{"id":6367,"date":"2009-11-13T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-odds-hawks-vs-celtics\/"},"modified":"2009-11-13T07:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-13T12:38:00","slug":"nba-odds-hawks-vs-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-odds-hawks-vs-celtics\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Odds: Hawks vs Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at TD Garden will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Boston Celtics when they take their seats on Friday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hawks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Josh Smith collected a double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds on Wednesday, leading the Hawks over the Knicks 114-101. The Hawks covered the 5.5-point spread, while the combined 215 points made it OVER the posted total of 208. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Al Horford dropped a game-high 25 points to go with nine rebounds in that win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Celtics improved to 8-1 on Wednesday with a convincing 105-86 victory over the Jazz. The Celtics easily covered the 10.5-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 189. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rajon Rondo had 14 points and dished out 11 assists, while Kevin Garnett added 18 points in that win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 6-2 SU, 7-1 ATS <br \/>Boston: 8-1 SU, 5-4 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing New Orleans are 4-6<br \/>After playing New York are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Boston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Indiana are 6-4<br \/>After playing Utah are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Atlanta is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Boston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>Boston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Atlanta<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to New <st1:City><st1:place>Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, November 14<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 14<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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 fans at TD Garden will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Boston Celtics when they take their seats on Friday. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hawks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Josh Smith collected a double-double with 22 points &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/nba-odds-hawks-vs-celtics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NBA Odds: Hawks vs Celtics<\/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-6367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367","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=6367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}