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NBA betting action sees the Boston Celtics taking on the Washington Wizards December 8th at Verizon Center, Washington, DC. Cappers Picks provides free NBA basketball handicapping tips all season long.

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Boston Celtics (7-11) vs. Washington Wizards (13-6)
Venue/ Stadium: Verizon Center, Washington, DC
Time/Date: 7 PM December 24, 2014
NBA Betting Odds
NBA Betting Point Spread: Wizards -9
NBA Betting Over/Under:  203.5
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Boston Celtics vs. Washington Wizards Preview

On the season the Celtics are 9-9 ATS and they have an O/U record of 12-6 and the Wizards are 9-10 ATS and they have an Under record of 10-8-1.

This season the Wizards are 9-2 at home and the Celtics are 2-4 on the road.

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These 2 teams faced each other yesterday in Boston with the Celtics winning 101-93.

The Wizards had their 4-game winning streak snapped with the loss to the Celtics yesterday, but they can keep their 4-game home winning streak alive with a win on their floor tonight.

The Wizards need to get off to a better start then they did yesterday when they missed 14 of their 18 shots and were down 17 point at halftime. They also need to be more careful with the rock committing 19 turnovers in the game.

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The Celtics have won 3 straight, which is their longest streak of the young season.

The Celtics only rank 28th in the league in opponents’ points allowed, but in their 3 game winning streak they are holding their opponents to a FG% of under 38%. If the Celtics can play solid D they have a great chance to win, as their offense ranks 6th in the league in scoring.

Washington is not a high scoring team, but they win with their defense, which ranks 5th in the league in opponents’ points allowed. They played decent defense, especially in the 2nd half, of yesterday’s game and almost came back to win, bit overall they only shot 36.6% from the floor.

Paul Pierce was the only Wizards’ starter in yesterday’s game that shot over 50% from the floor. Washington’s 2 leading scorers is the G duo of John Wall and Bradley Beal, who were an ice-cold 9/32 shooting in yesterday’s game.

While Boston’s Rajon Rondo was only 5/17 from the floor in yesterday’s game he notched a triple-double. Jeff Green was the game’s high scorer going for 25 points.

Beal and Wall have to shoot the rock better tonight, but the also have to get the big guys involved more, especially Marcin Gortat.

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In the loss yesterday the Wizards only scored 28 points in the paint.

NBA Betting Trends

* Boston is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall.
* 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games.
* Washington is 10-3 ATS in their last 13 games vs. a team with a losing S.U. record.
* Washington has an Under record of 4-1-1 in their last 6 games.
* In the last 7 games between these 2 teams the total has gone Over 6 times.

4* Cappers NBA Free Pick

The Wizards may win at home tonight, but the Celtics will play another solid game and they will cover the big 9-point spread.

Check out our Updated NBA Betting Odds.

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By Jason Green

Jason Green is back with Cappers Picks again to give out his free sports plays. As always he's hoping the Braves and Redskins can win a championship since their last one in the 90’s was long ago. He’s starting to know the pain of Cubs fans.