After two days off the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks will once again battle at the TD Garden in Boston Sunday evening. The Celtics are once again 6.5 point favorites over the Mavericks. Our expectation is that Dallas will bring all they have against Boston, but the Boston Big 6 is just too much for Mavericks to overcome. The Boston crowd will once again show the world that they are the number one fan base in the world for sports.
All eyes will once again be on Luka and Kyrie for the Mavericks and Jaylen and Jayson for the Celtics but we believe once again that the Celtics key to victory will come outside of the Jay’s and from Derek White, Jrue Holiday, Al Horford or Kristaps Porzingis.
We expect the Celtics to not only cover as 6.5 point favorites but take game 2 by double digits once again. The Celtics team has shown over and over again that they are made for the NBA playoffs and have arguably the deepest roster in the league. The Mavericks will need to look deep within themselves to slow down the Boston Celtics by limiting double teams and improving their one-on-one defense. The issue with guarding the Celtics one-on-one and you can’t because Boston is too talented and Dallas does not have the personnel to compete with Boston.
Media around the NBA needs to respect the Boston Celtics because they are the best team in the NBA and their window to win multiple championships and establish themselves as the best NBA team of the decade is WIDE OPEN!