{"id":3227,"date":"2009-01-04T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/celtics-knicks-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-04T10:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T15:35:00","slug":"celtics-knicks-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/celtics-knicks-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Knicks Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Madison<\/st1:PlaceName> Square<\/st1:PlaceName> Garden<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Knicks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Celtics built up a 24 point lead the half and cruised past the Wizards 108-83 on Friday. The Celtics covered the 14.5-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 189. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul Pierce went for a game-high 26 points from 9-for-10 shooting, and Rajon Rondo had 10 points and 14 rebounds for a double-double in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Knicks rally came up short as they fell 105-103 to the Pacers on Friday, as 5-point favorites at home. That game’s 208 points went UNDER the posted total of 227.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David Lee had a double-double with 26 points and 11 rebounds, while Al Harrington scored a team-high 27 points in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 29-5 SU, 18-16 ATS
New York: 12-19 SU, 16-15 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Charlotte are 7-3
After playing Washington are 7-3
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

New York most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7
Before playing Oklahoma City are 7-3
After playing Indiana are 2-8
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston’s last 5 games on the road
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing New York
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against New York
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against New York
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York’s last 5 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of New York’s last 15 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York’s last 6 games when playing at home against Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, January 6
New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, January 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Madison Square Garden. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Knicks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Celtics built up a 24 point lead … Continue reading Celtics-Knicks 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-3227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227","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=3227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}