{"id":6540,"date":"2009-04-30T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/celtics-bulls-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-04-30T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T12:35:00","slug":"celtics-bulls-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/celtics-bulls-odds-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics-Bulls Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at United<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls when they take their seats on Thursday for Game 6 of this first-round playoff series. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bulls listed as 3-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rajon Rondo had 28 points, 11 assists, and eight rebounds to lift the Celtics past the Bulls 106-104 in overtime to take a 3-2 lead in the series on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> couldn’t cover as 7-point home favorites as the game played over the 200-point total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Paul<\/st2:GivenName> Pierce<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went for 26 points and seven boards for the Celtics, who got 21 points and six rebounds from Glen<\/st2:GivenName> Davis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ben<\/st2:GivenName> Gordon<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led Chicago<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 26 points and six assists, while Kirk Hinrich added 19 points off the bench for the Bulls. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 62-20 SU, 43-39 ATS
Chicago: 41-41 SU, 42-39-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
After playing Chicago are 8-2
After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n

Chicago most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
After playing Boston are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Boston is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games
Boston is 6-1-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Boston is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Chicago
Boston is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games on the road
Chicago is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games at home
Chicago is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Boston
Chicago is 14-7 SU in its last 21 games
Chicago is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at United Center will be treated to a game between the Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls when they take their seats on Thursday for Game 6 of this first-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Bulls listed as 3-point favorites versus the Celtics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. … Continue reading Celtics-Bulls Odds Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540","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=6540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}