{"id":28349,"date":"2013-03-26T10:04:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T15:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28349"},"modified":"2013-03-26T10:04:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T15:04:21","slug":"nba-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-boston-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-boston-celtics-28349\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics
\nTuesday, 3\/26\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 190
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Heat
The Boston Celtics have covered the spread in 11 of their last 12 home games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York has won and covered the spread in its last four games, including a 110-84 victory over the Toronto Raptors as seven-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the total in its last three contests.\u00a0 The Knicks are 18-16 overall on the road this season, which includes a 13-7 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Forward Carmelo Anthony is averaging 28.1 points in his last eight games against the Celtics, but the franchise has won just three of those affairs.\u00a0 New York is 17-14-1 ATS when playing with two days rest the last two-plus seasons, something to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Knicks haven\u2019t won a season series versus the Boston Celtics since the 2003-04 campaign, as each side has won on the road in two previous meetings this season.\u00a0 Anthony leads the NBA in first quarter scoring at 8.6 points, while sitting second among all players in averaging 27.6 points a game.\u00a0 Free agent acquisition Kenyon Martin has provided the roster a spark, averaging 12.2 points and 7.2 rebounds in landing in the starting lineup the last six games.<\/p>\n

Boston has dropped its last four games, including a 110-106 setback to the Memphis Grizzlies as 7.5-point road underdogs last Saturday, while going OVER the total in three of those four contests.\u00a0 The Celtics will continue playing without the services of center Kevin Garnett, who is expected to miss another week due to a left ankle injury.\u00a0 His presence in the paint is certainly missed, especially in terms of rebounding, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Boston is 26-19 ATS in March the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Celtics have won 11 of their last 12 home games against the Knicks, as they\u2019ll be led by forward Paul Pierce on the offensive end.\u00a0 He is averaging 27.8 points on 52.8 percent shooting in his last 13 games in this series.\u00a0 Boston is 24-10 overall at the TD Garden, including a 12-7 mark versus conference rivals.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Celtics due to their 11-1 ATS mark at home, while the Knicks are 2-5-1 ATS on the road versus winning home teams.<\/p>\n

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New York Knicks at Boston Celtics Tuesday, 3\/26\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 190 Current Total:\u00a0 189.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York has won and covered the spread in its last four games, including a 110-84 victory over the Toronto Raptors as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[120,49,3622,18,115,846,3917],"class_list":["post-28349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-eastern-conference","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-paul-pierce","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28349","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=28349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28350,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28349\/revisions\/28350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}