However, there does appear to be some real value in taking a closer look at an \u201cUnder\u201d play for this matchup. In the last 17 games where Boston has played the night before, they have posted a record of 3 overs and 14 unders, including six \u201cUnders\u201d in their last seven in this situation.<\/p>\n
The Total has been set at 208<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The New York Knicks have been amongst the worst teams in the NBA the last few years but there seems to be a proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n The Knicks are two victories away from matching their win total from last season and it isn\u2019t even the All-Star break yet\u2014New York is 21-27 overall and a sturdy 28-20 ATS.<\/p>\n Boston has had a fairly easy time of it the last 20 trips to MSG, going 13-7 SU and more importantly to bettors, 15-5 ATS.<\/p>\n SPORTSBETTING.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong> is reporting early action is all over Boston, with the favorite grabbing 75% of the betting public\u2019s money so far.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t get an easier for the Celtics as they return home after the game against New York, rest for a day and then play a Sunday afternoon tilt against the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n While the Spurs have one of the best records in the Western Conference at 33-15, they are a meager 23-23-2 ATS.<\/p>\n The game against the Celtics will be the Spurs\u2019 first in an Atlantic division swing and while San Antonio is 14-6 SU in the last 20 against the likes of Boston, New Jersey, New York and Toronto, they are a paltry 6-13-1 ATS.<\/p>\n However, Boston has been very hospitable when San Antonio visits the Garden, going 2-12 SU and 4-10 ATS in the last 14 home games against the Spurs. After a game against the Toronto Raptors earlier in the week, Kobe was quoted in the National Post as saying he didn\u2019t give a rat\u2019s ass that LeBron James had surpassed him as the youngest player to score 12,000 points by a year.<\/p>\n That quote might be used in the pre-game hype to this potential 2009 NBA final matchup.<\/p>\n The Lakers have been a profitable road team lately going 10-1 SU and 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 games away from the STAPLES Center and they\u2019ve also been very reliable on the Over going above the Total in the last eight-straight.<\/p>\n The Cavs are an amazing 23-0 SU and 18-5 ATS at home and have gone 9-6 SU and 9-5 ATS (a game in 1997 didn\u2019t have odds released) the last 15 times they\u2019ve hosted the Lake Show; they went Under six out of the last seven home games vs. the Lakers.<\/p>\n Some interesting games featuring the NBA\u2019s marquee teams from Friday to Sunday so enjoy the games and your weekend.<\/p>\n The Celtics have only lost 10 games all year (41-10) and sport a profitable 28-23 ATS mark. They have a date with the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden tonight…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[10170,10171,10169,10172,492,10168,8154,745,10173,9207,1143,9205,9243,7500,9241,7501],"class_list":["post-8176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-boston-celtics-vs-ny-knicks","tag-boston-vs-ny","tag-celtics-vs-knicks","tag-celtics-vs-knicks-betting-preview","tag-future-odds","tag-nba-basketball-future-odds","tag-nba-basketball-odds","tag-nba-futures","tag-nba-gambling-odds","tag-proposition-gambling-odds","tag-sports-betting","tag-sportsbetting","tag-sportsbetting-props","tag-sportsbettingcom","tag-sportsbettingcom-future-odds","tag-sportsbettingcom-sportsbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8178,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8176\/revisions\/8178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAs for the team that played the Celtics in the NBA final and beat them in OT last night, the Los Angeles Lakers have a tilt in Cleveland against the Cavaliers with tip-off coming about two hours after the start of the Spurs-Celtics game.<\/p>\nBe sure to check out the \u201cMardi Gras Party\u201d at SPORTSBETTING.com today and through the weekend. They have a special Pro Bowl bonus, plus Saturday they have NCAA hoops giveaways, and much more.<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"