Utah Jazz vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 3/10/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Utah Jazz vs Boston Celtics

Date: Monday, March 10, 2025

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBC Sports Boston

TD Garden is where the Boston Celtics (45-18) will attempt to beat the Utah Jazz (15-47) on Monday.

The Jazz faced off with the Wizards and took a loss by a score of 125-122 in their last contest. Concerning personal fouls, the Jazz ended up with 19 and the Wizards racked up 18 personal fouls. They buried 17 out of their 47 tries from three-point range. Washington went 82.8% at the charity stripe by making 24 of 29 tries. In addition, Washington totaled 45 boards (10 offensive, 35 defensive) and added 3 rejections. Washington doled out 32 assists and had 9 steals for the matchup. Concerning defense, Utah allowed the other team to go 44.2% from the floor on 42 out of 95 shooting. They also recorded 21 assists for the contest in addition to forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and earning 5 steals. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they earned 58 with 17 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Jazz converted 14 of 20 tries for a rate of 70.0%. Utah wrapped up the game with a 46.5% FG percentage (47 of 101) and converted 14 out of their 40 3-point shots.

Johnny Juzang is one guy who was a major contributor in this game. He notched 27 points on 10 of 15 shooting. He was on the court for 30 minutes played and also totaled 7 rebounds. Juzang went 66.7% from the floor and distributed 2 dimes.

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Utah heads into this matchup with a record of 15-47 on the campaign. They lose possession by turning the ball over 17.4 times per game and as a unit are committing 19.0 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Utah is pulling in 45.8 rebounds per contest and has 1,601 dimes for the year, which has them ranked 19th in the league in terms of passing the ball. The Jazz are hitting 35.6% from downtown (866 of 2,436) and 77.8% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 112.5 points per game (20th in the NBA) while hitting 45.9% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Jazz are able to force 11.8 turnovers every game while drawing 19.7 fouls. They are currently ranked 28th in the league in allowing assists to their opponents with 1,808 surrendered so far this season. The Jazz are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 47.7% (2,722 of 5,711) and they concede 43.0 boards per contest as a unit. They concede 35.9% on shots from distance while they are 28th in basketball in PPG allowed (119.8).

The last time they took the court, the Celtics walked away with a victory by a final of 123-105 against the 76ers. The Celtics were able to pull down 30 defensive rebounds and 16 offensive boards totaling 46 in this matchup. They gave up possession of the ball 11 times, while earning 8 steals for the contest. The 76ers earned 15 fouls for this game which took the Celtics to the free throw line for 13 attempts. They were able to make 12 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 92.3%. In terms of three-point attempts, Boston converted 19 out of 48 tries (39.6%). When this game wrapped up, the Celtics finished 46 out of 91 from the floor which gave them a rate of 50.5%. The Celtics allowed the 76ers to bury 40 of their 95 tries from the field which left them shooting 42.1% for this contest. They shot 38.5% from beyond the perimeter by going 15 out of 39 and ended up going 10 of 12 from the free throw line (83.3%). In relation to team rebounding, Boston allowed Philadelphia to snag 45 in all (18 offensive).

Jayson Tatum was important for the Celtics for the game. Tatum earned 35 points in his 31 minutes of playing time and accumulated 2 assists in this game. He made 14 out of 23 for the contest for a field goal percentage of 60.9%, and had 7 rebounds.

Boston has a record of 45-18 for the season. The Celtics are committing 16.3 fouls per contest and they connect on 79.9% from the charity stripe. Their rate of earning assists is at 25.8 times per game (17th in the league) and they turn it over 11.9 times per game. Boston has scored 7,374 points this year (117.0 per contest) and they pull in 45.0 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Celtics are connecting on 46.2% from the floor, which ranks 18th in basketball.

The Celtics defensively are ranked 3rd in the league in points per game surrendered with 108.3. They have forced 13.0 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.3% from the field (3rd in the league). The Boston defense allows 34.8% on shots from behind the 3-point line (799 of 2,296) and opponents are connecting on 79.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrender 24.1 dimes and 44.1 boards per contest, which ranks them 3rd and 15th in the league.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston

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