Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Boston Celtics will travel to the Lone Star state to battle the San Antonio Spurs in an NBA pro basketball game on Thursday night.
Tip off time from San Antonio is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.
The betting odds opened up in this NBA game with the San Antonio Spurs favored by –2 points with an over under of 187 points.
Money has shown on the side of the Celtics as the San Antonio Spurs are currently favored by -1 ½ points.
The total has moved up to 187 ½ points.
Those backing the favored San Antonio Spurs on the money line will lay –130 odds with the underdog Boston Celtics bringing back +110 odds to post the upset win without the need for getting the points.
These clubs will meet for the second and last time this regular season.
Back on January 5th it was the Boston Celtics with the 105-103 home win against the Spurs as a -2 ½ point favorite. The game landed over 190 points.
The Celtics were on fire in the win hitting on 61.3% from the field and 5 of 9 from the three point line.
Ray Allen led the club with 31 points on 13 of 16 from the floor and five assists. Big Baby Glen Davis had 23 points on 10 of 18 shooting.
San Antonio shot 45.3% from the floor and hit on 9 of 22 from three. The team hit on 16 of 17 from the line and pulled down one more rebound than Boston.
Manu Ginobili led the club with 24 points on 7 of 12 shooting and 8 boards. Tony Parker and Tim Duncan chipped in each with 18 points.
Boston enters play with an overall record of 51-22. The team is 22-14 on the road this season.
The Celtics sit in the second seed in the Eastern conference and two games behind the top seeded Chicago Bulls with just 9 games remaining.
The team has struggled of late as they have dropped three of their past four games with two losses to bad teams. The club is coming off the 107-100 defeat to the Indiana Pacers on Monday night as a -2 point road favorite.
The Celtics gave away the game in the fourth quarter where they were outscored 26-15.
The team hit on 54.8% in defeat and 4 of 11 from the three point line. They lost the rebounding battle by a 36-29 margin.
They allowed the Pacers 54.5% shooting and 6 of 15 from beyond the arc.
Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 23 points and six boards on 8 of 13 shooting. Rajon Rondo chipped in with 22 points and 8 assists.
San Antonio checks in with a record of 57-17. The club is 24-13 on the road this year.
The Spurs sit in the first seed in the Western conference just three games in the loss column ahead of the LA Lakers with just 8 games left to play.
San Antonio has been hit with the injury bug and is in free fall as they are losers of four straight.
Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili have been listed as doubtful. Both Tony Parker and Antonio McDyess are probable with injuries.
The club is coming off a 100-92 defeat at home to the Portland Trailblazers on Sunday night as a -3 point favorite.
The Spurs shot 48.1% in defeat and 6 of 25 from three. The team lost the rebounding battle by a 39-37 margin. The Spurs missed 10 of 20 free throws.
They allowed Portland 52.4% shooting and 8 of 17 from three.
George Hill led the Spurs with 27 points and six assists on 11 of 20 from the floor. Tiago Splitter contributed with 14 points and nine boards with 6 of 11 shooting.
Trend: Boston Celtics are 10-1 to the under in their past 11 games.
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