Denver Nuggets vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 2/11/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Denver Nuggets vs Boston Celtics

Date: Friday, February 11, 2022

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBA TV

The Boston Celtics (31-25) will compete against the Denver Nuggets (30-24) at TD Garden on Friday.

The Nuggets faced the Knicks and earned the victory with a final of 132-115 in their last game. Regarding personal fouls, the Nuggets walked away with 18 while the Knicks accounted for 8 personal fouls. They also converted 15 out of their 43 attempts from distance. New York walked away from this one shooting 83.3% from the free throw line by making 10 of their 12 tries. Furthermore, New York pulled down 27 boards (14 offensive, 13 defensive) and added 1 block. New York recorded 41 assists and had 25 steals in this game. In reference to defending, Denver let their opponent shoot 44.6% from the floor on 45 of 101 shooting. They also distributed 31 dimes in this matchup in addition to forcing 3 turnovers and having 5 steals. In terms of grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 52 with 12 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Nuggets converted 24 of their 31 shots for a rate of 77.4%. Denver finished the contest with a 54.1% field goal percentage (46 out of 85) and converted 16 of 39 three-point attempts.

JaMychal Green is one guy who was a major factor for this contest. He recorded 20 points on 6 of 7 shooting. He saw the court for 17 minutes and also grabbed 4 rebounds. Green shot 85.7% from the floor and earned 2 dimes.

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Denver will enter this game with a record of 30-24 so far this year. They cough up possession 13.9 times per game and as a basketball team they are committing 19.3 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Denver is pulling in 43.5 boards per contest and has accounted for 1,469 dimes on the season, which has them ranked 4th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Nuggets are shooting 35.5% on 3-point shots (696 of 1,961) and 78.6% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 109.7 points per contest (14th in the league) while shooting 47.4% from the field.

On defense, the Nuggets are forcing their opponents into 13.2 turnovers per game while drawing 19.3 personal fouls. They rank 15th in basketball in allowing assists with 1,324 relinquished this season. The Nuggets are allowing a FG percentage of 46.6% (2,172 of 4,659) and they surrender 42.8 rebounds per contest as a team. They concede 34.1% on 3-pointers while they are 11th in basketball in PPG allowed (107.6).

When they last played, the Celtics walked away with a victory by a final of 126-91 against the Nets. The Celtics pulled down 41 defensive boards and 11 offensive rebounds totaling 52 for the contest. They also turned the ball over 13 times, while getting 6 steals in the game. The Nets earned 13 fouls in the game which took the Celtics to the charity stripe for a total of 16 attempts. They were able to knock down 12 of the free throws for a clip of 75.0%. With regard to shots from distance, Boston buried 14 of 40 tries (35.0%). In all, the Celtics finished shooting 50 for 91 from the floor which gave them a rate of 54.9%. The Celtics allowed the Nets to knock down 38 out of 99 attempts from the field which had them shooting 38.4% in this matchup. They shot 27.8% from downtown by connecting on 10 out of 36 and ended up shooting 5 out of 13 from the free throw line (38.5%). With respect to rebounds, Boston allowed Brooklyn to snag 25 in total (15 on the offensive glass).

Jaylen Brown pitched in for the Celtics in this matchup. Brown accumulated 22 points in his 28 mins of playing time and accounted for 9 assists for this game. He knocked down 9 of 12 for this game for a field goal rate of 75.0%, and accumulated 7 rebounds.

Boston has a mark of 31-25 for the season. On the offensive side of the court, the Celtics are hitting on 45.2% from the floor, which has them ranked 20th in basketball. Boston has tallied 6,072 pts on the campaign (108.4 per game) and they pull in 46.6 rebounds per game. Their rate of earning assists is at 23.5 times per game (19th in the NBA) and they lose possession via turnover 14.2 times per game. The Celtics commit 18.7 fouls per contest and they shoot 81.6% from the free throw line.

The Boston defense allows 33.9% on shots from beyond the arc (665 of 1,959) and opponents are knocking down 77.5% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 21.6 assists and 44.6 rebounds per game, which ranks 1st and 16th in the league. The Celtics on defense are ranked 4th in the league in points given up per game with 103.8. They are forcing their opponents into 14.0 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 43.2% from the field (2nd in the NBA).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Denver

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