{"id":2549,"date":"2008-11-04T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/celtics-rockets\/"},"modified":"2008-11-04T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T13:33:00","slug":"celtics-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/celtics-rockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Toyota<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets when they take their seats on Tuesday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 2-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Celtics lost 95-79 to the Pacers last time out, as 6-poit road favorites. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under (191.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin Garnett notched a double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockets roared back in the fourth quarter to earn an 89-77 win over the Thunder on Saturday. The Rockets could not cover the 14-point spread, while the combined 166 points fell UNDER the posted total of 193. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tracy McGrady had 22 points with seven rebounds and five assists. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 2-1 SU, 1-2 ATS
Houston: 3-0 SU, 1-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 6-4
Before playing Oklahoma City are 4-6
After playing Indiana are 4-6
After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Portland are 7-3
After playing Oklahoma City are 8-2
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston’s last 9 games on the road
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games at home
Houston is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games at home
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games when playing at home against Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, November 5
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, November 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Toyota Center will be treated to a game between the Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets when they take their seats on Tuesday. Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 2-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Celtics lost 95-79 to the Pacers last … Continue reading Celtics-Rockets<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}