Charlotte Hornets Vs. Boston Celtics: Master
The Boston Celtics will host the Charlotte Hornets for their 3rd and final conference of the regular season. With so much yet to shake out in terms of seeding, tonight's match may not be the final time they matchup this year.
Let's leap directly into this one.
- Location: TD Garden; Boston, Massachusetts
- Date: Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
- Tipoff: 8:10 PM EST
- Brandon Miller (CHA): 30.3 MPG|20.2 PPG|5.0 RPG|3.4 APG
- Jaylen Brown (BOS): 34.4 MPG|28.7 PPG|7.0 RPG|5.2 APG
Buzz City or Buzz Saw?
The Hornets have actually been incredible this year. As it sits today, the Hornets are being in 8th location, just a half video game back of the Toronto Raptors in 6th and 2 video games back of the Atlanta Hawks in 5th.
The Hornets are ensured an area in this year's play-in tournament, however might likewise easily sneak out of it and into the 6th seed. The issue is the Hornets have the most difficult remaining schedule in the NBA, completing their year with video games against the Detroit Pistons and New york city Knicks following tonight's match.
The Hornets have gone 35-14 this year with their entire beginning five healthy. The lineup of Brandon Miller, LaMelo Ball, Kon Knueppel, Moussa Diabaté and Miles Bridges has been the very best in the NBA with a net rating of +16.1 and offensive ranking of 130.0.
Defensively, the Hornets have been simply as great. The team ranks 7th in opponent effective basket portion, 6th in points enabled and first in rebounds enabled.
Jay Two Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have actually played 12 video games together this year, they've gone 10-2 and have no intend on decreasing. Both of the Jays have been installing insane stat lines and tonight versus Charlotte I'm expecting that really exact same energy.
With both Jaylen and Jayson on the floor this year, the Celtics defensive score drops to 107.0. Albeit a little sample size, however the Celtics defense has been outstanding since Tatum's return and he's the greatest reason.
The Celtics' are permitting just 107.0 points per video game in their last 15 video games, majority of which were had fun with Tatum in the lineup. The group's just playing at a greater level as the regular season comes to a close and a win tonight would win them the Atlantic Division and lock them into the No. 2 seed in the East.
Jaylen Brown o37.5 PRA (-107)|Lucky Rebel
This line feels crazy and that's why it's most likely a trap. I could care less, Jaylen Brown has been too great this year for me to pass this up. Brown's balancing 28.7 points, 7.0 and 5.2 helps per video game; all profession highs. He's seen the greatest usage of his profession this year however he's also been incredibly efficient with that use.
Brown's shooting 47.6% from the field and 80% from the complimentary toss line for the very first time in his career. He leads the NBA in made basket this year and he's taken huge strides as a playmaker.
He's cleared this line in 15 of his last 20 video games, consisting of 8 of the 12 video games he's played alongside Tatum.
Brown averages 18.9 shot efforts per game with Tatum back, he leads the group in use and has actually gotten to the line for 8.8 totally free toss attempts per game. The Hornets have been great defensively but this line just seems like an over-correction.
Grant Williams 2+ 3s (+155)|Lucky Rebel
Boston quits a lots of broad open threes and Grant Williams has actually been great recently. This will be the very first time he's playing his previous group since 2024 and he's cleared this line in 4 of his last 5.
Varun Sharma 24 hours earlier