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BOS Celtics -10.5(-115)BOS Celtics @ CHI Bulls

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The Celtics are seeking revenge following an unexpected home loss to the Bulls on Thursday. Now the series moves to the Windy City, once again Boston is a double-digit favorite despite playing a team that’s on a 3-game win streak here. The Celtics live and die by the three ball this year, so it’s not surprising they lost Thursday’s game after shooting just 14-for-45 from downtown. Head coach Joe Mazzulla was visibly frustrated with his team’s play and went after the officials in the 4th quarter, Boston recorded 3 technical fouls as a team.

The current 3-game win streak that the Bulls are on is their longest of the season believe it or not. This team has been stuck in mediocrity for quite some time now, refusing to tank and start over. Zach LaVine is doing his best to present himself in a good way to potential suitors, he just had his best game of the season with 36 points, including 6 threes. However, judging by the way the Bulls have played this season this run will not last long. This team plays the fastest pace in the league, while also having the 5th worst defensive rating. That’s a recipe for disaster in most cases.

It all depends whether or not the Celtics take this game seriously, if they do this game should be over by the 4th quarter. Thursday’s game was a solid wake-up call I think, they’ve already beaten the Bulls by 11 points earlier in the season at the United Center. I’m counting on the men in green to show some resilience here as they face rare adversity this season. Give me Boston to cover the spread.

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MIN Timberwolves -3.0(-110)GS Warriors @ MIN Timberwolves

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The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors will play for the third time this season tonight. The season series is split at one win per team. These two teams recently played a back-to-back set at the beginning of December where the Timberwolves won game one 107-90, and the Warriors took game two 114-106. Neither team is playing well right now. The Warriors have lost 4 of their last 5 and 9 of their last 11 games. Their last game was an embarrassing 114-93 blowout loss at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies. The Timberwolves welcomed back Karl-Anthony Towns to Target Center in their previous game and proceeded to get blown out 133-107 to their former superstar. Anthony Edwards showed his frustrations after the game by questioning the team’s identity on offense in post-game interviews. “We don’t have any identity. We know I’m going to shoot a bunch of shots. We know Randle is going to shoot a bunch of shots. That’s all we know.”

Despite the tough loss to New York, the Timberwolves have been playing better compared to the beginning of the season. Minnesota has won 6 of their last 8 games, and their defense is once again beginning to look like a top unit in the NBA. In the past 10 games, Minnesota is once again ranked as the number one ranked defense in the NBA, and this is in large part due to the effort provided on that end by Rudy Gobert. Against New York, Gobert got played off the floor by the Knicks. In Gobert’s 22 minutes played, his plus/minus was -37. Based on Gobert’s play recently, this seems like an outlier instead of a trend. I expect Gobert to come out with a better effort tonight, and for Minnesota to answer the call of their star player against the struggling Golden State Warriors.

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