Vegas: Celtics by 9.5 over Raptors

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Gameday Matchup
	W-L	PF	PA	HOME	ROAD	STK	L10
TOR	7-9	105.8	108.6	5-2	2-7	L1	4-6
BOS	11-4	99.3	90.9	6-3	5-1	W2	6-4

Last 5 Games
TORONTO (ET)	BOSTON (ET)
Nov 25 @CHA Loss 116-81 Nov 24 IND Win 123-112 Nov 22 ORL Loss 104-96 Nov 20 MIA Win 120-113 Nov 18 @UTA Loss 104-91	Nov 25 PHI Win 113-110 Nov 22 @NY Win 107-105 Nov 20 ORL Loss 83-78 Nov 18 GS Win 109-95 Nov 14 @IND Loss 113-104

I started posting the Vegas odds with the Utah game. More than anything else, these posts have served as my substitute for a real pre-game analysis. In any event, since the loss to Atlanta, we've covered one point-spread, Wednesday's game against Philadelphia. It appears that the odds-makers have noticed, too, as tonight's 9.5 point spread seems historically low for a Friday night in the Garden, but about right for how the Celtics are playing at the present.

I'm gonna go all Celtics Blog on you and predict that the green starts getting it together tonight. This prediction assumes the Celtics can in fact get it together and play great basketball. If they can, now would be a good time to do it, as they play seven of the next nine games on the road.

Screwing-around for three and a half quarters has Celtics fans a tad bit annoyed. It says here that the Celtics players are annoyed, too, and they start to do something about it tonight.