slip out of it and into the sixth seed. The issue is the Hornets have the most difficult 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 gone 35-14 this year with their whole starting 5 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 offending rating of 130.0.
Defensively, the Hornets have been simply as excellent. The group ranks 7th in challenger effective basket percentage, 6th in points allowed and first in rebounds enabled.
Jay Two Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have played 12 video games together this year, they've gone 10-2 and have no intend on decreasing. Both of the Jays have actually been putting up insane stat lines and tonight versus Charlotte I'm expecting that very exact same energy.
With both Jaylen and Jayson on the flooring this year, the Celtics protective score drops to 107.0. Albeit a small sample size, however the Celtics defense has been excellent since Tatum's return and he's the most significant reason that.
The Celtics' are allowing just 107.0 points per video game in their last 15 video games, bulk of which were played with Tatum in the lineup. The group's simply playing at a greater level as the regular season ends 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 outrageous 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 averaging 28.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.2 helps per game; all career highs. He's seen the highest use of his career this year but he's likewise been exceptionally efficient with that use.
Brown's shooting 47.6% from the field and 80% from the complimentary throw line for the very first time in his career. He leads the NBA in made field objectives this year and he's taken huge strides as a playmaker.
He's cleared this line in 15 of his last 20 games, including 8 of the 12 he's played along with Tatum.
Brown averages 18.9 shot attempts per video game with Tatum back, he leads the group in usage and has actually gotten to the line for 8.8 complimentary throw attempts per game. The Hornets have actually been excellent defensively but this line simply seems like an over-correction.
Grant Williams 2+ 3s (+155)|Lucky Rebel
Boston quits a heap of broad open 3s and Grant Williams has actually been fantastic just recently. This will be the very first time he's playing his former team given that 2024 and he's cleared this line in four of his last 5.
Varun Sharma 24 hours earlier