Oklahoma City Thunder vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 4/3/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBC Sports Boston

The Oklahoma City Thunder (52-22) are on their way to TD Garden on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Boston Celtics (58-16).

The Thunder faced off with the Knicks and went home with a win by a final score of 113-112 in their last game. Concerning personal fouls, the Thunder ended up finishing with 23 and the Knicks finished the game with 19 personal fouls. They also buried 13 out of their 43 tries from 3-point land. New York finished the game at 67.6% from the charity stripe by knocking down 23 of 34 shots. Furthermore, New York pulled down 46 rebounds (15 offensive, 31 defensive) and earned 8 blocked shots. New York dished out 24 dimes and had 8 steals for this game. With respect to defending, Oklahoma City allowed 41.3% from the floor on 38 of 92 shooting. They also doled out 29 assists for this game while forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and getting 6 steals. Pertaining to grabbing boards, they collected 43 with 9 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Thunder made 12 of 24 attempts for a percentage of 50.0%. Oklahoma City finished the contest having earned a 53.7% FG percentage (44 out of 82) and converted 13 out of their 34 3-pointers.

Jalen Williams is a guy who was a major contributor for this contest. Williams finished shooting 77.8% from the floor and dished out 8 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 34 minutes and also pulled down 4 boards. He totaled 33 points on 14 of 18 shooting.

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Oklahoma City comes into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 52-22 on the campaign. They turn it over 12.5 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 19.2 fouls per contest. As a unit, Oklahoma City is snagging 41.9 boards per game and has tallied 1,994 dimes on the year, which ranks 13th in the league in terms of passing. The Thunder are shooting 39.1% from downtown (992 of 2,536) and 82.5% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 120.4 pts per game (3rd in basketball) while connecting on 50.0% from the field.

On defense, the Thunder are forcing 15.7 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.0 personal fouls. They are 18th in the NBA in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,995 conceded on the campaign. The Thunder defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 45.6% (3,012 of 6,607) and they relinquish 44.8 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They concede 36.1% on shots from downtown while they are 12th in the league in PPG allowed (113.0).

When they last stepped on the court, the Celtics got the victory with a final of 104-92 when they played the Pelicans. The Celtics corralled 43 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards totaling 51 for the game. They gave up possession of the ball 12 times, while earning 7 steals for the game. The Pelicans committed 12 personal fouls in this contest which took the Celtics to the charity stripe for 12 attempts. They were able to knock down 11 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 91.7%. In relation to shooting from beyond the arc, Boston converted 15 out of 37 tries (40.5%). When the final whistle blew, the Celtics went 39 for 82 from the field which had them at 47.6%. The Celtics permitted the Pelicans to convert 34 of their 86 tries from the floor which had them shooting 39.5% for the contest. They finished shooting 37.1% from three-point range by going 13 of 35 and ended up going 11 of 18 at the free throw line (61.1%). Regarding rebounding, Boston permitted New Orleans to pull down 41 in all (10 offensive).

Jayson Tatum ended up being important for the Celtics in the game. Tatum totaled 23 points in his 36 mins of playing time and earned 4 dimes in the game. He converted 10 out of 17 in the matchup for a rate of 58.8%, and had 9 rebounds.

Boston has a win-loss mark of 58-16 so far this season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Celtics are hitting on 48.6% from the field, which ranks them 9th in the league. Boston has accounted for 8,946 pts for the season (120.9 per contest) and they average 46.4 rebounds per game. They are assisting teammates 26.6 times per game (14th in the NBA) and they turn it over 12.0 times per game. The Celtics are responsible for committing 16.4 fouls every game and they go 80.9% from the free throw line.

The Boston defense allows 35.0% on 3-point shots (950 of 2,713) and their opponents are knocking down 76.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They have allowed 24.9 assists and 43.3 boards every game, which has them ranked 6th and 14th in the NBA. The Celtics on defense are ranked 5th in the NBA in points allowed per game with 109.5. They are forcing 11.9 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 45.3% from the field (2nd in the NBA).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oklahoma City

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