Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Boston Celtics will travel in their long west coast trip with a stop to the Utah Jazz in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night.
Start time from Utah is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV.
The point spread opened up with the road club Boston Celtics favored by -5 ½ points with an over under of 189.
NBA bettors has come on the side of the home underdog Jazz as the Celtics are now favored by -4 points. The total has moved up to 191 ½ points.
Boston Celtics money line gamblers will lay -185 odds with the home underdog Utah Jazz bringing back +175 odds to earn the win outright without the benefit of getting points.
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This will be their second meeting of the regular season. On January 21st it was all Boston as the Celtics put a 110-86 beat down to the Utah Jazz as a -6 point home favorite.
The total played over the closing over under of 195 points.
Boston shot 55.2% from the field in victory and 9 of 21 from three. The team survived 16 turnovers.
Kevin Garnett led the Celtics with 21 points on 7 of 10 shooting. Paul Pierce contributed with 20 points on 5 of 8 from the floor. Five Celtics were in double digits in the win.
Utah made only 40% from the field and 4 of 13 from three. The team self destructed with 21 turnovers in their defeat.
Earl Watson led the Jazz scores with 12 points on just 3 of 9 from the floor. Andrei Kirilenko, Paul Millsap and Gordon Hayword each had 11 points.
Boston travels to Utah with a mark of 42-15 on the season. The team is 17-10 on the highway.
Boston sits atop the Eastern conference standings and two games in the loss column ahead of the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls who are tied in the loss column for the second seed.
The team embarked on a four game west coast trip following the All Star break and the team is 2-1 in those games. They are coming off a 99-92 road victory at the LA Clippers on Saturday night as a -8 point favorite.
The Celtics made just 41.1% of their shots and 4 of 9 from the three point line. The team got to the line 41 times on LA and converted 35. Boston out rebounded the Clips by a 43-36 margin. They held the Clippers to 46.1% shooting.
Paul Pierce led the Celtics in scoring with 24 points on 6 of 14 from the floor and 11 of 13 from the line. Ray Allen contributed with 22 points on 7 of 14 shooting.
Utah hosts Boston with a record of 32-28. The team is just 17-13 on their home court.
The Jazz have slid down to a tie with the Memphis Grizzlies in the loss column for the 8th seed in the west with 22 games left to play. Once Jerry Sloan left the team the Jazz have the look of a lottery club.
Since Jerry Sloan’s resignation the Jazz have dropped five of their past six games. The team is coming off a bad 120-116 road loss to the lowly Detroit Pistons on Saturday night as a -4 ½ point road favorite.
Utah hit on 59.5% of their shots and 5 of 13 from the three point line against a Detroit club that has given up on its coach, ownership and fan base. They lost the rebounding battle by a 41-39 difference. The Jazz gave away the game with 16 turnovers and 11 misses out of 34 from the line.
They allowed Detroit to make 50% of their shots and 11 of 17 from three.
Paul Millsap led the Jazz with 23 points on 9 of 12 from the field with 11 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko contributed with 21 points on 9 of 11 shooting and 7 boards.
Trend: The over is 3-0 in their past three meetings.
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