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00:03 Tonight, pretty good matchup, Gilbert.
00:06 I want your thoughts here,
00:07 as the Celtics are four-point favorites going into this one.
00:10 The total is 224.
00:12 76ers also catching a plus 138 on the money line.
00:16 When you break this game down, who do you like?
00:18 You know what, Craig?
00:19 These games are really interesting to approach
00:22 when you look at a home underdog like the 76ers,
00:25 and it makes sense.
00:25 They played last night.
00:27 It's a back-to-back for them.
00:28 They didn't have to travel, but still, the Celtics entered tonight
00:31 with a rest advantage, and they're 3-0
00:33 with a rest advantage this year.
00:34 And those wins, two of those wins at least,
00:36 came by double figures.
00:38 Most recently, their pass went over the Knicks a few days ago.
00:42 But that being said, all those things kind of go out the window.
00:45 These teams met last week, just a week ago, in Philadelphia.
00:49 The Sixers kind of outclassed the Celtics in that game.
00:52 Now, Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown both struggled,
00:53 and there wasn't a lot of scoring in that game.
00:55 So, the under is looking a little tempting for this one
00:58 because it feels like if the Sixers want to have a chance,
01:00 they're going to have to slow the game down a bit
01:02 and make things a little bit uglier than they were last night
01:04 when they allowed the Pacers to score a lot of points on them
01:07 in a close loss.
01:08 So, looking at the way this divisional rivalry goes,
01:10 two teams that definitely don't want to give one another a leg up,
01:13 and the Sixers still want to establish themselves
01:15 as being among the elite in the Eastern Conference,
01:18 they're going to be motivated to try to bounce back
01:20 from last night's loss.
01:21 But the Celtics are also going to be motivated
01:23 after losing to them last week,
01:24 and they won three in a row after losing to the Sixers last week.
01:27 So, it'll be a really interesting one,
01:29 and I'm expecting a close matchup
01:30 that's going to be probably a low-scoring affair.
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