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On Sunday, February 12, the NBA will have a limited schedule with only two games, but both are sure to deliver thrilling action, particularly the matchup between the Grizzlies vs Celtics, two of the top teams in the league.
Although both teams are evenly matched, the Celtics have had the upper hand in this particular series, winning their last three matchups and nine out of the last ten.
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Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Memphis Grizzlies vs Boston Celtics NBA Regular Season Game on February 12, 2023
- Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
- When: Sunday, February 12, 2023, 2:00 PM E.T.
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Betting on the Memphis Grizzlies
- Season record: 34-21
Although they come here with two wins in a row, the Grizzlies are not going through their best moment, having won just three of their last 11 games. This bad stretch has caused them to lose ground on the top of the Western Conference; they’re still in second place, but now 3.5 games behind the leader, the Denver Nuggets.
The most recent victory of the Grizzlies came last Friday by a score of 107-128 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, with Ja Morant once again being the main figure of the game with 32 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds, followed by Desmond Bane who contributed another 20 points.
Continuing their recovery here and recording a third win in a row seems unlikely for the Grizzlies, not only because of the opponent they will have to face, but also because of the fact that they have lost in their last six games in that condition.
Betting on the Boston Celtics
- Season record: 40-16
For their part, the Celtics remain at the top of both the Eastern Conference and the NBA, owning the best record in the league so far. After a shaky week, the Celtics seem to be back to their best, coming into this game with five wins in their last six games.
Joe Mazzulla’s team will try to record a fourth consecutive victory here, after beating the Charlotte Hornets last Friday by a score of 116-127, in a game without Jaylen Brown, but with an inspired Jayson Tatum and Derrick White, who scored 41 and 33 points, respectively.
Although they have been excellent as home and away, it’s necessary to highlight the Celtics’ extremely high performance at TD Garden, especially offensively, as they average 121.1 points scored per game and have posted a 48.4 % shooting percentage from the field.
JefeBet Prediction
The Grizzlies are a very quality team, so their current level is nowhere near what they really are. Moreover, their outlook is only getting darker, given that they will be facing the best team in the NBA and in a condition in which they have struggled a lot all campaign long.
Defense has been the Grizzlies’ main problem on the road, averaging 116.3 points allowed per game, weaknesses that the Celtics are more than capable of exploiting, even if Brown does not recover for this game, as they showed in their last outing.
At home, the Celtics are a very solid team both on defense and offense, so facing a struggling team like the Grizzlies, we expect them to manage to dominate things from the start and record another comfortable win.
Prediction: Boston Celtics Spread.
