{"id":27751,"date":"2013-02-13T12:11:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T17:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27751"},"modified":"2013-02-13T12:11:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T17:11:29","slug":"nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-boston-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-boston-celtics-27751\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Chicago Bulls vs. Boston Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics
\nWednesday, 2\/13\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 182
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 181.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Chicago Bulls will need a major performance out of F Carlos Boozer Wednesday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has dropped three of its last four games, including a 103-89 setback to the San Antonio Spurs Monday night, while going OVER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t play smart, turned the ball over way too much,\u201d commented Bulls center Joakim Noah.\u00a0 The Bulls are 15-9 overall on the road, including a 13-4 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Chicago is 11-4 SUATS as road underdogs of three points or less the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The Bulls took a 2-1 series lead over the Celtics with a 100-99 overtime victory as two-point road underdogs on Jan. 18, while the last four meetings have climbed OVER the posted total.\u00a0 Forward Carlos Boozer finished with 19 points and 20 rebounds in that affair, as he has averaged 15.2 and 10.5 in those respective categories in 26 career games in this series.\u00a0 With numerous injuries hitting the roster, reserve guard Nate Robinson has upped his contribution, averaging 17.2 points and 8.3 assists over his last six games.<\/p>\n

Boston is another team that has suffered more than its fair share of injuries, as the team looks to bounce back from a 94-91 setback to the Charlotte Bobcats as 4.5-point road favorites, which snapped a seven-game win streak.\u00a0 The Celtics are led by Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce offensively, but have lost Leandro Barbosa, Rajon Rondo and Jared Sullinger over the last couple weeks.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re falling like flies right now,\u201d stated Garnett in practice this week.\u00a0 Boston is 4-7 ATS off an upset loss as a favorite this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Celtics are 19-9 at the TD Garden during the 2012-13 NBA campaign, including an 8-6 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Boston has split its last six games with Chicago at this venue, but the franchise has won a second-best six straight at the facility since suffering a loss to the New York Knicks on Jan. 24.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 16-31 in the Bulls last 47 games as underdogs.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics Wednesday, 2\/13\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 182 Current Total:\u00a0 181.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has dropped three of its last four games, including a 103-89 setback to the San Antonio Spurs Monday night, while going OVER […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[120,2067,174,3622,764,18,846],"class_list":["post-27751","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-eastern-conference","tag-kevin-garnett","tag-nba","tag-paul-pierce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27751","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=27751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27752,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27751\/revisions\/27752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}