Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics just keep on winning, holding off a hungry Phoenix Suns team and star guard Devin Booker on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Now, Boston is back in action at home against the Steph Curry-less Golden State Warriors, who have fallen to two games under .500 in the 2025-26 season. Golden State is in danger of falling to the No. 10 seed in the West, and it\u2019s ruled out Curry, Moses Moody, Al Horford and Seth Curry for Wednesday\u2019s game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Boston has been rolling since Jayson Tatum (Achilles) returned to the lineup, and the star forward is looking more and more like himself, averaging 20.0 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game while shooting 40.9 percent from the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Boston is the favorite to make the NBA Finals out of the Eastern Conference, but it still has some ground to make up if it wants to catch Detroit for the No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at the odds for the Warriors-C\u2019s battle on Wednesday night, as well as two of my favorite bets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Warriors vs. Celtics Odds, Spread and Total<\/p>\n
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a><\/p>\n Spread<\/p>\n Warriors +11.5 (-112)Celtics -11.5 (-108)<\/p>\n Moneyline<\/p>\n Warriors: +470Celtics: -650<\/p>\n Total<\/p>\n 216.5 (Over -110\/Under -110)Warriors vs. Celtics How to WatchDate: Wednesday, March 18Time: 7:00 p.m. ESTVenue: TD GardenHow to Watch (TV): ESPNWarriors record: 33-35Celtics record: 45-23Warriors vs. Celtics Injury ReportsWarriors Injury ReportJimmy Butler \u2013 outSteph Curry \u2013 outMoses Moody \u2013 outAl Horford \u2013 outSeth Curry \u2013 outLJ Cryer \u2013 questionableGary Payton II \u2013 probableQuentin Post \u2013 questionableCeltics Injury ReportNikola Vucevic \u2013 outJohn Tonje \u2013 outWarriors vs. Celtics Best NBA Prop BetCeltics Best NBA Prop Bet\u00a0Jaylen Brown OVER 4.5 Assists (-163)<\/p>\n Earlier today, I shared in my NBA Best Bets column \u2013 Peter\u2019s Points<\/a> \u2013 why Jaylen Brown is a great target against Golden State:<\/p>\n Brown has been awesome in the 2025-26 season, averaging 28.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game for a Boston team that is firmly in the mix for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n While Brown isn\u2019t known for his passing, he\u2019s cleared 4.5 assists in 10 of his 12 games since the All-Star break, averaging 7.1 dimes per game during that stretch. So, he\u2019s a little undervalued at this number against a short-handed Golden State Warriors team on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The return of Jayson Tatum has opened up a few more lanes for Brown on offense, but all season long he\u2019s been a willing passer, which is why Boston\u2019s offense is in the top five in the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019ll buy him to reach his season average in assists on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n Warriors vs. Celtics Prediction and Pick<\/p>\n The Warriors are set to play their 30th game this season with Steph Curry out of the lineup, and I\u2019m fading their offense against a Boston defense that is No. 5 in the league in defensive rating and No. 1 in opponent points per game (107.1).<\/p>\n The Warriors are averaging just 108.5 points per game when Curry is out of the lineup, and they\u2019ve scored 101 or fewer points in 11 of those games.\u00a0<\/p>\n Boston plays at the slowest pace in the NBA, so the Warriors are going to need to be efficient in their chances if they want to get OVER their team total on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition to Curry sitting, Al Horford and Moses Moody \u2013 two of the more reliable players in this rotation \u2013 are also out tonight. I think this will be an offensive struggle for Golden State against Boston\u2019s elite defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pick: Warriors Team Total UNDER 101.5 (-105 at DraftKings)<\/a><\/p>\n Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n Find Peter Dewey’s\u00a0NBA betting record here<\/a>\u00a0(futures included). You can also follow my daily plays on \u00a0BetStamp here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Claim the latest\u00a0DraftKings promo code<\/a>\u00a0offer today. Sign up and win your first $5 bet to get\u00a0$200 in bonus bets instantly.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics just keep on winning, holding off a hungry Phoenix Suns team and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-548704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}