{"id":6514,"date":"2009-05-14T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/celtics-magic-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T06:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T11:52:00","slug":"celtics-magic-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/celtics-magic-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Magic Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Amway Arena will be treated to a matchup between the Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic when they take their seats on Thursday for the sixth game of this second-round playoff series. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Glen<\/st2:GivenName> Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 22 points and seven rebounds to lead the Celtics past the Magic 92-88 to take a 3-2 lead in the series on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 2.5-point home favorites as the teams played UNDER the 192-point total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul<\/st2:GivenName> Pierce<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went for 19 points, nine boards, and eight assists for the Celtics, who got 13 points from Ray<\/st2:GivenName> Allen<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rashard<\/st2:GivenName> Lewis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> netted 19 points for Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, while Hedo<\/st2:GivenName> Turkoglu<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 18 points and seven assists 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 Thursday are 7-3
After playing Orlando are 8-2
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Orlando most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
After playing Boston are 5-5
After a loss are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Orlando
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston’s last 8 games when playing Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Boston’s last 19 games
Boston is 8-2-1 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Orlando is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Orlando’s last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Orlando is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Orlando’s last 8 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Amway Arena will be treated to a matchup between the Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic when they take their seats on Thursday for the sixth game of this second-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been … Continue reading Celtics-Magic 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-6514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6514","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=6514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}