Philadelphia at Boston

The Celtics come home off a grueling road trip, but they have gone 14-4 coming home off a road game and it has been over two months since they lost to a team at .500 or less. Philadelphia has been playing good basketball, going 17-5 over their last 22 games. It isn't the wins that stand out however, it is the losses. The last four have all been to winning teams, and they have all been one-sided games, including a 14 point loss at home to Boston,. They were hot going into that one as well (12-3 over their last 15). As good as they have played, the resume on the road vs the .500+ teams still reads 4-14. The Celtics have won all three vs the Sixers by double-digits and tonight will be the 4th. We also like the UNDER here as Boston clamps down hard at home. They are off a loss which we think will deliver more focus on defense. They have held opponents to just 88.2 per game at home this season. Under Doc Rivers, this team is 62-47 UNDER as a home favorite and 30-17 UNDER at home after a non-conference game. We like the Celtics to put the screws to the Sixers and win by double-digits in a low-scoring game.