{"id":27920,"date":"2013-02-25T17:16:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T22:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27920"},"modified":"2013-02-25T17:16:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T22:16:58","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-boston-celtics-vs-utah-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-boston-celtics-vs-utah-jazz-27920\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Boston Celtics vs. Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston Celtics at Utah Jazz
\nMonday, 2\/25\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 191.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 190
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Celtics
The Boston Celtics are 2-4 ATS as road underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boston has dropped three of four games on its road trip that ends Monday, including a 92-86 setback to the Portland Trail Blazers as two-point road underdogs last night, while going UNDER the posted total of 192.\u00a0 \u201cIt was one of those \u2018my bad\u2019 games,\u201d commented Celtics coach Doc Rivers.\u00a0 The Celtics have had all kinds of trouble on the boards during this recent stretch, as they\u2019ve been out-rebounded by 32 boards in their last three losses.\u00a0 The team is 9-18 on the road this season, including a 1-8 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Boston is 2-4 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points this season, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Celtics have won four straight games against the Jazz, including a 98-93 victory as five-point home favorites on Nov. 14.\u00a0 Forward Paul Pierce led the way with 23 points, while he also paces the team in averaging 18.3 on the season.\u00a0 Boston was putting up 105.0 points per game in its first seven contests without injured point guard Rajon Rondo, but it has been limited to 91.7 in the last six.<\/p>\n

Utah had its three-game win streak snapped last time out, as it suffered a 107-94 defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers as 9.5-point road underdogs last Saturday, while going OVER the total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe gave them too many easy shots and turned the ball over too many times,\u201d stated Jazz center Al Jefferson.\u00a0 The Jazz are 21-6 overall at EnergySolutions Arena, including a 7-1 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Utah is 3-5 ATS as home favorites of 6.5 to 9 points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines page.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 36-49 all-time against the Celtics, including a 25-17 mark when playing in Salt Lake City.\u00a0 Utah has a good chance of covering this number if it can knock down shots from the 3-point area, as it hit 17 of 40 attempts from beyond the arc in its last two home wins over Oklahoma City and Golden State.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Jazz due to their 5-2 ATS mark versus non-conference foes, while the Celtics are 6-14 ATS away from the TD Garden.<\/p>\n

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Boston Celtics at Utah Jazz Monday, 2\/25\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 191.5 Current Total:\u00a0 190 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Boston has dropped three of four games on its road trip that ends Monday, including a 92-86 setback to the Portland Trail Blazers […]<\/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":[676,120,3622,3652,18,846,838,3693],"class_list":["post-27920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-jefferson","tag-boston-celtics","tag-eastern-conference","tag-energysolutions-arena","tag-nba","tag-paul-pierce","tag-utah-jazz","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27920","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=27920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27921,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27920\/revisions\/27921"}],"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=27920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}