Early Afternoon NBA

 Game Info:

Fri, November 25, 1:00 pm ET

TD Garden

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-150	Line	+120
103.6	PPG	104.1
46.0	FG %	44.7
84.0	FT %	76.7
39.7	3PT %	35.9

Spurs travel to Boston today to try and continue their 7 game win strike against a hot young Celtics team who have won 4 out of their last 5.Spurs have been riding the hot hand of Kawhi Leonard who is averaging 25.1 PPG. But I expect Kawhi to have his hands full today with Jae Crowder not allowing him any uncontested shots or easy buckets. Celtics will continue to play solid team basketball and Isaiah should have very little difficulty scoring against an aging Tony Parker. Celtics Defense has stepped it up a bit since the return of Crowder and Horford which exactly what has been needed. Horford has shown these past few games that he WILL make this team better and I expect things to continue in that direction.

Both teams played Wednesday night and traveled home for thanksgiving. However, Spurs will travel to Boston and play an early game. I See the spurs coming out a bit sluggish in this one and look for the Celtics to have the gas pedal all the way to the floor right out of the gate. I see the Celtics winning this game OUTRIGHT but I would take the points.

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