Boston Celtics vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 11/18/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Boston Celtics vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Friday, November 18, 2022

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Bally Sports New Orleans

The Boston Celtics are hitting the road to Smoothie King Center on Friday where they will compete against the New Orleans Pelicans.

The Celtics played the Thunder and walked away with a win by a score of 126-122 in their last contest. When it comes to fouls, the Celtics finished with 20 while the Thunder recorded 21 fouls. They converted 11 of their 30 tries from 3-point range. Oklahoma City shot 81.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 17 of their 21 shots. On top of that, Oklahoma City grabbed 51 rebounds (10 offensive, 41 defensive) and earned 7 blocks. Oklahoma City earned 21 assists and had 4 steals in this game. In relation to the defense, Boston allowed the other team to go 48.0% from the field on 47 out of 98 shooting. They also distributed 25 assists for this game as well as creating 19 turnovers and having 15 steals. When discussing grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 46 with 10 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Celtics made 24 of their 29 shots for a rate of 82.8%. Boston ended the game with a 47.9% field goal percentage (46 out of 96) and knocked down 10 out of their 37 three-point shots.

Jayson Tatum is a player who was a contributor in the game. Tatum walked away from this one shooting 39.1% from the field and also earned 1 assist. He was on the hardwood for 38 mins and collected 10 boards. He recorded 27 points on 9 out of 23 shooting.

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Boston heads into this contest with a record of 11-3 so far this season. They currently have an average of 120.0 pts per contest (1st in the NBA) while hitting 48.4% from the field. The Celtics are connecting on 38.2% on three-point attempts (218 of 571) and 84.2% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Boston is pulling in 42.1 rebounds per game and has racked up 367 assists this year, which is 9th in the league in terms of passing. They turn it over 12.9 times per contest and as a group are committing 21.3 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Celtics are forcing 12.6 turnovers per contest while drawing 21.4 fouls. They are ranked 4th in basketball in giving up assists with 308 surrendered this season. The Celtics are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 46.2% (587 of 1,271) and they surrender 45.1 rebounds per contest as a group. They give up 36.2% on 3-point attempts and they are 19th in the league in points per game allowed (114.1).

When they last stepped on the court, the Pelicans walked away with a victory by a final of 113-102 against the Grizzlies. The Pelicans were able to collect 36 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards totaling 43 in this contest. They gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while recording 2 steals in this matchup. The Grizzlies had 17 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Pelicans to the charity stripe for 12 tries. They were able to bury 9 of them for a clip of 75.0%. In regard to three-point attempts, New Orleans buried 18 out of 38 tries (47.4%). When this game wrapped up, the Pelicans shot 43 out of 91 from the field which had them shooting 47.3%. The Pelicans permitted the Grizzlies to bury 38 of 92 tries from the floor which had them shooting 41.3% for the matchup. They finished 25.7% from three-point range by connecting on 9 of 35 and walked away from this one shooting 17 of 25 from the charity stripe (68.0%). In regard to rebounding, New Orleans permitted Memphis to pull down 51 in all (14 on the offensive side).

CJ McCollum pitched in for the Pelicans in this matchup. He knocked down 11 out of 23 for the matchup for a rate of 47.8%, and added 3 rebounds. McCollum scored 30 points in his 37 mins on the hardwood and had 9 dimes for this game.

New Orleans has a record of 8-6 on the campaign. As an offense, the Pelicans are hitting on 47.9% from the field, which ranks 6th in the NBA. New Orleans has scored 1,627 points this year (116.2 per contest) and they collect 45.1 rebounds per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 27.0 times per contest (7th in the NBA) and they are giving up possession 14.1 times per contest. The Pelicans are responsible for committing 20.1 fouls per game while shooting 77.3% from the charity stripe.

The Pelicans on the defensive end are ranked 13th in the NBA in PPG given up with 112.2. They are forcing 15.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 46.7% from the floor (18th in the NBA). The New Orleans defense allows 32.4% on 3-point attempts (162 of 500) and their opponents are converting on 80.7% of their free throw attempts. They give up 25.6 assists and 42.7 rebounds per contest, which ranks 16th and 11th in basketball.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New Orleans

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