Minnesota Timberwolves vs Boston Celtics Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/22/26

Life without Ant Man continues for the Minnesota Timberwolves who are trying to bounce back following a narrow loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. Only 21 assists in that game is a clear indicator that the offensive leader of the team is out and the team is still adjusting to life without him. The oddsmakers don’t fancy the T’Wolves chances on Sunday, they’re 9.5 point underdogs at TD Garden against the Celtics. Now, Minnesota did win the first meeting of the season when these two teams met at Target Center back in late November, but over the years this match-up has been owned by the men in green. Minnesota has won just 3 of the last 18 meetings and get this – they are on an 18-game losing streak in games played in Boston.

The Cs return home following a successful trip to Memphis where they beat the Grizzlies by 5 points. It was their 4th win in a row, with 12 games left it looking like they’ll have to settle for the 2nd seed despite the Pistons losing Cade Cunningham for the rest of the regular season. I’m sure the Celtics aren’t too concerned about which seed they are, the priority for them right now is to fully integrate Jayson Tatum into all the offensive and defensive schemes, which they’ve done really well up to this point. He might have to turn back the clock and become the pre-injury Tatum on Sunday, is Jaylen Brown isn’t able to play. He’s officially listed as questionable with a quad injury, it goes without saying that it would be a massive handicap for Boston not having their leading scorer in this game.

I mentioned the dominance of the Celtics in head-to-head meetings earlier, however as good as they’ve been against Minnesota, they’ve not beaten them by double-digits in almost 4 years. The last 6 meetings between the two sides have been decided by 4, 3, 2, 7, 5 and 2 points so the trends are pointing to another close finish. With both sides potentially being without their best players, I’d much rather back the underdog and the extra points here. Boston has covered only twice in 6 games and is just 17-17 ATS in 34 home games this season. Take Minnesota.

Minnesota Timberwolves vs Boston Celtics Predictions: Timberwolves +9.5 is available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.