Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat Prediction, Tips and Odds – Dec. 03, 2022 01:30 CET
After only two days since their last match, it’s time for a new duel between last year’s East finalists. The home Boston Celtics welcome the Miami Heat. This season, these two teams played two duels, and the Celtics were more successful both times.
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Boston Celtics Team News
The Celtics are playing atomic basketball this season, and they look unstoppable. This season, they have recorded only 4 defeats, have a record of 18-4, and are by far the best team in the entire league. Although they have big problems with injuries, the Celtics’ attack works perfectly, they are the best team in the league in many percentages, above all in three-point shooting percentage, the number of points scored on average, where they score 122 points per game. Coach Mazzulla, who took over as interim HC from Ime Udoka, was named East Coach of the Month, while Tatum received the East Player of the Month award for November.
In the last 16 games, the Celtics have had as many as 15 victories. Their numbers and percentages are unreal. Namely, the team has the best shooting percentage in the history of the league in the first 20 games. Tatum is playing incredibly well. He scored 49 points in the last match for Miami. Miami is known as a team that plays very hard on defense, but Tatum just blew them away, both with penetration and shooting from the field. He became the youngest player to reach 900 points the fastest.
Tatum and the other players are doing a great job. Brown plays great on both sides of the court, Smart creates and holds the defense, while Brogdon is one of the best sixth men in the league. Celtics extended Al Horford’s contract for 2 more seasons yesterday, and Big Al will earn 20M over two seasons. Deservedly.
Miami Heat Team News
The team led by Erik Spoelstra is playing much worse this season than last year and previous seasons. First of all, injuries cause big problems for the team from Florida. This season, they have not played a single match with their full lineup, and neither will this one. They are missing the main player and the team’s biggest star, Jimmy Butter, who contributes in both directions and has the best +/- rating in the entire team. This was also felt in the last match against the Celtics, where Tatum and Brown easily broke through the Heat’s first line of defense. Butler is questionable for this match and whether he will play in this match remains to be seen.
This season, the Heat are in bad shape and are on a negative score after 22 games, and occupy 10th place with a 10-12 record. In the last match against the Celtics, they played a great match, they outplayed the Celtics with excellent percentages, but they lacked the width to turn the match around and stop the great Tatum. The Heat’s trademark this season is defense, and they often limit their opponents to under 105 points per game. Adebayo dominates on both sides of the racket and has his best matches against the Celtics, and was the Heat’s most effective player with 23 points in the last match.
H2H
01.12.22 – Boston Celtics : Miami Heat – 134:121
22.10.22 – Miami Heat : Boston Celtics – 104:111
09.07.22 – Miami Heat : Boston Celtics – 88:78
30.05.22 – Miami Heat : Boston Celtics – 96:100
Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat Prediction
There will be no Gallinari and Williams for the Celtics, while there will be no Oladipo, or Yurtseven for the Heat, while Jović, Dedmon, and Butler are questionable.
In this match, we again expect the Celtics to win and to continue their fantastic streak, but also to surpass the figure of 117 points.
Tip-off Time: Saturday, 03.12.2022, 01:30 CET
Prediction: Celtics WIN and over 116.5 points
Odds: 1,90
Sportsbook: Bet365
