{"id":28519,"date":"2013-04-10T10:43:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28519"},"modified":"2013-04-10T10:43:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:43:47","slug":"nba-expert-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-boston-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-expert-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-boston-celtics-28519\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Expert Picks: Brooklyn Nets vs. Boston Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics
\nWednesday, 4\/10\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 193.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 192.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Heat
The Boston Celtics are trying to lock down the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brooklyn has won back-to-back games, including a convincing 104-83 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers as 8.5-point home favorites Tuesday night, while going UNDER the posted total of 192.\u00a0 The Nets are closing in on home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, which is important to consider when making your NBA expert picks.\u00a0 The franchise is 21-17 overall away from the Barclays Center, including a 14-9 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Brooklyn is 9-12 ATS when playing on back-to-back days this season, with the OVER going 11-10 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Nets have gone 31-18 under interim coach P.J. Carlesimo, which ties the best start for a coach in franchise history.\u00a0 Brooklyn has scored 100 points nine times in its last 13 games, with the team posting an 8-1 mark when hitting that number.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the squad has set a franchise record with 21 road victories so far this season, which passed the mark of 20 road wins set in the 2005-06 season.<\/p>\n

Boston has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 107-96 victory over the Washington Wizards as 5.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going OVER the posted total of 190.5.\u00a0 The Celtics lead the Milwaukee Bucks by three games as they try to cement the No. 7 seed in the postseason and avoid the Miami Heat in the first round.\u00a0 Boston is 22-16-1 ATS at home this season, with the OVER going 20-18-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Celtics have three projected starters that average in double figures, with forward Paul Pierce leading the way in scoring 18.7 points per game.\u00a0 Boston is 27-12 overall at the TD Garden, including a 15-9 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has been on fire from beyond the arc since the All-Star break\u2014ranking fourth in the league in knocking down 38.6 percent of its attempts.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Celtics due to their 4-1-1 ATS mark on two days rest, while the Nets are 1-4 ATS versus teams with a winning record.<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics Wednesday, 4\/10\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 193.5 Current Total:\u00a0 192.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Brooklyn has won back-to-back games, including a convincing 104-83 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers as 8.5-point home favorites Tuesday night, while going UNDER […]<\/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":[120,7131,3622,18,846,3917],"class_list":["post-28519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-eastern-conference","tag-nba","tag-paul-pierce","tag-td-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28519","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=28519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28520,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28519\/revisions\/28520"}],"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=28519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}