Charlotte Hornets Vs. Boston Celtics: Master

The Boston Celtics will host the Charlotte Hornets for their third and final meeting of the regular season. With a lot yet to clean in terms of seeding, tonight's match might not be the last time they matchup this year.


Let's jump straight 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 been extraordinary this year. As it sits today, the Hornets are being in 8th location, simply a half video game back of the Toronto Raptors in sixth and 2 games back of the Atlanta Hawks in 5th.


The Hornets are guaranteed a spot in this year's play-in tournament, however might also quickly sneak out of it and into the 6th seed. The issue is the Hornets have the toughest remaining schedule in the NBA, completing their year with video games versus the Detroit Pistons and New york city Knicks following tonight's match.


The Hornets have gone 35-14 this year with their whole starting 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 score of +16.1 and offending rating of 130.0.


Defensively, the have been simply as excellent. The team ranks 7th in challenger efficient field objective percentage, sixth in points allowed and 1st in rebounds allowed.


Jay Two Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have played 12 video games together this year, they have actually gone 10-2 and have no intend on slowing down. Both of the Jays have been installing outrageous stat lines and tonight against Charlotte I'm expecting that very same energy.


With both Jaylen and Jayson on the flooring this year, the Celtics protective score drops to 107.0. Albeit a small sample size, however the Celtics defense has been outstanding given that Tatum's return and he's the biggest reason that.


The Celtics' are enabling just 107.0 points per video game in their last 15 games, majority of which were had fun with Tatum in the lineup. The team's simply dipping into a higher level as the routine season ends 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 ridiculous which's why it's most likely a trap. I could care less, Jaylen Brown has actually been too excellent this year for me to pass this up. Brown's averaging 28.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.2 helps per game; all career highs. He's seen the highest use of his profession this year but he's also been extremely effective with that usage.


Brown's shooting 47.6% from the field and 80% from the free throw line for the first time in his career. He leads the NBA in made field goals this year and he's taken substantial strides as a playmaker.


He's cleared this line in 15 of his last 20 games, consisting of 8 of the 12 games he's played together with Tatum.


Brown averages 18.9 shot attempts per video game with Tatum back, he leads the team in use and has gotten to the line for 8.8 totally free throw attempts per video game. The Hornets have actually been terrific defensively however this line just feels 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 excellent recently. This will be the very first time he's playing his previous team because 2024 and he's cleared this line in four of his last 5.


Varun Sharma 24 hours earlier