Free NBA Picks Today: Boston Celtics vs Minnesota Timberwolves 12/23/22

Free NBA Picks Today: Boston Celtics vs Minnesota Timberwolves 12/23/22
Fri 23rd December 2022

The Minnesota Timberwolves (16-16, 7-8 Away) will try to slow down one of the league’s top scoring teams when they are on the road to face the Boston Celtics (22-10, 11-5 Home) on Friday.

Minnesota lost to the Dallas Mavericks 104-99 at Target Center on Wednesday. With 23 points, Anthony Edwards was the top scorer in defeat. Rudy Gobert chipped in with 19 points and 15 rebounds.

The Timberwolves are 10th in the Western Conference. Boston dropped their third in a row on Wednesday at TD Garden, falling to the Indiana Pacers 117-112. Jayson Tatum had 41 points in defeat to lead the team. The Celtics are 0.5 games back in the Eastern Conference, currently sitting in second.

The teams are meeting for the first time this season. Minnesota and Boston split their matchups last season, each team winning one. The Celtics earned the win in the last meeting 134-112 at TD Garden on March 27. Tatum led the Celtics with 34 points and six assists. Edwards had 24 points and six assists in defeat.

The T’Wolves have been led this season by Edwards, who is averaging 23.0 points per game. Meanwhile, Gobert is grabbing 12.3 rebounds per game, second-most in the NBA, and D’Angelo Russell is dishing 6.4 assists.

Tatum and Jaylen Brown have been the primary providers of the Celts’ offense, averaging 30.6 and 26.2 points per game, respectively. Tatum ranks fourth in the league. Tatum also has pulled down 8.1 rebounds per game. Marcus Smart has distributed 7.3 assists per game.

The Celtics are averaging 118.0 points per game, ranking as one of the most explosive offenses in the league (2nd). The Timberwolves are winless in their last 10 visits to TD Garden. Boston is looking to avoid a fifth successive home defeat this season.

In the last 10 games, Minnesota is 5-5 with an average margin of +0.2 (116.2-116.0). Boston has gone 4-6 over the last 10, allowing 110.3 points per game on average while scoring only 109.5 (-0.8 margin). The Celtics are averaging 118.0 ppg for the full season while allowing 112.3.

TIMBERWOLVES HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Austin Rivers: 20.0 | 8.0 | +12.0
Rebounds per game:
Naz Reid: 7.0 | 4.3 | +2.7
Assists per game:
Anthony Edwards: 7.0 | 4.5 | +2.5

CELTICS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Derrick White: 10.0 | 15.6 | -5.6
Points per game:
Al Horford: 6.7 | 9.7 | -3.1

SportsTips’ NBA Pick:

Boston Celtics -10.5 (-105)

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