{"id":4395,"date":"2009-05-10T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/celtics-magic-lines-preview-3\/"},"modified":"2009-05-10T06:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T11:50:00","slug":"celtics-magic-lines-preview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/celtics-magic-lines-preview-3\/","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 Sunday when they battle at Amway Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 5-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Magic took a 2-1 series lead with a convincing 117-96 victory over the Celtics on Friday. The Magic covered the 4.5-point spread, and the combined score sailed OVER the posted total of 189. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rashard<\/st2:GivenName> Lewis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the Magic with 28 points, while Dwight<\/st2:GivenName> Howard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> collected 17 points and 14 rebounds for a double-double in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul<\/st2:GivenName> Pierce<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> netted a team-high 27 points with three rebounds and six assists in the Game 3 loss. <\/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 Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Orlando are 9-1
After playing Orlando are 8-2
After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n

Orlando most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7
Before playing Boston are 7-3
After playing Boston are 7-3
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston’s last 8 games when playing on the road against Orlando
Boston is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games
Orlando is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Boston
Orlando is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Orlando is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games at home
Orlando is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Tuesday, May 12
Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, May 12<\/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 Sunday when they battle at Amway Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 5-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Magic took a 2-1 series lead with a convincing … 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-4395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395","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=4395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}