NBA Playoff Odds: Chicago at Boston

by Elizabeth Fairview  |  April 28th, 2009
Paul Pierce Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are back home where they won three Game 5’s on their way to the NBA championship last season. (AP Images)

They have to do it again tonight or risk being a stunning first-round upset two days later in the noisy building of the young Chicago Bulls.

An MRI Monday confirmed that Ben Gordon had a strained left hamstring and is listed as day-to-day, though Gordon said Sunday he thought he'd play.

Last year Boston was tied 2-2 in its series with Atlanta, Cleveland, and Detroit, going on to beat the Hawks and Cavaliers in seven games and the Pistons in six. They won the NBA title in six games over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Now the 8-point favored Celtics will be playing before friendly fans. They feel they're in good enough shape to recover from Sunday's tiring effort. They also know they're just two overtime losses from having swept the best-of-seven series. Get your NBA playoff odds in the Bodog Sportsbook now.

 
 
 

 

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  1. Posted By Eric
    April 28th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    Timeline of Shaquille O’Neal’s lawsuit against PRISM and Perry Rogers
    Oct. 16: Perry Rogers and Andre Agassi, friends since childhood, announce the termination of their business relationship. Rogers had been Agassi’s longtime agent.
    Dec. 5: Rogers and his company, PRISM, sue Agassi’s wife, fellow tennis icon Steffi Graf, for $50,000 in a Nevada court, alleging unpaid fees.
    Dec. 17: Rogers steps down unannounced from PRISM, the firm he started. According to Rogers, as part of an arrangement with Agassi, the tennis player and others received the firm.
    Dec. 29: Rogers registers his new agency, PR Partners, with the state of Nevada.
    Jan. 13: Rogers drops the Graf lawsuit without prejudice, meaning he retains the right to refile it. Agassi Graf Holdings later said there was no settlement that led to the action.
    Jan. 23: Shaquille O’Neal terminates his agent relationship with Rogers and PRISM, according to the player’s lawsuit.
    Jan. 30: Rogers sends a letter to the National Basketball Players Association seeking arbitration to settle a dispute between PRISM and Rogers over who is entitled to representation fees for O’Neal.
    Feb. 10: O’Neal sues PRISM and Rogers in Florida, saying they no longer represent him and that the two entities were fighting over which side was entitled to fees.
    March 12: Rogers asks the Florida court to dismiss the O’Neal case, arguing that the dispute’s proper venue is before an NBPA arbitrator.
    April 21: Rogers says the lawsuit will be dismissed within a matter of weeks and that O’Neal is still his client. PRISM does not respond to a request for comment.
    Sources: Court filings, Perry Rogers, Nevada Secretary of State Web site