BASKETBALLEXPERT PICKS

Jaylen Brown has recorded four or more assists in each of his last eight appearances against opponents who are playing on the second leg of a back-to-back.

Payton Pritchard has scored 15+ points in each of the Celtics' last seven games as home favorites against Western Conference opponents.

Jayson Tatum has recorded four or more rebounds in each of his last 40 appearances against Western Conference opponents.

Cooper Flagg has recorded four or more rebounds in each of his last 10 appearances.

Nikola Vucevic has recorded six or more rebounds in each of his 25 previous appearances against the Mavericks.

Nikola Vucevic has scored 13+ points in each of his last 14 appearances against the Mavericks.

Cooper Flagg has scored 18+ points in each of his last five appearances against Eastern Conference opponents.

The Celtics have covered the spread in each of their last six games against teams that held a losing record.

Jayson Tatum has scored 15+ points in each of his last 89 appearances against Western Conference opponents.

Derrick White has made three or more three-pointers in each of the Celtics' last six games.

Payton Pritchard has recorded four or more assists in each of the Celtics' last seven games against Western Conference opponents.

Nine of the Celtics' last 10 games against Western Conference opponents have gone UNDER the total points line.

P.J. Washington has made two or more three-pointers in four of his last five appearances against teams that held a winning record.

Cooper Flagg has recorded four or more assists in five of his last six appearances.

The Mavericks have lost each of their last 13 road games when playing with a rest disadvantage.