The Celtics are coming into this game with a 9-3 record this season and they have been playing well in their recent games. They have won 2 of their last 3 games, but they have not been as dominant in those wins. Both of their wins in their last 3 games have been by 6 points or less and they are even coming off of a loss in their last game. They lost at home by 1 point to the Hawks and they are also playing this game on a B2B as that loss was on Tuesday night in the NBA IST. They are going up against a Nets team that is 5-6 this season but they have been playing well in their recent games. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games, but both of their losses in that span came by 5 points or less. They are also coming off of a win at home against the Pelicans in their last game and that game was on Monday so they have had some rest for this game. They have played much better at home this season as they have won 2 of their last 3 as well as 3 of their last 5 games there, and 1 of their losses in that span was against a good Nuggets team in OT by just 5 points. They also played against the Celtics on the road just last week and they only lost that game by 4 points, sending it to OT as well. The Nets have been a scrappy team this season and they are going to get up for the defending champions at home, especially when they almost beat them on the road just last week. The Nets will cover the spread in this game.