{"id":3403,"date":"2009-01-25T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/mavericks-celtics-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-25T09:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T14:42:00","slug":"mavericks-celtics-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/mavericks-celtics-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks-Celtics Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at TD Banknorth Garden. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 9-point favorites versus the Mavericks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dirk Nowitzki dropped 26 points in leading the Mavericks to a 112-91 win over the Pistons on Friday, as 4-point road underdogs. The combined 203 points made it OVER the posted total of 186. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Josh<\/st2:GivenName> Howard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> contributed with 22 points and five rebounds, while Brandon<\/st2:GivenName> Bass<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> chipped in with 18 points. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Celtics won their seventh straight on Thursday, as they upset the Magic 90-80. The Celtics won that game as a 4.5-point underdog, while the 170 points went UNDER the posted total of 191.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul<\/st2:GivenName> Pierce<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the way with 27 points and nine rebounds, and Kevin<\/st2:GivenName> Garnett<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 16 in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 7 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 25-18 SU, 19-24 ATS
Boston: 36-9 SU, 25-20 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dallas most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 9-1
Before playing Golden State are 6-4
After playing Detroit are 8-2
After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 6-4
Before playing Sacramento are 5-5
After playing Orlando are 7-3
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Dallas is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas’s last 5 games
Dallas is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Boston
Dallas is 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games on the road
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Boston is 16-1 SU in its last 17 games at home
Boston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Dallas<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Dallas<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Golden State, Wednesday, January 28
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 28<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at TD Banknorth Garden. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 9-point favorites versus the Mavericks, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Dirk Nowitzki dropped 26 points in leading the Mavericks … Continue reading Mavericks-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-3403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403","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=3403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}