Washington at Boston

The Washington Wizards have become one of the best teams to wager on in the NBA as they have brought it full circle with the trio of Arenas, Butler and Jamison. The team is playing sound and competitive basketball as they look to forward to returning to the playoffs. The fact remains that the Celtics desperately need this game, yet Washington is simply better than this team and more often than not will defeat Boston. The last time they played, the Celtics required a near 40-point performance from Paul Pierce, who is not a 100% entering this game, and needed him to do heroic antics near the end to pull the game off in OT. This is now a different and more confident Wizards team that the Celtics will face who now have revenge on their mind. This is a Wizards team that is deep and is more than the one man show of Pierce. They have the 3rd best offense in the league compared to te 21st ranked offense for Boston and they are the 5th best rebounding team in the league versus 24th-ranked Boston. Given the home court Celtic advantage, the Celts will probably keep it close, but I beleive the Wizards will simply be too much in the end. With a less than a 100% Paul Pierce and revenge on the minds of the Wizards, let's take Washington and the better team in this basic pick'em.