{"id":3353,"date":"2009-01-17T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/celtics-nets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-17T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T16:20:00","slug":"celtics-nets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/celtics-nets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Nets Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Saturday when the Boston Celtics and the New Jersey Nets meet at Izod<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 7-point favorites versus the Nets, while the game’s total is sitting at 191. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Celtics extended their win streak to three games with a 118-86 victory over the Nets on Wednesday. The Celtics covered the 10-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 189. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Garnett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> shot 8-for 11 from the field with 20 points and nine rebounds for the Celtics. Paul<\/st2:GivenName> Pierce<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 22 points, four rebounds and four assists in that win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nets were cut down 105-99 by the Trail Blazers on Thursday, as 2.5-point underdogs. The 204 points sailed OVER the posted total of 187. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Devin<\/st2:GivenName> Harris<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> netted 23 points to go with eight assists for the Nets, and Brook<\/st2:GivenName> Lopez<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 17 in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.
New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 32-9 SU, 21-20 ATS
New Jersey: 19-21 SU, 21-19 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Phoenix are 3-7
After playing New Jersey are 5-5
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

New Jersey most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing New Orleans are 4-6
After playing Portland are 4-6
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Jersey
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing New Jersey
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston’s last 9 games on the road
New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey’s last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Jersey’s last 7 games when playing at home against Boston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, January 19
New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 21<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Saturday when the Boston Celtics and the New Jersey Nets meet at Izod Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 7-point favorites versus the Nets, while the game’s total is sitting at 191. The Celtics extended their win streak to three games with a 118-86 … Continue reading Celtics-Nets 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-3353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3353","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=3353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}