{"id":3288,"date":"2009-01-12T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/raptors-celtics-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-12T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T12:34:00","slug":"raptors-celtics-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/raptors-celtics-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors-Celtics Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The division rival Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics are set to renew hostilities on Monday when they meet at TD Banknorth Garden. <\/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 Raptors lost to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 94-88 as a 5.5-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (188.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andrea Bargnani led the Raptors with 17 points and nine rebounds, while Chris Bosh had 15 points and 11 rebounds. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ray Allen scored a season-high 36 points for Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Rajon Rondo added 14 points and 11 assists in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 16-22 SU, 15-22-1 ATS
Boston: 30-9 SU, 20-19 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Chicago are 4-6
After playing Boston are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing New Jersey are 5-5
After playing Toronto are 6-4
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto’s last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto’s last 10 games when playing Boston
Boston is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games at home
Boston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Toronto
Boston is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Toronto
Boston is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 14
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, January 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The division rival Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics are set to renew hostilities on Monday when they meet at TD Banknorth Garden. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Raptors lost to Boston 94-88 as a 5.5-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score fell … Continue reading Raptors-Celtics 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-3288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288","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=3288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}