{"id":27861,"date":"2013-02-19T14:19:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T19:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27861"},"modified":"2013-02-19T14:19:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T19:19:53","slug":"nba-picks-boston-celtics-vs-denver-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-boston-celtics-vs-denver-nuggets-27861\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Boston Celtics vs. Denver Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets
\nTuesday, 2\/19\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -8.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 202
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 203.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Denver Nuggets are 17-8 ATS at home this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boston has won eight of its last nine games, including a 71-69 victory over the Chicago Bulls as 2.5-point home favorites six days ago, while going UNDER the total in two consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Celtics have been battling through numerous injuries recently, which is important to consider when looking at the pro basketball odds page over the next few weeks.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is led by veterans Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, who combine to average 33.6 points per game.\u00a0 Boston is 1-3 SUATS as road underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Celtics are 8-15 overall on the road this season, including an 0-5 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Boston earned a 118-114 triple-overtime victory over Denver as two-point home favorites on Feb. 10, while going OVER the posted total of 206.\u00a0 Pierce recorded his second triple-double of the season in that affair, finishing with 27 points, 14 rebounds and a career-high-tying 14 assists.<\/p>\n

Denver returns home looking to snap a three-game losing streak, which includes a 119-108 setback to the Brooklyn Nets six days ago, while going OVER the total in nine of its last 10 contests.\u00a0 The Nuggets are hoping to get Danilo Gallinari and Andre Iguodala back in the lineup, as they missed the last two games.\u00a0 Gallinari had averaged 20.9 points over his last seven contests, while leading the team in scoring for the entire 2012-13 NBA season.\u00a0 Denver is 17-8 ATS at home this season, with the OVER going 14-10-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets are 22-3 overall at the Pepsi Center, including an 8-2 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Denver has won seven of its last eight home games against Boston, while the favorite has covered the number in six of the last seven meetings overall in this series.\u00a0 Point guard Ty Lawson is definitely the player to watch on the offensive end, averaging 28.0 points and 9.0 assists over the team\u2019s losing streak.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Celtics due to their 5-2 ATS mark in February, while the Nuggets are 4-6 ATS at home when the total is between 200 and 204.5.<\/p>\n

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Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets Tuesday, 2\/19\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 202 Current Total:\u00a0 203.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Boston has won eight of its last nine games, including a 71-69 victory over the Chicago Bulls as 2.5-point home favorites six days […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[120,526,3622,764,18,846,3637,216,3693],"class_list":["post-27861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-eastern-conference","tag-kevin-garnett","tag-nba","tag-paul-pierce","tag-pepsi-center","tag-ty-lawson","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27861","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=27861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27862,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27861\/revisions\/27862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}