Minnesota Timberwolves VS Boston Celtics ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
PREVIEW & TIPS Minnesota Timberwolves VS Boston Celtics
Minnesota Timberwolves – Boston Celtics – This year’s Wolves and Celtics second-round duel could go without the two leading stars of these teams. Butler will surely not play for the host because of the injury, while Irving’s performance is a big sign of the issue, although, according to Boston Stevens, coach, he will not be in a hurry with his return. Boston won the first of these teams 91:84.
Minnesota Timberwolves News
Minnesota in the first match with Boston could not count on Teague play, and now will be deprived of the services of best shooter Butler. It still does not know exactly how much he will be absent. Some projections speak up until the end of the season, but there are those optimists who say Butler will be much earlier on the court. For now they are without him, and in the five, Bjelica changes him, giving the starting five a point but not an attacking result, because it is difficult to make up for 22 points as much as the Butler average.
Wolves are thanks to his sixth attack team, and without it definitely hard going. The mini-series has two defeats (on guest appearances since January only 2-13), and fans are additionally concerned about Gibson’s injury “earned” in the last defeat of Utah, as well as the possible suspension of Teague due to exclusion on the same match. In the first match with Boston Wolves, they were not celebrated with a shot, but Towns (25 points and 23 rebounds) and somewhat Crowford, and in total they had only 15 assists. Wolves had only four of the last ten matches, dropping them several places on the table (with 38-28 in the sixth place in the West).
The likely initial composition of Wolves: Teague (Jones), Wiggins, Bjelica, Gibson (Dieng), Towns
Minnesota Timberwolves VS Boston Celtics STATS
Since it is not certain which team will play the home team, and whether Irving will perform for guests, it is difficult to say who is closer to winning. Due to the possible reduced rotation in both teams, it may be the safest to put on a match with fewer points, especially as we know that the teams lack the best scorers this season.
Boston Celtics News
As Wolves take care of their roster, Boston is not sure which team will be relegated to the field in Minneapolis. Irving was injured a couple of nights ago and missed his last match against Chicago (and the convincing victory of Boston), and the severity of his injuries is that he should not be leaving much of the field. Coach Stevens hopes he will soon be back on parquet for a maximum of seven days. Instead of him, Larkin put in on five, and on the bench there is a reliable duo Smart-Rozier. After winning the Bulls, Boston came to a 45-20 lead and certainly holds the second place in the East.
The aforementioned duo of Smart-Rozier in the first match with the Wolves gave a huge contribution to the victory of his team, because they both scored 32 points together and had 12 assists. And now their performance could be extremely important, because in the absence of Irving Celtics need extra points from their players from the bench. Celtics responded to Wolves home matches, having won 11 matches in Boston in the series against Minnesota, and we will see how they will be in the visiting hall, where the Wolves have 25-7.
The likely starting lineup of Celtics: Larkin (Irving), Brown, Tatum, Horford, Baynes