Griffin Wong previews tonight\u2019s game between the Boston Celtics and the Sacramento Kings with his favorite player prop bets.<\/p>\n
This time last year, the Boston Celtics were 24-9 and seemingly had realistic hopes of going becoming the first repeat NBA champions since the 2016-18 Golden State Warriors. Fortunes can change fast in the NBA, though: Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles tendon in the second round of the summer\u2019s playoffs, and the Celtics had to shed salary to such an extent that, despite being third in the East at 20-12, they probably won\u2019t be contenders even if Tatum returns from his injury for the postseason.<\/p>\n
Now, Boston will continue its West Coast road trip with a 10 p.m. ET clash against the Sacramento Kings, who 2025 did not treat well. In the last calendar year, the Kings dealt away De\u2019Aaron Fox, saw Domantas Sabonis suffer a major knee injury, and are now without Zach LaVine for good measure.<\/p>\n
LaVine and Sabonis will be the only Sacramento players to miss tonight\u2019s game, while Chris Boucher (questionable for personal reasons) is the only Celtics player on the injury report for the Celtics besides Tatum.<\/p>\n
Boston is a 9.5-point favorite<\/a> at DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a> (-410 on the Moneyline), with the point total set at 229.5. The Kings are +320 on the Moneyline. Below, I\u2019ve detailed my three favorite prop bets for tonight\u2019s inter-conference battle.<\/p>\n Jaylen Brown 10+ 1st Quarter Points (+108)<\/a><\/p>\n Brown\u2019s nine-game streak of 30-plus-point games came to an end in the Celtics\u2019 129-119 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday, as he opted to be more of a facilitator, dishing out 10 assists and finishing with only 23 points. All in all, though, the Jazz game should be seen as an aberration, and Brown should be a good bet to start a new 30-point streak tonight. He has tended to set the tone early in games, ranking second in first-quarter usage rate behind only Luka Don\u010di\u0107. He scored double-digit points in the first quarter thrice in his last 10 games and scored nine points an additional two times.<\/p>\n I won\u2019t touch his full-game props, given that this game could easily be a lopsided result, but he should be able to get one additional first-quarter point against one of the league\u2019s worst defenses in Sacramento. Across the last nine games, in which LaVine played just 16 minutes before suffering an ankle sprain, the Kings have allowed the league\u2019s fourth-most points and have had its worst net rating. Plus, with LaVine \u2014 Brown\u2019s most frequent defender last season \u2014 out, Keon Ellis will probably get the primary assignment tonight, and last season, Brown scored 10 points on five-for-seven shooting in 16.9 partial possessions against Ellis. <\/p>\n