Brooklyn vs. Boston
BOSTON (Interstat) — The Brooklyn Nets will visit the Boston Celtics in an NBA game on Tuesday at TD Garden in Boston. Brooklyn enters at 0-3, while Boston is 2-1.
Brooklyn is coming off a 136-109 home loss to Indiana in its most recent game. Josh Minott led the Nets with 15 points, eight rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes, Nolan Traore added 17 points, two rebounds, five assists and two blocks in 25 minutes, and Julius Randle finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in 24 minutes. Brooklyn’s other results this season include a 125-121 loss at Cleveland and a 110-103 home loss to Charlotte. The Nets have opened the season with three losses.
Traore is the player to watch for Brooklyn. In his most recent game, he had 17 points, two rebounds, five assists and two blocks in 25 minutes against Indiana. He had three points and two rebounds in five minutes at Cleveland and three points and two rebounds in 16 minutes against Charlotte.
Boston is coming off a 134-99 home win over Chicago in its most recent game. Payton Pritchard had 28 points, one rebound and four assists in 22 minutes, Jayson Tatum added 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists in 28 minutes, and Hugo Gonzalez had 13 points, five rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes. Boston also has a 107-103 home win over New York and a 121-113 loss at Detroit this season. The Celtics are 2-1 after three games.
Pritchard is the player to watch for Boston. He had 28 points, one rebound and four assists in 22 minutes against Chicago, four points, one rebound and four assists in 30 minutes against New York, and 17 points, four rebounds and one assist in 28 minutes at Detroit.
Brooklyn’s upcoming schedule includes games against Detroit, Indiana, New York, Charlotte, Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans, Memphis, Philadelphia and Chicago. Boston’s upcoming schedule includes games against Chicago, Orlando, Houston, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Toronto, Dallas and Orlando. Brooklyn’s upcoming slate begins with a home game against Detroit, followed by road games at Indiana and New York. Boston’s upcoming slate begins with a home game against Chicago, followed by road games at Orlando and Houston.
Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Boston 112, Brooklyn 102. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting Boston with a 96.9 percent probability to win. Boston has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -12. The over/under for this game is 221.5.