{"id":2478,"date":"2008-10-29T06:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/heat-knicks-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-29T06:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T11:41:00","slug":"heat-knicks-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/heat-knicks-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat-Knicks Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Madison Square Garden will be treated to a<br \/>game between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks<br \/>when they take their seats on Wednesday. <br \/>Oddsmakers currently have the Knicks listed as 3-point<br \/>favorites versus the Heat, while the game&#39;s total has<br \/>not yet been posted. <br \/>The lowly Heat closed out their season with a rare<br \/>113-99 win over the Hawks on Wednesday, as 5-point<br \/>underdogs. The 212 points sailed OVER the posted total<br \/>of 187.5. <br \/>Ricky Davis led the way with 15 points, seven rebounds<br \/>and nine assists. Jason Williams added a team-high 17<br \/>points in the win. <br \/>The Knicks lost their season finale 132-123 to the<br \/>Pacers on Wednesday, as 6.5-point underdogs. The<br \/>combined score sailed OVER the posted total of 221. <br \/>Zach Randolph had 23 points and 15 rebounds for a<br \/>double-double in a losing effort for the Knicks. <br \/>Team records:<br \/>Miami: 0-0 SU, 0-0 ATS <br \/>New York: 0-0 SU, 0-0 ATS <br \/>Miami most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Sacramento are 6-4<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 1-9<\/p>\n<p>New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Indiana are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami&#39;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami&#39;s last 6 games<br \/>on the road<br \/>Miami is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami&#39;s last 5 games<br \/>when playing on the road against New York<br \/>New York is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing<br \/>Miami<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York&#39;s last 5<br \/>games when playing at home against Miami<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of New York&#39;s last 12<br \/>games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 11 of New York&#39;s last 15<br \/>games at home<br \/>Next up:<br \/>Miami home to Sacramento, Friday, October 31<br \/>New York at Philadelphia, Friday, October 31<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Madison Square Garden will be treated to agame between the Miami Heat and the New York Knickswhen they take their seats on Wednesday. Oddsmakers currently have the Knicks listed as 3-pointfavorites versus the Heat, while the game&#39;s total hasnot yet been posted. The lowly Heat closed out their season with a rare113-99 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/heat-knicks-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Heat-Knicks Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}