Hornets - Celtics Basketball prediction

The Celtics are coming off a tough home loss to the Wizards and have been a below 0.500 team since their hot-start. They'll be missing Jaylen Brown and Marcus Morris. Those are what the headlines will tell you and must have been what oddsmarkers were reading when they decided on this spread. The Celtics lost to a Wizards team led by John Wall and Bradley Beal, who are starting to click since Wall's return a few weeks ago. They still have Kyrie Irving, Al Horford, and Jayson Tatum. The Celtics' ability to shoot the three will partially remove Dwight Horward as a defensive threat. That alone should be enough for the Celtics cover this small spread. Take into account that the Hornets are 0-4 ATS in home games vs. teams with a winning record, and I'd suggest you go ahead and place the bet now.