{"id":4189,"date":"2009-04-12T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-12T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/celtics-cavaliers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-12T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T14:39:00","slug":"celtics-cavaliers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/celtics-cavaliers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Cavaliers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Quicken Loans Arena. <br \/>Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game&#39;s total has not yet been posted. <br \/>Paul Pierce netted 28 points to lead the Celtics in their sixth straight win by defeating the Heat 105-98 on Friday. The Celtics covered the 6-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 190. <br \/>Glen Davis netted 22 in that win. <br \/>LeBron James led the way with 27 points and 10 assists as the Cavaliers handed the 76ers a fourth straight loss in a 102-92 victory on Friday. The Cavaliers covered the 6.5-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 186. <br \/>LeBron James led the way with 27 points and 10 assists, while Mo Williams chipped in with 18 points in that win. <br \/>Current streak:<br \/>Boston has won 6 straight games.<br \/>Cleveland has won 3 straight games.<br \/>Team records:<br \/>Boston: 60-19 SU, 41-38 ATS <br \/>Cleveland: 64-15 SU, 46-33 ATS <br \/>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 7-3<br \/>After playing Miami are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Indiana are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 9-1<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston&#39;s last 6 games <br \/>Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Boston is 15-6 SU in its last 21 games on the road<br \/>Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland&#39;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston<br \/>Cleveland is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games <br \/>Next up:<br \/>Boston at Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 14<br \/>Cleveland at Indiana, Monday, April 13<\/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 Cleveland Cavaliers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Quicken Loans Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game&#39;s total has not yet been posted. Paul Pierce netted 28 points to lead the Celtics in their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/celtics-cavaliers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celtics-Cavaliers 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-4189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189","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=4189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}