{"id":23067,"date":"2012-05-14T14:11:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T19:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=23067"},"modified":"2012-05-14T14:11:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T19:11:17","slug":"nba-playoffs-2012-philadelphia-76ers-vs-boston-celtics-game-2-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoffs-2012-philadelphia-76ers-vs-boston-celtics-game-2-odds-23067\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoffs 2012: Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics, Game 2 Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics
\nMonday, 5\/14\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 173.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 173.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Boston Celtics C Kevin Garnett has turned back the clock during the 2012 NBA playoffs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia was unable to hold a 10-point lead in the final minutes of Game 1 of its best-of-seven Eastern Conference series against the Boston Celtics on Saturday, falling 92-91 as 5.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 \u201cThe lack of experience showed a little bit, especially with the plays at the end,\u201d stated 76ers forward Andre Iguodala.\u00a0 He has averaged 19.5 points on 50 percent shooting over the last two games, but checks in with a 13.0-point average in the playoffs thus far.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 3-5 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 7-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The 76ers are now just 1-3 away from the Wells Fargo Center in the 2012 NBA playoffs, as they seek their first win at the TD Garden since Dec. 18, 2009.\u00a0 Philadelphia didn\u2019t show much nervousness in the early going in Game 1, which many expected due to the franchise advancing to the second round of the postseason for the first time since 2003.\u00a0 These two teams have matched up quite a bit in this situation, with the Sixers losing their last seven tries in Boston during the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Boston rode the ageless legs of Kevin Garnett to a come-from-behind victory, scoring a season-high 29 points and adding 11 rebounds in moving the squad to 4-0 at home during this year\u2019s playoffs.\u00a0 The 16-year veteran is averaging 20.1 points and 10.6 rebounds over seven games, with point guard Rajon Rondo chipping in with 16.2 points and 12.7 assists per game.\u00a0 Rondo secured his eight career triple-double in the postseason in the series opener.\u00a0 Boston is 6-5 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points, with the \u201cover\u201d being 8-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Celtics must continue being focused and avoid looking ahead to a potential showdown with the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, as the Sixers lead by as many as 13 points on Saturday.\u00a0 Boston is hoping to get more production out of forward Paul Pierce, who finished with 14 points on 3-of-11 shooting, as he continues to deal with right knee soreness.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Celtics due to their 12-4 ATS mark on one days rest, while the 76ers are 3-8 ATS following a straight-up loss.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics Monday, 5\/14\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 173.5 Current Total:\u00a0 173.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia was unable to hold a 10-point lead in the final minutes of Game 1 of its best-of-seven Eastern Conference series against the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6680,120,3622,764,832,3917],"class_list":["post-23067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-2012-nba-playoffs","tag-boston-celtics","tag-eastern-conference","tag-kevin-garnett","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23067","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=23067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23068,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23067\/revisions\/23068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}