The 45-32 Brooklyn Nets will be on a back to back as they face the 40-37 Boston Celtics in an NBA pro basketball game on Wednesday night. Tip off time from Boston is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.

The NBA odds from this game has the home team Boston Celtics favored by -4 points with an over under line of 194 ½ points. Early money has landed on the Nets as when the odds came out it was Boston favored by -5 points.

This will be the third meeting of the season between the Nets and Celtics with Brooklyn winning two of the three games. Each team covered the point spread once and there was one push.

Brooklyn has a road record of 21-17 on the year. They win their second straight after a 104-83 home victory against the Philadelphia 76ers as a -8 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed under 192 points. The Nets stormed out to the 56-38 lead at the half in victory. They shot 45.2% from the field and converted on 5 of 20 from three point distance. Brooklyn held the 76ers to 37.5% shooting and undressed Philadelphia on the glass by a 67-34 margin. Reggie Evans for Brooklyn had 17 points and 24 rebounds as he made 6 of his 10 shots. Brook Lopez poured in 29 points and grabbed 11 boards. Brooklyn holds a three game lead for the fourth seed in the Eastern conference over the Chicago Bulls with just five games remaining. The Nets are fifth in the NBA in scoring defense by holding teams to 94.8 points a game.

The Celtics are 27-12 playing at home. They come off the 107-96 home victory on Sunday to the Washington Wizards as a -5 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished over 190 ½ points. Boston enjoyed a 55.8% shooting game and made 4 of 11 three pointers. Each team committed 17 turnovers. The Celtics held Washington to 44.3% from the floor and 10 of 26 from three point distance. Brandon Bass led Boston with 20 points and six rebounds as he made 9 of his 12 shots. Boston has clinched a playoff spot and sits in the seventh seed in the Eastern conference leading the eighth seeded Milwaukee Bucks by 2 ½ games with just five games remaining. Boston had defended well this season ranking in the top six of the league in both defensive field goal and three point shooting. Issue for Boston has been their rebounding as the club ranks 29th and second to last in the NBA.