{"id":32862,"date":"2011-01-28T09:17:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T17:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=32862"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:31:04","slug":"previews-lines-boston-vs-phoenix-free-prediction-28111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/previews-lines-boston-vs-phoenix-free-prediction-28111\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Gambling: Celtics vs. Suns Free Pick | Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA Odds: Boston Celtics vs Phoenix Suns Preview & Pick<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Boston Celtics vs. Phoenix Suns
\nDate: Friday, January 28, 10:30 p.m. ET
\nVenue: U.S. Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
\nBroadcast: ESPN, FSAZ
\nCeltics vs. Suns lines from Sportsbook.com
\nCeltics: -3.5
\nSuns: +3.5
\nTotal: 200.5<\/strong>
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*Stats do not include Boston\u2019s Thursday night match up with Portland<\/em><\/p>\n

The Boston Celtics are clearly superior to the Phoenix Suns, but the hometown Suns could have a big advantage on Friday\u2014Boston is in the midst of a West Coast road swing. Will it be enough for Phoenix to overcome the odds?<\/p>\n

The Suns (20-24, 18-25-1 ATS) are stuck in yet another losing streak. What else is new? Every time this team builds any sort of momentum\u2014like the recent five-game winning streak\u2014it completely melts down. Phoenix has dropped three straight games since its winning streak, including an 0-3 run against the spread.<\/p>\n

During the hot streak, Phoenix averaged 115 points over five games. That number has tailed off during the skid, with the Suns managing just 92 points. It\u2019s especially embarrassing since all three defeats have come against sub-.500 teams, including Wednesday\u2019s 114-107 home loss to Charlotte. \"Online<\/p>\n

If there is a silver lining it is, as always, Steve Nash. The veteran continues to bust his ass despite a subpar supporting cast; Nash racked up 27 points and 15 assists against the Bobcats, his seventh game with 20 points and 15 assists this season. The rest of the league has combined for three such games.<\/p>\n

At some point, though, this club needs to make some stops. Phoenix was brutal down the stretch against Charlotte, and the Bobcats shot a whopping 50.6 percent from the field, including 9-17 from beyond the three-point line. The Suns simply have to be more disruptive on defense.<\/p>\n

Boston (34-10, 21-21-2 ATS) had won six of its past seven games heading into Thursday\u2019s tilt with Portland. The Celtics have shaken off a bit of a slump against the spread; Tuesday\u2019s 112-95 win over Cleveland was the second time they\u2019ve covered in three games.<\/p>\n

The Celtics continue to play great defense, which is especially impressive with their frontcourt banged up (Jermaine O\u2019Neal has been out nearly the entire season with a sore left knee, though he should return in February. Shaquille O\u2019Neal has missed back-to-back games with a sore leg). They\u2019ve allowed less than 92 points per game over their last seven outings, while holding three opponents to less than 90 points.<\/p>\n

Phoenix catches Boston playing on back-to-back nights. Its part of a four-game West Coast swing for the Celtics, and fatigue should at least play a small factor. Don\u2019t expect Phoenix\u2019s losing streak to come to an end, but the Suns should at least put up enough points to cover the spread and pick up a win on NBA odds.<\/p>\n

Trends<\/strong>:
\nUnder is 19-7-1 in BOS last 27 vs. NBA Pacific.
\nPHO are 3-8-1 ATS in their last 12 home games.
\nUnder is 18-7-1 in PHO last 26 Fri. games.
\nPHO are 12-5 ATS in their last 17 vs. NBA Atlantic.
\nBOS are 7-2 ATS in the last 9 meetings in Phoenix.
\nRoad team is 12-4 ATS in the last 16 meetings.<\/p>\n

Boston vs. Phoenix pick: Lakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ian Van Den Hurk has covered amateur and pro sports for years, including a successful run handicapping anything from football to mixed martial arts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On Friday its the Phoenix Suns vs. Boston Celtics in the NBA. Odds for tonights matchup favor the Celtics by 3.5 the total is set at 200.5. Here is a preview and free NBA betting pick…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":28126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[28750,166,43487,43488,43489,10480,43483,43484,43485,43482,470,502,21148,2381,3951,43486,1004,1037,24011],"class_list":["post-32862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-28750","tag-betting-odds","tag-boston-phoenix-odds","tag-boston-phoenix-prediction","tag-boston-phoenix-spread","tag-boston-vs-phoenix","tag-celtics-suns-spread","tag-celtics-vs-suns","tag-celtics-vs-suns-free-pick","tag-free-boston-celtics-vs-phoenix-suns-nba-pick","tag-free-pick","tag-gambling-lines","tag-nba-basketball-predictions","tag-nba-picks","tag-nba-preview","tag-phoenix-suns-vs-boston-celtics","tag-point-spread","tag-preview","tag-pro-basketball-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32862"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107344,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32862\/revisions\/107344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}