Jayson Tatum is having an excellent season for the Celtics and belongs in the MVP conversation. Tatum has had two down performances by his standards in back to back Celtics losses. I like his chances to bounce back against a Phoenix team that allows the fifth most points to opposing Power Forwards. Phoenix also possesses the firepower to push Boston and this game has the potential to be high scoring. Both of these teams need a win here and I like Tatum's chances to have a bounce back performance in the desert.

Check on the injury lists here, with both Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown noted on the Boston side (though they're expected to play) and Devin Booker (ankle; more likely not to play) on Phoenix side. And note the Suns did win at Denver minus Book earlier this week. But regardless Booker, and remote chance Celtics a bit shorthanded, still like the dynamics on the side of Boston, fuming after two bitter losses at Cleveland and Denver this week on the heels of 11 straight wins (and seven in a row on the road). That ought to trigger the same sort of fury we saw from the Celtics on Sunday when they beat the Warriors by 52. Play Celtics