{"id":609370,"date":"2026-02-18T07:29:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609370\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:29:44","slug":"golden-state-and-boston-to-meet-for-out-of-conference-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609370\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden State and Boston to meet for out-of-conference game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/boston-celtics-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a> (35-19, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> (29-26, eighth in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">San Francisco; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Celtics -3.5; over\/under is 217.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: Boston travels to Golden State for a non-conference matchup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Warriors are 18-10 on their home court. Golden State is sixth in the Western Conference at limiting opponent scoring, allowing just 113.7 points while holding opponents to 47.2% shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Celtics are 17-10 in road games. Boston ranks last in the Eastern Conference recording just 23.9 assists per game led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/derrick-white-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Derrick White<\/a> averaging 5.6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Warriors average 16.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.3 more made shots on average than the 14.0 per game the Celtics give up. The Celtics are shooting 46.7% from the field, 0.5% lower than the 47.2% the Warriors&#8217; opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/brandin-podziemski-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandin Podziemski<\/a> is averaging 12 points and 3.5 assists for the Warriors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/moses-moody-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moses Moody<\/a> is averaging 15.3 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/nikola-vucevic-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Vucevic<\/a> is scoring 16.7 points per game and averaging 9.0 rebounds for the Celtics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jaylen-brown-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaylen Brown<\/a> is averaging 21.6 points and 6.0 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Warriors: 4-6, averaging 109.4 points, 40.4 rebounds, 29.4 assists, 12.3 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.5 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Celtics: 7-3, averaging 107.3 points, 47.2 rebounds, 24.3 assists, 6.8 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 100.2 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">INJURIES: Warriors: Jimmy Butler III: out for season (knee), Kristaps Porzingis: out (achilles), LJ Cryer: day to day (hamstring), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/will-richard-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Richard<\/a>: day to day (knee), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/stephen-curry-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Curry<\/a>: out (knee), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/seth-curry-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Curry<\/a>: out (back).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Celtics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/jayson-tatum-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jayson Tatum<\/a>: out (achilles).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics (35-19, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Golden State Warriors (29-26, eighth in the Western Conference)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,75,860,1243,78812,479,164,4025,4024,78,77,1104,1407,6,3853,10133,573,255,17879],"class_list":{"0":"post-609370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-brandin-podziemski","11":"tag-derrick-white","12":"tag-event_preview","13":"tag-golden-state","14":"tag-golden-state-warriors","15":"tag-goldenstate","16":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","17":"tag-jaylen-brown","18":"tag-jayson-tatum","19":"tag-moses-moody","20":"tag-national-basketball-association","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-nikola-vucevic","23":"tag-seth-curry","24":"tag-stephen-curry","25":"tag-warriors","26":"tag-will-richard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116090462893967645","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}