Boston Celtics vs Memphis Grizzlies prediction

Boston Celtics is fairly a running team. Their performance against Knicks at least was so. They like shooting pretty often, but most importantly their defensive work was really poor in that game. Nevertheless their defence haven't improved throughout their last few games, but that's because of their opponents mainly. Now they take on defensive-minded Grizzlies and that should be visible at the scoreline. Celtics are 18-13 (3rd overall) in east while Grizzlies are 20/13 (6th overall) in west. Statistics say that Celtics average 208.56 points per game while Grizzlies average 195.24 points per game. At home Celtics average 207.25 points while Memphis on road averages 201.29 points per game. These were just numbers, now about the reality. Grizzlies insist on slowing the pace a lot. That's mainly because their main firepower is Gasol as Conley is not as good as needed in terms of scoring. Talking about Celtics, they often put way more effort into the game at home in defence and this game seems to be suitable for a low-scoring effort. Memphis plays slow, their main power is in the box where they have Harford to stand against Gasol and the rest of Grizzlies is fairly weak. Boston's defence might be good enough to deal with this threat. Just six days ago these two met in Memphis and then 109-112 (97-97) Celtics won after OT. Keeping in mind that at the HT the score was 45-31 in favour of Grizzlies, we can say that there were loads of chances for under. Thomas played his miraculous performance with 7/10 from beyond the arc while Grizzlies got powered by Daniels and Gasol who also played decent game. Two overish games for Grizzlies are too much, it's time to stop.