Derrick White has only score more than 20 points once this season. That one 20+ game came Philadelphia in the first game of the season and but now it’s on the road. He’s had 18 attempts, or more, in four out of five games thus far and only had one game without having at least 10 attempts from beyond the arc. He’s only had one game where he was at 30% shooting from three while also averaging a little south of four boards per game. The shots will be there since he’s the number two scoring option and due for a better game from beyond the arc.

Anfernee Simons had two made threes in the season debut vs Philadelphia when Boston lost by a point but started slowly from distance as a Celtic going 5 for 17. But he's 10 for 19 the last two games combined and they were both big Celtics wins. It's possible to get +100 on smaller books so this is basically a +$$$ bet on a line under both his average and his projection.

FanDuel. Quentin Grimes has emerged into a nice complementary scorer off the bench for the 4-0 Sixers. However, this should be a tough matchup for him to get going tonight. Grimes thrives as a spot-up shooter, and the Celtics defensive philosophy is to take secondary action away (they rank 9th against the playtype this season). I don’t think it was a fluke that Grimes only got up 8 shots in 32 minutes against the Celtics in the opener.

Can't stress enough these early picks are a guide: MUST wait until lineups are finalized in the NBA. Could not believe Giannis went from probable to out about 30 mins before tip on Thursday vs. Golden State. Amazingly, the Bucks got us an ATS/SU win anyways. With Philly, there's always the Joel Embiid factor, obviously, but I'm not waiting around for the 6:30 p.m. ET injury report on Friday nights, sorry; he's not listed on it. I'm incredibly dedicated but at least have to give the wife a few hours per week. We actually agree on Halloween, so that's nice (there will be a surprise red-colored sliming like Nickelodeon). The Celtics have no one to deal with Embiid. Neemias Queta? Buy a consonant, bro.