{"id":13989,"date":"2011-03-09T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T18:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=13989"},"modified":"2011-03-09T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T18:52:16","slug":"the-blake-griffin-exhibition-continues-l-a-clippers-at-boston-celtics-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/the-blake-griffin-exhibition-continues-l-a-clippers-at-boston-celtics-betting-preview-13989\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blake Griffin Exhibition Continues: L.A. Clippers at Boston Celtics Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers AT Boston Celtics<\/strong>
\nMar 9, 2011 at 7:35 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Line: Boston -10<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 Boston -9.5<\/strong>
\nOpening Total: 193<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total: 192<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 Bos -525 \/ LA +425<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline: Bos -525 \/ LA +325<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rondo leads the league in assists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kevin Garnett was not happy when the Celtics dealt center Kendrick Perkins (and Nate Robinson)away for Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic, but so far his worries haven’t been confirmed by the Celtics play.\u00a0 The Celts have won 5 in a row and will look to extend that streak against a Clippers team that is only 6-25 on the road and has lost three straight at the TD Garden in Boston.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a nice little rhythm, truthfully. It really starts with our core group,\u201d said forward Paul Pierce, \u201cAt the end of the day we\u2019re finding a way to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Clippers had patiently awaited the return of star shooting guard Eric Gordon, but he re-injured his wrist in his first game back and is now out indefinitely again.\u00a0 It’s a blow to the Clippers, even if they are realistically out of playoff contention.\u00a0 They will look to continue to move forward into next season and build upon Blake Griffin’s growth as a player and their continued development of continuity as a team.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

The total has gone UNDER in 9 of the last 11 Clipper games and the Clippers are 5-12 SU in their last 17 games.\u00a0 The Clippers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games on the road and the total has gone UNDER in 7 of their last 8 on the road.\u00a0 The Clippers are 3-14 SU in their last 17 games on the roand and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of the Clippers last 6 against the Celtics.\u00a0 The Clippers are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games against Boston and the total has gone UNDER in 7 of the Clippers’ last 8 games against the Celtics.\u00a0 The Clippers are 3-10 SU in their last 13 road games against the Celtics.<\/p>\n

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games and Boston is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games.\u00a0 Boston is 2-4 ATS in their last 6 and the total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 6 games at home.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER\u00a0 in 11 of Boston’s last 16 home games and Boston is 11-2 SU in their last 13 at home.\u00a0 Boston is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 against the Clippers and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston’s last 6 games against the Clippers.\u00a0 Boston is 5-2 SU in their last 7 games against the Clippers and they are 10-3 SU in their last 13 at home against the Clipperse.\u00a0 Boston is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 against the Clippers at home and the total has gone UNDER in 7 of Boston’s last 8 games at home against the Clippers.<\/p>\n

Key Matchups:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blake Griffin vs. Kevin Garnett<\/strong><\/p>\n

Griffin has been phenomenal against most teams in the league, but one would have to figure Garnett will slow him down this time.\u00a0 Last game against the Celtics, Griffin went for 21 points and 11 boards while Garnett went for 16 points and 11 boards.\u00a0 Griffin, at this point in their careers, is a better athlete but don’t underestimate Garnett’s guile and veteran knowledge.\u00a0 He’ll make the rookie work for his shots and won’t allow him easy uncontested dunks.\u00a0 Garnett will send Griffin to the line and make him earn his points.\u00a0 Garnett is no longer the offensive force he once was, but he can still score.\u00a0 Griffin will have to make sure to contest Garnett’s jumpers and not let him get too many easy looks from Rondo’s penetration.<\/p>\n

Mo Williams & Eric Bledsoe vs. Rajon Rondo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rondo has a clear advantage against both Mo Williams and Bledsoe.\u00a0 He’s worlds quicker than Mo Williams and still faster than Bledsoe, and will have no problem penetrating tonight.\u00a0 When Rondo does get into the interior of the Clipper defense, he’ll have no problem dishing to the Boston bigs for easy looks.\u00a0 Newly acquired Nenad Krstic is starting and averaging 12+ ppg, showing the “Rondo effect” on Krstic.\u00a0 Rondo is leading the league in assists and appears to be the best player from the 2006 draft, along with Rudy Gay.<\/p>\n

If this game were in L.A., things might look differently, but the Clippers are a horrible road team and the Celtics are just a very good team – period.\u00a0 The Clippers are going to have to get it into Griffin early and often to have any chance and Foye is going to have to continue the strong play he has shown recently as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers AT Boston Celtics Mar 9, 2011 at 7:35 PM EST Opening Line: Boston -10 Current Line:\u00a0 Boston -9.5 Opening Total: 193 Current Total: 192 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 Bos -525 \/ LA +425 Current Moneyline: Bos -525 \/ LA +325 Kevin Garnett was not happy when the Celtics dealt center Kendrick Perkins (and Nate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":4384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,120,764,247,3215,197],"class_list":["post-13989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-boston-celtics","tag-kevin-garnett","tag-la-clippers","tag-mo-williams","tag-rajon-rondo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13989","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\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13989"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13991,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13989\/revisions\/13991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}