{"id":3831,"date":"2009-03-17T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/celtics-bulls-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-17T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T12:26:00","slug":"celtics-bulls-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/celtics-bulls-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Bulls Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at United Center. <br \/>Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 2-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game&#39;s total has not yet been posted. <br \/>The Celtics lost to Milwaukee 86-77 as a 6-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (198). <br \/>Kendrick Perkins led the Celtics with 26 points and 12 rebounds, while Paul Pierce had 15 points and 11 rebounds. <br \/>The Bulls held the fort against the Hornets, winning 97-79 at the United Center Saturday night. <br \/>Chicago covered as a 2-point home underdog while the final score played under the 193.5-point total. <br \/>Team records:<br \/>Boston: 50-17 SU, 34-33 ATS <br \/>Chicago: 30-37 SU, 34-32-1 ATS <br \/>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Miami are 4-6<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Oklahoma City are 3-7<br \/>After playing New Orleans are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 3-7<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chicago<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston&#39;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>Boston is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games on the road<br \/>Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Chicago is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago&#39;s last 5 games when playing at home against Boston<br \/>Next up:<br \/>Boston home to Miami, Wednesday, March 18<br \/>Chicago at Oklahoma City, Wednesday, March 18<\/p>\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 Chicago Bulls will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at United Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 2-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game&#39;s total has not yet been posted. The Celtics lost to Milwaukee 86-77 as a 6-point favorite &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/celtics-bulls-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celtics-Bulls 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-3831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831","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=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}