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When: 10:00 PM EST, February 2, 2021
Where: Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
TV: TNT
Point Spread: Warriors +2.5
OVER/UNDER Game Total: 226.5
Boston Celtics
Record: 16-5
Road Record: 8-3
ATS: 13-8
Golden State Warriors
Record: 11-9
Home Record: 8-4
ATS: 10-10
Boston Celtics Vs Golden State Warriors Game Day Preview
The Boston Celtics will be a little shorthanded again. They will need to guard Stephen Curry without one of their primary stoppers tonight when they visit the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.
The Celtics have now lost two in a row while the Warriors are happy with their 118-91 home win over Detroit this past Saturday.
Boston Celtics
Marcus Smart suffered a strained left calf in the fourth quarter in the National TV game against the Lakers. An MRI taken Sunday revealed a Grade 1 tear, leading the Celtics to say he could miss upward of two weeks.
“Marcus is essential to our team man. He’s been great,” Jaylen Brown gushed after Saturday’s game as the team awaited news on the severity of the injury. “Whether the numbers show it or not, Marcus has been a leader on this team. He’s been somebody that has been looking to get guys the ball in the right spots, including me. So to have him go down in the middle of the game like that definitely had everybody concerned.”
Enhancing the problem is the absence of impressive rookie Payton Pritchard, who suffered a sprained right knee last Monday. He isn’t expected back until the Celtics return home.
That leaves Kemba Walker and Jeff Teague as the primary defenders on Curry, the NBA leader in 3-point field goals who is also sixth in the league in scoring 27.7 points per game.
Golden State Warriors
Stephen Curry was absent for both Warriors’ losses to Boston last season, so he’s never faced Kemba Walker as a Celtic. But their matchups when Walker played for Charlotte often produced an offensive eruption, with Curry going for 30 or more points in three of the last six meetings, including games of 39 and 40.
In 12 career head-to-heads with Walker, Curry has averaged 28.1 points, shooting 51 percent overall and 47 percent on 3-pointers, averaging 5.1 threes per game.
Curry had 38 points the last time he matched up with Teague as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2018.
The Golden State standout contributed 28 points to a 118-91 home win over Detroit in the Warriors’ most recent game Saturday. The Warriors will be looking for a second consecutive victory for the sixth time this season without ever having won three in a row this season.
Curry declared after Saturday’s win that he is just starting to heat up.
“It follows my normal patterns of shooting better as the season goes on in general,” he said. “Definitely getting a lot more comfortable finding that balance knowing what types of shots I am going to get. Knowing what I can take and make. I don’t ever lose confidence in that respect, but you start to get a flow and carry that from game to game and you start to feel really good.”
Celtics Vs Warriors Facts
- Celtics are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games as a road favorite.
- Warriors are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games.
- Celtics are 6-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Golden State.
Boston Celtics Vs Golden State Warriors Alternative Fantasy Basketball-Statement Games Picks
Celtics 114 Warriors 117
- 10 PT Pick: Stephen Curry OVER 27.5 PTS
- 9 PT Pick: Kemba Walker OVER 5.5 Assists
- 8 PT Pick: Golden State Three PT Percentage OVER 36.5%
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