NBA Eastern Conference Rundown
April 6, 2009
In the Eastern Conference, the top three teams, (Cleveland, Boston and Orlando) have all gone a stellar 8-2 SU against the spread over their last 10 games.
The top-seeded Cavaliers (62-15 SU, 46-31 ATS, 33-43 O/U) own the league’s second-best ATS record this season but have gone just 4-6 ATS over their last ten contests. The Cavaliers have five games remaining with three of those contests being home matchups, including an April 12 date against the defending-champion Boston Celtics.
The second-seeded Celtics (58-19 SU, 40-37 ATS, 37-39 O/U) will head into Tuesday’s action riding a four-game winning streak and have gone 6-4 ATS during their last 10 contests.
The C’s have three home (New Jersey, Miami, Washington) and two road (Cleveland, Philadelphia) contests remaining.
Orlando, (57-19 SU, 48-27 ATS, 35-41 O/U) owners of the league’s best ATS record, will hit the floor on Tuesday night riding a two-game winning streak in the BetOnline Sportsbook.
Orlando, which has gone 6-4 ATS over their last 10 contests, has six games remaining with home dates against the Grizzlies, Knicks, and Bobcats and road matchups against Houston, New Jersey and Milwaukee.
The fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Hawks (43-34 SU, 41-35-1 ATS, 35-40 O/U) have gone just 4-6 ATS during their last 10 games and have lost three straight games heading into Tuesday night’s action.
Atlanta has two consecutive road contests remaining against Toronto and Milwaukee followed by three home games against Indiana, Miami and Memphis.
The fifth-seeded Miami Heat (41-36 SU, 37-38-2 ATS, 42-34 O/U) have won two consecutive games heading into Tuesday night’s action and have gone a respectable 6-4 ATS and 5-5 SU over their last 10 games.
D-Wade and the Heat have home dates remaining against New Orleans, New York and Detroit and road contests against Boston and Atlanta.
The No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia 76ers, (40-36 SU, 35-39-2 ATS, 33-39 O/U) have gone 6-4 SU and 5-5 AATS over their last 10 games and have six games remaining on their schedule, including road contests at Charlotte, Chicago and Toronto with home contests against Cleveland, Boston and Cleveland again to close out their regular season.
The seventh-seeded Chicago Bulls, (37-40 SU, 40-36-1 ATS, 41-34 O/U) have gone a robust 7-3 SU over their last 10 games and 6-4 against the spread during the span. The Bulls have four home games (New York, Philadelphia, Charlotte and Toronto) remaining and one road contest against Detroit on their regular season docket.
The No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons, have an identical 37-40 SU as the Bulls and have not helped their cause much by going just 4-6 SU over their last 10 games. Chicago has managed to record a 6-4ATS record during the span.
The Charlotte Bobcats, (34-43 SU, 45-32 ATS, 33-43 O/U) currently in ninth place in the East, have seen their playoff hopes take a big hit, dropping each of its last three games while going just 5-5 SU and 6-4 ATS over their last 10 games.
Charlotte has four straight road contests remaining (Oklahoma City, Chicago, New Jersey and Orlando) following Tuesday night’s lone home contest against Philadelphia.




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