{"id":2789,"date":"2008-11-23T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/celtics-raptors-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-23T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T15:41:00","slug":"celtics-raptors-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/celtics-raptors-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Raptors Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Air Canada Centre will be treated to a game between the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors when they take their seats on Sunday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Celtics outscored the Timberwolves by 25 points in the third quarter and came away with a 95-78 victory on Friday. The Celtics covered the 6-point spread, while the 173 points fell UNDER the posted total of 183.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul Pierce had 12 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double for the Celtics, while Kevin Garnett netted a team-high 17 points. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chris Bosh had a game-high 42 points in Toronto’s 129-127 overtime loss versus the Nets on Friday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Raptors had been favored by 8.5 points at home in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the night’s posted total (196). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 12-2 SU, 7-7 ATS
Toronto: 6-6 SU, 6-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Golden State are 2-8
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 4-6
Before playing Charlotte are 2-8
After playing New Jersey are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto’s last 8 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto’s last 9 games when playing at home against Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Golden State, Wednesday, November 26
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, November 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Air Canada Centre will be treated to a game between the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors when they take their seats on Sunday. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Celtics outscored the Timberwolves by 25 points in the third … Continue reading Celtics-Raptors Preview<\/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-2789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789","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=2789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}