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8:10 PM ET

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Celtics

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BOS Celtics -15.0(-110)

Reasoning

With the news of Cade Cunningham being expected to miss a couple of weeks at least, the Boston Celtics might still have a chance of getting that top seed in the East. The Pistons are 4 games ahead in the standings, with 13 games left to play anything can still happen. The Cs are in Memphis on Friday, facing a Grizzlies team they blew out 131-95 back in mind-November. The spread is at 15 points this time around, a clear indicator in which direction this game will unfold. Apart from Vucevic being out, the Celtics are pretty much at full strength. They just recorded their 3rd win in a row, beating the Warriors by 21 points at home.

Memphis is also coming off a win, a surprising upset triumph over the Denver Nuggets which ended an 8-game slide. It is worth pointing out that the Nuggets were playing on a 2nd night of a back-to-back in that game, which might have contributed to their downfall a bit. The Grizzlies aren’t doing themselves any favors by winning games, they’d be better off tanking the rest of the way and improving their draft positioning. Their injury situation has been terrible all year long, Ty Jerome is the biggest threat to the Celtics in this game after his 21 points and 9 rebounds vs the Nuggets.

This should be all Boston. They’re by far the more in-form team and are also playing for something, unlike their counterpart. Over the past 20 meetings we’ve seen 18 wins for the Celtics and just 2 for the Grizzlies, while at FedEx Forum the last 5 have seen the Celtics win 4 of them. With Boston covering in 14 of the last 20 games head-to-head, I feel confident they can do so here as well, despite the big spread. Back the road team.

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9:10 PM ET

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Altitude Sports

Raptors

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TOR Raptors +7.0(-110)

Reasoning

Going on a 3-game win streak couldn’t come at a better time for the Raptors who are still holding on to the 5th seed in the East. However, the surging Hawks who have won 11 in a row are right behind them so they’ll need to be careful. Falling to the 6th seed would match them up with the Knicks who dominated all 4 regular season meetings. Friday sees the Raptors face the tall task of going up against Nikola Jokic and his Nuggets, trying to end a 5-game losing streak in head-to-head meetings. The first meeting saw a nail-biting finish as Denver escaped Canada with a 106-103 win, playing without Jokic.

The 3-time MVP had 29 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists, but also turned the ball over 10 times in the Nuggets latest loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. It would be easy to just point the finger at Jokic and his turnovers and blame him for the loss, the reality is that the entire team just wasn’t on the level we’re accustomed to seeing from them. This game will serve as a good test if the Nuggets can bounce back against a really solid road team. Despite going 19-13 SU at home this season, Denver hasn’t been the most reliable of bets at Ball Arena, covering just 16 times in 32 games so far.

I was actually impressed by the Raptors in their last 3 games, as they beat the Suns, Pistons and Bulls by an average of 16 points. They’ve been really solid in road games this season winning 20 of 33 and also covering 19 times. Their ATS record reads 6-2 in 8 meetings with Denver, I’m just not sure I can trust the Nuggets to win by more than 7 points here. Give me the Raptors plus the spread.

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