{"id":4359,"date":"2009-05-06T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/magic-celtics-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-06T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T11:40:00","slug":"magic-celtics-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/magic-celtics-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic-Celtics Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at TD Banknorth Garden. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 4-point favorites versus the Magic, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rashard<\/st1:GivenName> Lewis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went for 18 points and seven rebounds to lead the Magic past the Celtics 95-90 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series on Monday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Orlando<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> cashed as 3-point road underdogs as the game played under the 189-point total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mickael<\/st1:GivenName> Pietrus<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> dropped 17 points off the bench for the Magic, who got 16 points and 22 boards from Dwight<\/st1:GivenName> Howard<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> in the upset. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul<\/st1:GivenName> Pierce<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> drained 23 points for Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, while Rajon Rondo had 14 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists for the Celtics. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 59-23 SU, 49-32-1 ATS
Boston: 62-20 SU, 43-39 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Orlando most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 6-4
Before playing Boston are 8-2
After playing Boston are 8-2
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Boston most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Orlando are 9-1
After playing Orlando are 7-3
After a loss are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando’s last 6 games
Orlando is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando’s last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Orlando’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Boston’s last 10 games at home
Boston is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston’s last 6 games when playing Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> home to Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Friday, May 8
Boston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Friday, May 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at TD Banknorth Garden. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 4-point favorites versus the Magic, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Rashard Lewis went for 18 points and seven rebounds to lead … Continue reading Magic-Celtics Odds 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-4359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359","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=4359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}