{"id":3460,"date":"2009-02-06T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/celtics-knicks-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-06T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T12:20:00","slug":"celtics-knicks-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/celtics-knicks-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Knicks Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Madison<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Square<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Garden<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Celtics fell 110-109 to the Lakers in overtime last time out, as 7-point favorites at home. The 219 points sailed OVER the night&#8217;s posted total of 206. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rajon Rondo scored 16 points, while hauling down eight rebounds with 12 assists. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Knicks fell 107-102 to the Cavaliers last time out, as 6-point underdogs at home. That game&#8217;s 209 points made it OVER the posted total of 208.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Al<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Harrington<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had a double-double with 39 points and 13 rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 41-10 SU, 28-23 ATS <br \/>New York: 21-27 SU, 28-20 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing San Antonio are 5-5<br \/>After playing LA Lakers are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Portland are 1-9<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Boston is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Boston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing New York<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>New York is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games <br \/>New York is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>New York is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to San <st2:GivenName>Antonio<\/st2:GivenName>, Sunday, February 8<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, February 8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Madison Square Garden. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Celtics fell 110-109 to the Lakers in overtime last time out, as 7-point &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/celtics-knicks-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celtics-Knicks Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-3460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460","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=3460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}