{"id":3073,"date":"2008-12-19T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bulls-celtics-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2008-12-19T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T13:56:00","slug":"bulls-celtics-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bulls-celtics-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls-Celtics Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at TD Banknorth Garden. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 12-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bulls allowed just three points in overtime as they came away with a 115-109 victory over the Clippers on Wednesday. The Bulls covered the 3-point spread, and the combined 224 points sailed OVER the posted total of 195. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andres Nocioni and Ben Gordon each had 22 points to lead the way, while Drew Gooden chipped in with 18 points. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Celtics rallied in the fourth quarter and came back to earn an 88-85 win over the Hawks on Wednesday. The Celtics could not cover the 4.5-point spread, and the 173 points fell UNDER the posted total of 187. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett netted a team-high 18 points for the Celtics, and Allen added 16 points in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 16 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 12-13 SU, 12-13 ATS
Boston: 24-2 SU, 14-12 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Utah are 5-5
After playing LA Clippers are 4-6
After a win are 2-8<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing New York are 8-2
After playing Atlanta are 6-4
After a win are 10-0<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago’s last 6 games
Chicago is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago’s last 9 games when playing Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, December 20
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, December 21<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at TD Banknorth Garden. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 12-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Bulls allowed just three points in overtime as … Continue reading Bulls-Celtics 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-3073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073","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=3073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}