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The Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at TD Banknorth Garden in the opening game of their first-round playoff series.
Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 8½-point favorites versus the Bulls, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Bulls were defeated 109-98 by the Raptors in their regular-season finale last time out. The Bulls were 10-point underdogs in that game, while the 207 points fell UNDER the posted total of 214.5.
The Celtics managed to cover the 4.5-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day’s posted total (190.5).
Team records:
Boston: 62-20 SU, 43-39 ATS Chicago most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6 Before playing Boston are 10-0 After playing Toronto are 4-6 After a loss are 6-4 Boston most recently: A few trends to consider:
Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago’s last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago’s last 7 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Boston Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston’s last 5 games at home Boston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games Boston is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Chicago Next up:
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