Potential NBA Finals preview? Not impossible. I might take Boston over anyone else in the East right now because the Celtics, winners of nine of 10, have been the NBA's best defensive team since New Year's Day. The Jazz are capable of winning in Boston but are playing a third road game in four nights and remain without Bojan Bogdanovic (18.1 ppg). Marcus Smart and Robert Williams are back for the C's.

The Jazz have rarely found themselves as underdogs, but that’s where they stand for this matchup against the Celtics. They are only 1-5-1 ATS as underdogs, and they will have the unenviable task of trying to improve on that mark without Bojan Bogdanovic (calf). They are 3-3 over the six games that he has missed in March, with two of those three losses coming on the road. With Marcus Smart and Robert Williams expected to return for the Celtics, look for them to capitalize with a decisive victory at home.