{"id":3259,"date":"2009-01-09T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/celtics-cavaliers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-09T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T12:45:00","slug":"celtics-cavaliers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/celtics-cavaliers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Cavaliers Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Quicken Loans Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Celtics were upset 89-85 by the Rockets last time out, as 10-point favorites at home. The game’s 174 points went UNDER the posted total of 184.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul Pierce had 26 points with five rebounds and four assists in that loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cavaliers settled the Bobcats down early as they cruised to a 111-81 victory on Wednesday. The Cavaliers easily covered the 14-point spread, and the 192 points made it OVER the posted total of 182.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
LeBron James led the way with 21 points, four rebounds and four assists. Mo Williams, Wally Szczerbiak, and Daniel Gibson had 15 points apiece in that win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 29-8 SU, 18-19 ATS
Cleveland: 28-6 SU, 24-10 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Toronto are 6-4
After playing Houston are 8-2
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Memphis are 4-6
After playing Charlotte are 4-6
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston’s last 7 games on the road
Boston is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston’s last 8 games
Boston is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Boston
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Cleveland is 19-3 SU in its last 22 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, January 11
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, January 13<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Quicken Loans Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Celtics were upset 89-85 by the Rockets last time out, … Continue reading Celtics-Cavaliers Odds 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-3259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259","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=3259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}