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Charlotte (39-35) occupies the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference. Here\u2019s the preview:<\/p>\n
When: Sunday, 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.<\/p>\n
TV, radio: NBCSB, WROR-FM 105.7<\/p>\n
Line: Boston -1. O\/U: 216.0.<\/p>\n
CELTICS<\/p>\n
Season record: 49-24. vs. spread: 42-31. Over\/under: 26-47<\/p>\n
Last 10 games: 7-3. vs. spread: 5-5. Over\/under: 4-6<\/p>\n
HORNETS<\/p>\n
Season record: 39-35. vs. spread: 46-27, 1 push. Over\/under: 28-46<\/p>\n
Last 10 games: 7-3. vs. spread: 5-5. Over\/under: 3-7<\/p>\n
TEAM STATISTICS<\/p>\n
Points per game: Boston 114.1, Charlotte 116.3<\/p>\n
Points allowed per game: Boston 106.9, Charlotte 111.7<\/p>\n
Field goal percentage: Boston .463, Charlotte .460<\/p>\n
Opponent field goal percentage: Boston .441, Charlotte .467<\/p>\n
3-point percentage: Boston .361, Charlotte .381<\/p>\n
Opponent 3-point percentage: Boston .356, Charlotte .359<\/p>\n
Stat of the day: The Celtics average 15.2 made 3-pointers per game \u2013\u2013 good for third in the league — while shooting 36.1 percent from downtown.<\/p>\n
Notes: The Hornets are 7-3 in their last 10 games … The teams will meet for a third and final time on April 7 in Boston … Following a five-game winning streak, the Hornets lost to the 76ers, 118-114, on Saturday … Derrick White leads the team with 2.8 made 3-pointers per game. He shoots 32.3 percent from beyond the arc … Boston has won six of its last seven contests … Sunday\u2019s game kicks off a four-game road trip for the Celtics … Jaylen Brown (left Achilles tendonitis), Neemias Queta (right thumb sprain), and Derrick White (right knee contusion) are all questionable to play … Nikola Vucevic will not play as he recovers from a fractured right ring finger.<\/p>\n
Cam Kerry can be reached at cam.kerry@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston can clinch a playoff berth in a variety of ways. Win, and the Celtics are in. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-686170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116313206542808520","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686170","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=686170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}