Brooklyn Nets vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 11/8/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Brooklyn Nets vs Boston Celtics

Date: Friday, November 8, 2024

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBC Sports Boston

The Boston Celtics (7-2) will play the Brooklyn Nets (4-4) at TD Garden on Friday.

The Nets played the Grizzlies and took home the win by a score of 106-104 in their last contest. Brooklyn ended the game having earned a 47.6% FG percentage (40 out of 84) and converted 13 out of their 36 three-point shots. From the charity stripe, the Nets made 13 of their 18 attempts for a percentage of 72.2%. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they collected 37 with 12 of them being of the offensive variety. They also recorded 28 assists in this game in addition to creating 15 turnovers and having 7 steals. In the matter of defense, Brooklyn let their opponent shoot 47.3% from the field on 43 out of 91 shooting. Memphis doled out 29 dimes and had 5 steals in this matchup. Furthermore, Memphis had 44 rebounds (13 offensive, 31 defensive) and had 1 block. Memphis walked away from this one shooting 76.9% at the charity stripe by burying 10 of 13 attempts. They also converted 8 out of their 30 shots from beyond the perimeter. When it comes to personal fouls, the Nets ended up with 22 while the Grizzlies accumulated 16 personal fouls.

Cameron Johnson is a player who came through for the contest. Johnson finished shooting 72.7% from the field and also earned 2 dimes. He saw the court for 36 minutes played and also totaled 3 boards. He ended up walking away with 20 points on 8 of 11 shooting.

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Brooklyn heads into this one with a win-loss record of 4-4 for the year. They currently have an average of 113.5 points per contest (16th in the league) while going 47.1% from the field. The Nets are connecting on 35.8% on three-point attempts (115 of 321) and 78.1% from the charity stripe. As a team, Brooklyn is pulling in 39.0 rebounds per game and has totaled 215 assists on the year, which is 13th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They lose possession via turnover 14.6 times per contest and as a group they are committing 26.5 personal fouls every game.

Defensively, the Nets are forcing their opponents into 15.8 turnovers every game and they draw 19.4 personal fouls. They are ranked 16th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 209 conceded on the campaign. The Nets defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 47.8% (313 of 655) and they concede 42.9 boards per contest as a squad. They are relinquishing 35.7% on shots from downtown and they are 17th in the league in points per game allowed (113.8).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Celtics took a loss by a final score of 118-112 when they faced the Warriors. The Celtics earned 34 defensive boards and 13 offensive boards for a total of 47 in the game. They also coughed up the ball 12 times, while recording 5 steals for the matchup. The Warriors earned 19 fouls in this contest which took the Celtics to the free throw line for 21 tries. They were able to make 17 of the free throws for a percentage of 81.0%. With respect to 3-point shots, Boston made 19 of 54 tries (35.2%). When the final whistle blew, the Celtics finished 38 out of 90 from the field which had them at 42.2%. The Celtics allowed the Warriors to bury 42 of 91 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 46.2% for the contest. They went 41.2% from 3-point land by shooting 14 out of 34 and finished the game at 20 out of 24 at the charity stripe (83.3%). When discussing how they rebounded, Boston allowed Golden State to collect 53 in total (15 on the offensive side).

Jayson Tatum was important for the Celtics for the matchup. Tatum earned 32 points in his 37 mins of playing time and totaled 2 dimes in the matchup. He knocked down 10 out of 20 in this game for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and accounted for 4 rebounds.

Boston has a win-loss mark of 7-2 so far this year. The Celtics are committing 16.6 fouls per contest and they hit 82.1% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 23.7 times per contest (24th in basketball) and they turn it over 11.8 times per game. Boston has accounted for 1,101 pts on the season (122.3 per game) and they average 44.1 rebounds per contest. As an offensive team, the Celtics are shooting 45.7% from the floor, which ranks them 19th in the NBA.

The Celtics on the defensive end are ranked 12th in the NBA in points given up per game with 110.6. They are able to force 15.3 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.4% from the field (16th in the NBA). The Boston defense concedes 33.7% on shots from distance (111 of 329) and their opponents are converting on 77.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They have conceded 23.8 dimes and 43.3 rebounds every game, which is 6th 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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