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2022/23 National Basketball Association (NBA) season
Regular Season
Portland Trail Blazers v Boston Celtics
Moda Center
Portland, Oregon, USA
Saturday, 18 March 2023
04h00
Portland Trail Blazers will go head to head with the Boston Celtics in the
National Basketball Association (NBA) match on March 18.
Head-to-Head
This will be the 122nd meeting between the two teams in regular-season games since 1970 when Trail Blazers were established.
The Celtics have the upper hand in this rivalry having registered 72 wins compared to the Trail Blazers' 49 victories from 121 matches.
Last Meeting
The Celtics defeated the Trail Blazers, 115-93 as Jayson Tatum recorded 30 points (6-10 3pt FG) and seven rebounds in 31 minutes played for the winning side on 9 March 2023.
As a result, the Celtics improved to 46-21 on the season, while the Trail Blazers fell to 31-35 following a game which took place at the TD Garden.
What Is At Stake
The Trail Blazers' will have to improve in order to qualify for the playoffs as they are placed 13th on the Western Conference standings having recorded 31 wins and 37 defeats.
While the Celtics are among the contenders for the Eastern Conference title as they are placed second on the conference standings having registered 47 wins and 22 defeats.
Key Players
The Trail Blazers will look to Damian Lillard who tallied 27 points, five rebounds, and eight assists for the Trail Blazers in the losing effort against the Celtics on March 9.
On the other hand, shooting guard Derrick White, who was named the NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Week for 6-23 February 2023, is one of the Celtics players to watch out for.
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Quotes
The Trail Blazers were decimated by the New Orleans Pelicans on 13 March 2023 in a 127-110 loss at the Smoothie King Center.
"Definitely disappointed. We’ve been preaching so much as a staff to our guys just the importance of just competing," the Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said after the game.
"Just, like, try to take whatever their superpower is, just try to take it away, make them do something different. We knew that this team played last night, took a tough loss.
"And to me what you just saw was you saw one team that was very desperate and you saw another team just really kind of get taken advantage of."
NBA fixtures - 18-19 March
Saturday, March 18
00:00 - Charlotte Hornets v Philadelphia 76ers
00:30 - Atlanta Hawks v Golden State Warriors
00:30 - Cleveland Cavaliers v Washington Wizards
01:00 - Chicago Bulls v Minnesota Timberwolves
01:00 - Houston Rockets v New Orleans Pelicans
01:00 - San Antonio Spurs v Memphis Grizzlies
03:00 - Portland Trail Blazers v Boston Celtics
03:30 - Los Angeles Lakers v Dallas Mavericks
18:00 - New York Knicks v Denver Nuggets
20:00 - Los Angeles Clippers v Orlando Magic
Sunday, March 19
00:00 - Indiana Pacers v Philadelphia 76ers
00:00 - Toronto Raptors v Minnesota Timberwolves
01:00 - Chicago Bulls v Miami Heat
01:00 - Memphis Grizzlies v Golden State Warriors
01:00 - Washington Wizards v Sacramento Kings
02:00 - Utah Jazz v Boston Celtics
20:30 - Brooklyn Nets v Denver Nuggets
20:30 - Oklahoma City Thunder v Phoenix Suns
21:00 - San Antonio Spurs v Atlanta Hawks
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