For the first time this season, Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics are going to play against each other. After 26 games, the Warriors have only 13 wins and 13 losses and they are only in the 11th position in the Western Conference. It is a different story for the Celtics as they have 21 wins and just 5 losses. In this game, I'm taking the Celtics.

The Celtics are flying this season. In the last game, Boston crushed the Suns and that is giving great momentum to the Celtics. Boston is the best offensive team in the league (119.9) and their defense is also improving as right now it is the 8th best (110.8). Overall, Boston's net rating is +9.7 and that is the best in the NBA by a big margin. Also, they have the best adjusted net rating with +9.6.

Current champs Golden State are struggling. They have lost 2 games in a row and the last game against Utah was very tough. Stephen Curry and Draymond Green didn't play and the team blew a 4-point lead in the last 12 seconds. The Warriors have the 8th-best offense in the league (113.5), just the 20th-best defense (112.7) and the 14th-best net rating (0.7). Golden State is going to be without Andrew Wiggins in this game and that is a huge loss. As we remember, in the finals Wiggins was the 2nd best player and he very well defended Jayson Tatum.

11 times this season the Celtics have been a road favorite and they have won 8 times. Yes, the Warriors have lost just 2 times this season at home but some of the wins have been in very close games - twice against Sacramento (+5 and +3), Cleveland (+5) and Chicago (+8). It is important to remember this is not the same Warriors team that won the Finals. Not only will regular season rotations differ from those in the Finals, but the Warriors are without several key players from their title run. There's no question that the Celtics players will be very motivated and want to get revenge.

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这是本赛季金州勇士队和波士顿凯尔特人队的第一次对决。26场比赛过后，勇士队只取得了13胜13负的战绩，他们只排在西部第11位。对于凯尔特人来说，这是一个不同的故事，因为他们有21胜5负。在这场比赛中，我选择凯尔特人。

凯尔特人这个赛季正在飞速发展。在上一场比赛中，波士顿击败了太阳，这给凯尔特人带来了巨大的动力。波士顿是联盟中进攻最好的球队(119.9分)，他们的防守也在提高，目前是联盟第8(110.8分)。总的来说，波士顿的净评分是+9.7，这在NBA中是最好的。此外，他们的调整净评级为+9.6，是最好的。

目前的冠军勇士队正在苦苦挣扎。他们已经连续输了两场比赛，最后一场对爵士的比赛非常艰难。斯蒂芬·库里和德拉蒙德·格林没有上场，球队在最后12秒失去了4分的领先优势。勇士队的进攻排在联盟第8位(113.5分)，防守排在第20位(112.7分)，净效率排在第14位(0.7分)。金州勇士将在这场比赛中失去安德鲁·维金斯，这是一个巨大的损失。正如我们所记得的，在总决赛中，维金斯是第二好的球员，他很好地防守了杰森·塔图姆。

本赛季凯尔特人11次成为客场热门，其中8次获胜。是的，勇士本赛季在主场只输了2次，但其中一些胜利都是在非常接近的比赛中取得的——两次对阵国王(+5和+3)，骑士(+5)和芝加哥(+8)。重要的是要记住，这不是当年赢得总决赛的那支勇士队。不仅常规赛的轮换与总决赛不同，勇士队在争冠过程中缺少了几名关键球员。毫无疑问，凯尔特人的球员会非常有动力，想要复仇。