Houston at Boston

Sometimes when a top player goes down on a bad team, the end result is some of the younger players get their baptism by fire so to speak. The Celtics having Paul Pierce back, and some of the young players maturing with extra minutes, have suddenly looked good. They have now won four straight and have covered 8 of 10. One of those wins was at Houston. Houston has really been struggling to find offense, as they have scored in the 70s in five of their last 15 games, and carry a losing record during this stretch at 7-8. Boston is playing better than Houston, and at home the 6 points is likely due to an over-reaction of Ming returning to the Houston line-up. Ming looked rusty as he scored 16 points, but on 5-15 shooting. Go with the Celtics to at the very least, keep this one close.