{"id":3247,"date":"2009-01-06T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/celtics-bobcats-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-06T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T13:27:00","slug":"celtics-bobcats-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/celtics-bobcats-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Bobcats Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Time Warner Cable Arena will be treated to a game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Bobcats when they take their seats on Tuesday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bobcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Celtics lost to New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 100-88 as a 10-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (207.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 31 points and Ray Allen had 16 points in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bobcats snapped a three-game losing skid and earned a split of their two-game set with a 102-92 victory over the Bucks on Saturday. The Bobcats covered the 1.5-point spread, and the 194 points made it OVER the posted total of 181. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boris Diaw had 21 points, six rebounds and seven assists to lead the way. Gerald Wallace netted a game-high 24 points in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 29-6 SU, 18-17 ATS
Charlotte: 12-22 SU, 19-15 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Houston are 6-4
After playing New York are 7-3
After a loss are 9-1<\/p>\n

Charlotte most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 1-9
Before playing Cleveland are 2-8
After playing Milwaukee are 5-5
After a win 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 21-4 SU in its last 25 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston’s last 6 games
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Charlotte
Charlotte is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 6 games when playing Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 7
Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Time Warner Cable Arena will be treated to a game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Bobcats when they take their seats on Tuesday. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bobcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Celtics lost to New York … Continue reading Celtics-Bobcats Lines 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-3247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247","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=3247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}