{"id":11222,"date":"2010-12-03T02:56:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T07:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11222"},"modified":"2010-12-03T02:56:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T07:56:41","slug":"eastern-conference-chicago-bulls-at-boston-celtics-nba-free-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/eastern-conference-chicago-bulls-at-boston-celtics-nba-free-picks-11222\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Conference: Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics NBA Free Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics
\nFriday, 12\/3\/10, 8:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 190
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 190<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers has been pushing all the right buttons during the 2010-11 NBA season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago suffered an embarrassing 107-78 loss to the Orlando Magic in returning home from its annual circus trip and it was even more startling due to the debut of forward Carlos Boozer.\u00a0 \u201cI think our team is a lot better than we showed,\u201d said Boozer.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going to move forward.\u00a0 The Bulls are 2-3 against the Eastern Conference this year, including an 0-1 mark on the road, which was actually a 110-105 overtime loss at tonight\u2019s venue.\u00a0 Chicago trails the all-time series 110-86, with the two teams splitting the season series 2-2 last year, as the Bulls won the final two games.\u00a0 Over the last three-plus years, the Bulls are 3-9 versus the Celtics during the regular season.\u00a0 The team is 10-6 ATS on the season and currently a five-point underdog on the NBA lines page.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are led by star point guard Derrick Rose, who is currently second in the NBA when combining points, rebounds and assists by averaging 38.0 per game.\u00a0 Chicago still prides itself in playing solid defense and it certainly shows in the record, tallying an 8-3 mark this season when holding opponents to under 100 points.\u00a0 Over the last 11 games, the unit has limited the opponent to just 96.3 points per game.\u00a0 The Bulls have been solid on the boards, ranking third in the NBA and third in blocks per game with 6.50 send backs a contest.<\/p>\n

Boston has a solid 14-4 record and is tied atop the East with an Orlando Magic club that just dismantled tonight\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 The Celtics received a scare against Portland on Wednesday night, almost blowing a 16-point lead, only to hold onto a 99-95 victory.\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t go through the finish line,\u201d said forward Paul Pierce.\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t finish them off when we had the chance.\u201d\u00a0 The team comes into this conference matchup on a five-game winning streak and will be poised to improve upon its 8-1 record at the TD Garden.\u00a0 Boston is 11-7 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points over the past three years.<\/p>\n

The Celtics are a formidable 11-2 versus the Eastern Conference, which includes a spotless 7-0 home record.\u00a0 Boston was led by Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett in the previous meeting this year, scoring 25 and 16 points respectively.\u00a0 During last year\u2019s four-game series, Pierce led the team in scoring by averaging 21.0 points a game.\u00a0 Head coach Doc Rivers was honored by the league for the team\u2019s performance in November, being named the NBA\u2019s Eastern Conference Coach of the Month.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Bulls are 6-0 ATS following a SU loss of more than 10 points, while the Celtics are 14-5-1 ATS following a spread loss.<\/p>\n

The hard court action is heating up and the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports have started the season in blistering fashion.\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss out and get their plays today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics Friday, 12\/3\/10, 8:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 190 Current Total:\u00a0 190 Chicago suffered an embarrassing 107-78 loss to the Orlando Magic in returning home from its annual circus trip and it was even more startling due to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[120,2067,174,521,3686,3622,764,846,1555,3917],"class_list":["post-11222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-carlos-boozer","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-derrick-rose","tag-doc-rivers","tag-eastern-conference","tag-kevin-garnett","tag-paul-pierce","tag-ray-allen","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11223,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11222\/revisions\/11223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}