Hornets vs Celtics prediction NBA · Tuesday, April 7
At a glance
The Boston Celtics (53-25) host the Charlotte Hornets (43-36) on Tuesday, April 7 at 8:00 PM ET at TD Garden in NBA action. Final score: Hornets 102 – Celtics 113. Before tip-off, the Basketlog model gave the Celtics a 69% chance to win: prediction correct. This season, the Celtics are 27-11 at home and the Hornets are 22-17 on the road. Over the last 10 games: 8-2 for the Celtics and 8-2 for the Hornets (current streaks: Celtics W3, Hornets W4).
The analysis Model
The Celtics are favored, but the gap isn't huge. The model projects Celtics 115 – 109 Hornets, a margin of about 6.1 points in favor of the Celtics and a total around 224 points. Expect a game at a standard NBA pace.
- The Hornets need to win the pace battle to stay in the game.
- The Celtics' defense allows clearly fewer points (107.0 pts/game).
What tips the balance
Scenarios
Stat comparison Current season
CHABOS
Top performers
Hornets
LaMelo BallG · #136pts / gameLaMelo BallG · #16assists
Miles BridgesF · #2212reboundsCeltics
Jaylen BrownG · #735pts / game
Jayson TatumF · #04assistsJaylen BrownG · #79reboundsRecent form
CHABOS
CHA
Team comparison
| CHA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43-36 | Record | 53-25 |
| 115.0 | Points scored / game | 114.9 |
| 111.7 | Points allowed / game | 107.0 |
| +2.8 | Adjusted margin / game | +6.7 |
| W4 | Current streak | W3 |
| 8-2 | Last 10 games | 8-2 |
| 22-17 road | Home / road record | 27-11 home |
| 19-63 (-9.1) | Last season | 61-21 (+9.1) |
| No | Played yesterday | No |
Injury report Hornets
Injury report Celtics
Probabilities estimated by the Basketlog model from available public data. They are neither a certainty nor betting advice.