Utah Jazz vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 3/23/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Utah Jazz vs Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBC Sports Boston

The Utah Jazz (45-27) are traveling to TD Garden on Wednesday where they will take on the Boston Celtics (45-28).

The Jazz faced the Nets and took a loss by a final of 114-106 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Jazz ended up finishing with 16 and the Nets finished the game with 14 personal fouls. They also converted 11 of 30 attempts from 3-point land. Brooklyn finished the game shooting 86.7% from the charity stripe by converting 13 of their 15 tries. In addition, Brooklyn snagged 34 rebounds (7 offensive, 27 defensive) and added 7 rejections. Brooklyn recorded 41 assists and had 31 steals in this matchup. In the matter of defense, Utah allowed the other team to go 54.2% from the field on 45 of 83 shooting. They also dished out 18 assists for the matchup in addition to forcing 4 turnovers and earning 8 steals. When it comes to grabbing boards, they compiled 37 with 11 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Jazz converted 18 of their 22 attempts for a percentage of 81.8%. Utah wrapped up the contest having earned a 44.6% field goal percentage (37 out of 83) and converted 14 out of their 39 shots from distance.

Mike Conley is someone who was a contributor for this contest. Conley finished the contest at 58.3% from the floor and recorded 7 dimes. He saw the court for 33 mins played and pulled down 2 boards. He accumulated 18 points on 7 out of 12 shooting.

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Utah enters this game with a mark of 45-27 for the year. They are averaging 113.9 pts per contest (6th in the league) while hitting 47.2% from the field. The Jazz are hitting 36.5% on shots from beyond the arc (1,066 of 2,922) and 77.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, Utah is pulling down 46.4 boards per contest and has tallied 1,613 dimes so far this year, which is 26th in basketball in terms of passing. They turn it over 14.2 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 19.0 personal fouls per contest.

When they are on defense, the Jazz have forced 12.0 turnovers per game while drawing 20.1 personal fouls. They are 5th in the NBA in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,663 relinquished on the campaign. The Jazz defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 45.1% (2,908 of 6,453) and they surrender 41.7 boards per game as a squad. They give up 34.3% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 9th in basketball in PPG allowed (107.3).

In their last game, the Celtics went home victorious with a score of 132-123 against the Thunder. The Celtics earned 36 defensive rebounds and 6 offensive boards for a total of 42 for the contest. They also turned it over 8 times, while getting 8 steals in this game. The Thunder had 11 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Celtics to the charity stripe for 34 attempts. They were able to make 29 of them for a percentage of 85.3%. When it comes to shooting from distance, Boston buried 15 out of their 40 tries (37.5%). Overall, the Celtics finished the game shooting 44 for 86 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 51.2%. The Celtics permitted the Thunder to convert 48 of 93 attempts from the field which had them shooting 51.6% for this game. They went 45.9% from distance by shooting 17 of 37 and ended up shooting 10 of 14 at the free throw line (71.4%). In regard to cleaning the glass, Boston permitted Oklahoma City to grab 32 overall (10 offensive).

Jayson Tatum was important for the Celtics for this contest. He made 11 of 19 for the contest giving him a field goal percentage of 57.9%, and had 7 rebounds. Tatum accumulated 36 points in his 39 mins on the court and had 6 dimes for this game.

Boston has a win-loss record of 45-28 for the year. On the offensive side of the court, the Celtics are hitting on 46.0% from the floor, which has them ranked 18th in the league. Boston has accounted for 8,046 pts so far this year (110.2 per game) and they snag 46.2 boards per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 24.1 times per game (17th in the league) and they are giving up possession 13.5 times per contest. The Celtics are committing 18.5 fouls per game while shooting 81.7% from the charity stripe.

The Celtics on the defensive side of the court are 1st in the NBA in PPG allowed with 103.8. They are forcing 13.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 43.1% from the field (1st in basketball). The Boston defense concedes 33.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter (863 of 2,554) and their opposition makes 78.4% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have relinquished 21.5 assists and 44.2 total boards per game, which is 1st and 14th in the NBA.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Boston and under the total points

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