Christmas Day NBA: Wizards and Celtics First Meeting of Season

Celtics Face Wizards Since NBA Playoffs

The fans at TD Garden will see the Washington Wizards and the Boston Celtics meet on Christmas Day.  Tip-off is at 5:30 pm EST and ABC will televise this game.

Oddsmakers opened the Celtics as -4.5-point favorites versus the Wizards, while the game's total opened at 204.5. The line has held steady and the total has went up to 206 with some scattered 206.5's.

The last time the these two squads played was Game 7 of last year's hotly contested Eastern Conference semifinals. Just like the regular season meetings between the teams, the whole series was a war from the start. Don't expect anything less today.

These two teams hate each other. After one regular season game police were in the hallway outside the locker room. An incident that saw Jae Crowder  trying to get to the Wizards' locker room. He was fined $25,000 and John Wall $15,000.

Washington's John Wall got ejected from a game for hitting Marcus Smart. Smart and Bradley Beal  were yelling at each other the next time they met. Beal got a well earned technical foul.

The Celtics won all six games, counting playoffs, at home, and lost all five in Washington. The Wizards have lost nine straight at TD Garden.

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Boston won its last outing, a 117-92 result against the Chicago Bulls on December 23. The Celtics covered in that game as a -8-point favorite, while the 209 combined points took the game OVER the total.

The Celtics have only four players still around from that playoff series. Two of the players gone are Isaiah Thomas and Kelly Olynyk. They combined for 55 points in Game 7.

The Celtics had lost two straight. and gone just 4-5 over their last nine games, exploded in the second half to run away from the Bulls.

Washington won its last outing, a 130-103 result against the Orlando Magic on December 23. The Wizards covered in that game as a -12-point favorite, while the 233 combined points took the game OVER the total.

The Wizards scored a season-high 130 points in against the Magic and have won four of their last six.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Washington	18-15	16-17	105.67	103.61	2.06	6-10	10-7	11-22	7-9	4-13
Boston	27-9	22-12-2	103.50	98.19	5.31	10-6-2	12-6	18-17-1	10-8	8-9-1

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
WAS	22.42	13.33	1.68
BOS	22.33	13.06	1.71

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
WAS	9.82	33.36	43.18
BOS	8.89	34.97	43.86

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
WAS	45.75	45.24	0.51
BOS	45.07	43.94	1.13

Team Records

Washington Wizards

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	18-15	10-6	8-9	16-17	6-10	10-7	105.67	103.61	2.06
Last 10	6-4	4-1	2-3	4-6	2-3	2-3	104.70	101.90	2.80
vs Div	3-2	2-1	1-1	3-2	2-1	1-1	111.40	102.00	9.40
vs EAST	8-8	5-3	3-5	7-9	3-5	4-4	107.13	105.44	1.69
vs WEST	10-7	5-3	5-4	9-8	3-5	6-3	104.29	101.88	2.41

Boston Celtics

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	27-9	14-4	13-5	22-12-2	10-6-2	12-6	103.50	98.19	5.31
Last 10	5-5	2-2	3-3	3-6-1	1-2-1	2-4	101.00	100.70	0.30
vs Div	5-1	3-0	2-1	5-1	3-0	2-1	102.83	96.00	6.83
vs EAST	17-7	7-3	10-4	15-8-1	6-3-1	9-5	102.46	97.96	4.50
vs WEST	10-2	7-1	3-1	7-4-1	4-3-1	3-1	105.58	98.67	6.91

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	105.67	13	98.19	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	102.41	17	98.22	3
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	41.82	19	43.67	20
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	103.50	20	103.61	12
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	105.44	17	103.76	10
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	43.72	16	46.71	30

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Washington	4-6	3-7	7-3	109.80	54.50	46.79	39.50	131/339	8.00
Boston	6-4	7-3	7-3	110.70	56.10	46.47	43.60	86/266	7.10

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
May 15, 2017	WAS	105	BOS	115	-5	BOS	211	O	BOS	WAS	BOS	55	53	45	53.2	43	31	10/29	11/26	6	7
May 12, 2017	BOS	91	WAS	92	-5	BOS	214.5	U	WAS	WAS	BOS	42	41	40.5	43	37	46	11/35	5/24	5	4
May 10, 2017	WAS	101	BOS	123	-4	BOS	217.5	O	BOS	BOS	BOS	51	67	38.5	52.9	45	48	7/29	16/33	5	7
May 7, 2017	BOS	102	WAS	121	-5	WAS	214.5	O	WAS	WAS	BOS	48	48	44.3	52.4	31	45	14/31	9/21	13	13
May 4, 2017	BOS	89	WAS	116	-5.5	WAS	218.5	U	WAS	WAS	BOS	40	63	35.1	46.7	38	50	10/32	8/25	4	7
May 2, 2017	WAS	119	BOS	129	-5	BOS	218.5	O	BOS	WAS	BOS	67	64	46.5	51.1	44	41	10/34	13/36	7	11
Apr 30, 2017	WAS	111	BOS	123	-4	BOS	216	O	BOS	Push	BOS	64	59	50.6	51.1	38	38	10/23	19/39	6	8
Mar 20, 2017	WAS	102	BOS	110	-4	BOS	216	U	WAS	BOS	BOS	47	58	43	42.6	39	54	8/35	10/33	6	10
Jan 24, 2017	BOS	108	WAS	123	-1.5	WAS	216.5	O	WAS	WAS	BOS	59	66	45.2	57.8	32	42	10/33	9/20	10	7
Jan 11, 2017	WAS	108	BOS	117	-5.5	BOS	217.5	O	BOS	BOS	BOS	59	55	42.9	50.6	44	45	10/26	17/41	10	5

NBA Betting Trends

Washington Wizards
Washington is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games
Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 19 of Washington's last 25 games
Washington is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Washington is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games on the road
Washington is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Boston
Washington is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Boston
Washington is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston

Boston Celtics
Boston is 2-5-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Boston is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games
Boston is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Boston is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games at home
Boston is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Washington
Boston is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games when playing Washington
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games when playing at home against Washington

Team Last 5 Games

Washington Wizards

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 23, 2017	ORL	130-103	W	-12	211.5	W/O	54.65	86.96	16	H
Dec 22, 2017	BKN	84-119	L	-6	215.5	L/U	36.56	73.33	5	A
Dec 19, 2017	NOH	116-106	W	-2	216.5	W/O	50.00	71.43	14	H
Dec 17, 2017	CLE	99-106	L	-2.5	215	L/U	42.86	56.25	12	H
Dec 15, 2017	LAC	100-91	W	-10.5	209	L/U	44.32	65.22	7	H

Boston Celtics

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Dec 23, 2017	CHI	117-92	W	-8	204.5	W/O	47.83	80.95	12	H
Dec 21, 2017	NY	93-102	L	-2.5	203.5	L/U	38.37	73.68	13	A
Dec 20, 2017	MIA	89-90	L	-9	199.5	L/U	37.50	76.19	13	H
Dec 18, 2017	IND	112-111	W	-2.5	206.5	L/O	55.70	57.14	16	A
Dec 16, 2017	MEM	102-93	W	-5.5	195	W/P	48.75	71.43	14	A

Next up:
Washington at Atlanta Wednesday, December 27
Boston at Charlotte Wednesday, December 27

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