{"id":21641,"date":"2012-02-12T10:40:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21641"},"modified":"2012-02-12T10:40:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T15:40:11","slug":"bulls-vs-celtics-nba-eastern-conference-rivals-meet-in-the-td-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/bulls-vs-celtics-nba-eastern-conference-rivals-meet-in-the-td-garden-21641\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls vs. Celtics: NBA Eastern Conference Rivals Meet in the TD Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics
\nSunday, 2\/12\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 176
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 173.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Heat<\/a>
The Boston Celtics are 12-5-1 ATS as a home underdog of 4.5 points or less<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has won three straight games in its series with Boston and comes in enjoying a five-game win streak, which includes a convincing 95-64 win over the Charlotte Bobcats as 13.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Bulls will be making a game-time decision in playing point guard Derrick Rose, who has been suffering from back spasms.\u00a0 \u201cWhen I wake up, I usually can tell,\u201d commented Rose on the situation.\u00a0 The franchise has been rolling of late, becoming the first team in league history to win four consecutive road games by 20 or more points.\u00a0 Chicago is 13-6 ATS on the road this season.<\/p>\n

The Bulls can be tremendous on the defensive end, holding six opponents to under 70 points already this season.\u00a0 Chicago has captured 17 of its 23 wins by 10 points or more this season, leading the NBA in outscoring opponents by 10.4 points per game.\u00a0 Defensively, the team is third in the league in allowing just 86.9 points per game, posting an 11-0 mark this year when surrendering 85 points or less.\u00a0 Small forward Luol Deng may need to step up his offensive production if Rose is unable to go, averaging 15.3 points in this last four games after missing the previous seven contests with a wrist injury.<\/p>\n

Boston has managed to score just 161 combined points in dropping consecutive games against the Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors.\u00a0 The Celtics have won 1-4 ATS in their last five games.\u00a0 \u201cWe just didn\u2019t show the mental toughness,\u201d stated Celtics forward Paul Pierce about the loss to the Raptors.\u00a0 \u201cThese are games we\u2019re suppose to win.\u201d\u00a0 He will be making his 10th appearance in the All-Star Game.\u00a0 Boston is 7-10 ATS at home this season and the \u201cunder\u201d is 12-4 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Celtics recent two-game losing streak has certainly come at an interesting time, directly following a spurt of winning nine of 10 games.\u00a0 Boston is 10-7 at home this season and has tallied a 9-3 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents inside the TD Garden.\u00a0 The team dropped an 88-79 decision in the first meeting this season as one-point home underdogs, while the \u201cunder\u201d has cashed in three straight meetings.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Celtics due to their 12-5-1 ATS mark as home underdogs of 4.5 points or less, while the Bulls are 2-6 ATS as a favorite in the same point range.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics Sunday, 2\/12\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 176 Current Total:\u00a0 173.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has won three straight games in its series with Boston and comes in enjoying a five-game win streak, which includes a convincing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[120,174,521,3622,18,846,3917],"class_list":["post-21641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-derrick-rose","tag-eastern-conference","tag-nba","tag-paul-pierce","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21641","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=21641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21642,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21641\/revisions\/21642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}