In both meetings between the Charlotte Hornets and Boston Celtics the road team has won. That angle could be disrupted tonight, but I’m siding with the underdog to cover. Charlotte’s only game below 100 points in their last fourteen games was a 114 to 99 home loss against the Celtics. A side note is both matchups Charlotte was playing the second night of a back to back spot. This is the first time they will be on rest. Take the Hornets plus the points.

Jayson Tatum has scored 23-plus points in five straight games, including a 32-point outburst at Charlotte on March 29. Boston is close to clinching the No. 2 seed so the motivation is there for the Celtics to go all-out. This profiles as a competitive game, so we should get 30-35 minutes from Tatum.

DraftKings. Lamelo Ball faces a tough matchup tonight. The Celtics allow the second fewest combined points plus rebounds plus assists to guards this season, and Lamelo has remained under this line in both matchups versus Boston. In fact, the youngest Ball brother is under this line in 19/24 games he’s played with Brandon Miller and Miles Briges, against teams in the top half of the NBA of PRA allowed to guards. The Celtics were able to slow him down just last week (26 PRA) despite missing their two best perimeter defenders in Derrick White and Jaylen Brown. Look for Lamelo to remain inefficient tonight.