{"id":4380,"date":"2009-05-08T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/celtics-magic-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-08T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T12:14:00","slug":"celtics-magic-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/celtics-magic-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Magic Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Amway Arena in the third game of their second-round playoff series. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 4-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Eddie<\/st2:GivenName> House<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> dropped 31 points to lead the Celtics to a 112-94 victory over the Magic in Game 2 on Wednesday and even the best-of-seven series. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
That game’s combined score made it OVER the posted total of 190. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ray<\/st2:GivenName> Allen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> netted 22 points, while Rajon Rondo collected a triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 18 assists for the Celtics. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rashard<\/st2:GivenName> Lewis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected 17 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double in the loss for the Magic. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 62-20 SU, 43-39 ATS
Orlando: 59-23 SU, 49-32-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Orlando are 8-2
After playing Orlando are 8-2
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Orlando most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Boston are 8-2
After playing Boston 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 6 of Boston’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games when playing Orlando
Boston is 7-1-1 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Orlando is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Orlando’s last 7 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando’s last 6 games at home
Orlando is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Sunday, May 10
Orlando<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, May 10<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Amway Arena in the third game of their second-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 4-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Eddie … Continue reading Celtics-Magic 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-4380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380","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=4380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}