{"id":23047,"date":"2012-05-12T09:12:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T14:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=23047"},"modified":"2012-05-12T09:12:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T14:12:05","slug":"nba-playoff-predictions-2012-philadelphia-76ers-vs-boston-celtics-game-1-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoff-predictions-2012-philadelphia-76ers-vs-boston-celtics-game-1-odds-23047\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Predictions 2012: Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics, Game 1 Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics
\nSaturday, 5\/12\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 170.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 170
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Boston Celtics are five-point home favorites against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia may suffer from a bit of a letdown after knocking out the Eastern Conference\u2019s top seed in the 2012 NBA playoffs, moving past the Chicago Bulls in six games.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll be prepared, but it\u2019s a quick turnaround,\u201d commented 76ers head coach Doug Collins.\u00a0 It was a significant moment due to the franchise winning its first layoff series since 2003.\u00a0 Point guard Jrue Holiday has been the leader offensively, pacing the team in averaging 18.2 points per game, as he managed to score 14 points or more in all six first-round games.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 2-5 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points, while the \u201cunder\u201d is 4-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The 76ers managed to win just one of three games on the road against the Bulls, but should still travel to Boston with plenty of confidence, as they captured a 2-1 series victory over the Celtics in three regular-season meetings this year.\u00a0 Philadelphia averaged 93.7 points on 44 percent shooting, while Boston was limited to 86.7 points per game despite hitting 46.8 percent of its shots.\u00a0 The team\u2019s offense needs to get going again, scoring below 90 points in each of the past four games.<\/p>\n

Boston also played six games in its first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks, closing things out with an 83-80 win as 6.5-point home favorites on Thursday night.\u00a0 The Celtics may have lost the season series to the 76ers, but they did manage to post a convincing 103-79 win as 3.5-point home favorites in the final meeting on April 8.\u00a0 Five players scored in double figures, with Kevin Garnet scoring a game-high 20 points.\u00a0 Boston is 6-4 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points.<\/p>\n

The Celtics will look to Garnett to continue his strong play in the postseason, as he scored 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in Game 6 against the Hawks.\u00a0 \u201cHe was phenomenal,\u201d stated Boston head coach Doc Rivers.\u00a0 \u201cHe bailed us out, really.\u201d\u00a0 The aging squad is definitely banged up, with small forward Paul Pierce dealing with right knee soreness, while Ray Allen has been limited by an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Celtics due to their 8-1 ATS mark at home versus a team with a losing road record, while the 76ers are 0-5 in their last five trips to the TD Garden.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics Saturday, 5\/12\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 170.5 Current Total:\u00a0 170 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia may suffer from a bit of a letdown after knocking out the Eastern Conference\u2019s top seed in the 2012 NBA playoffs, moving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6680,120,943,764,846,832,3917],"class_list":["post-23047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-2012-nba-playoffs","tag-boston-celtics","tag-jrue-holiday","tag-kevin-garnett","tag-paul-pierce","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23047","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=23047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23048,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23047\/revisions\/23048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}