NBA Picks & Predictions: 76ers vs. Celtics (Tuesday)
The Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics meet for Game 2 at TD Garden at 7:00 p.m. ET on Peacock/NBCSN. At 8:00 p.m. ET, the Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs meet for Game 2 on NBC/Peacock, while the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers battle in Game 2 at 10:30 p.m. ET, also on NBC/Peacock. Let’s build our bankroll with our best NBA picks & predictions for Tuesday, April 21st’s game 76ers vs. Celtics.
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Tuesday’s Best NBA Picks & Predictions: 76ers vs. Celtics
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has three playoff games on the schedule for Tuesday night. On Monday, the road team and underdog won two games outright, with the favorite and home team only cashing in one game. The Under also hit in two of three games. Will we get more unexpected finishes Tuesday?
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Philadelphia 76ers (+640) at Boston Celtics (-950) | O/U 216.5 (-110/-110)
The Celtics rocked the 76ers in Game 1 on Sunday, posting a 123-91 victory at TD Garden to easily cash as 13.5-point favorites while the Under (216.5) cashed.
Boston shot 50% (45-of-90) from the field, while hitting 36% (16-of-44) from behind the 3-point line. On the flip side, the Sixers shot just 39% (35-of-90), and a dismal 17% (4-of-23) from downtown. Boston also had a plus-3 rebounding margin, a plus-11 in assists and plus-2 in blocks, while Philly committed five more turnovers. If Philly can hang its hat on anything, it was that it outscored Boston by a 58-to-42 margin in the paint, and it was plus-6 in offensive rebounding margin. Other than that…
Tyrese Maxey did his thing for Philly, going for 21 points, but he was just one of four 76ers to hit double digits, and he was just 8-of-20 from the field, and 1-of-4 from behind the arc. Paul George chipped in with 17 points, but it wasn’t even close to being enough.
For Boston, Jaylen Brown dropped 26 points on an efficient 11-of-21 shooting, while going 2-of-2 on treys. Sam Hauser started, and was good for 12 points, all on 4-of-6 shooting from the perimeter, while adding seven boards, two assists, and a steal. Jayson Tatum struggled from distance, but he went for 25 points and 11 rebounds with seven assists and two steals.
Including the final regular-season meeting, Boston has won the past two games with Philadelphia by at least 16 points, and the Under has cashed in four straight meetings. Let’s back the C’s laying the double-digit points, and we’ll go low on the total. Why go away from what’s working?
Picks: Celtics -13.5 (-114) & Under 216.5 Points (-110)
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