{"id":2550,"date":"2008-11-04T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/mavericks-spurs-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-04T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T13:36:00","slug":"mavericks-spurs-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/mavericks-spurs-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks-Spurs Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs will meet on the court at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>AT&amp;T<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Josh Howard led the way for <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 18 points in its 100-81 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 2.5-point road underdogs as the game played under the 193-point total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Spurs were upset 100-99 by the Trail Blazers last time out, as 2-point favorites on the road. The 199 points sailed OVER the posted total of 174.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tim Duncan netted a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-2 SU, 1-2 ATS <br \/>San Antonio: 0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Denver are 6-4<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 7-3<br \/>After playing Portland are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Dallas is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against San Antonio<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Dallas is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing San Antonio<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas&#8217;s last 7 games when playing San Antonio<br \/>San Antonio is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Antonio&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Antonio&#8217;s last 11 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Antonio&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Dallas<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, November 7<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, November 5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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 Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs will meet on the court at AT&amp;T Center on Tuesday in a battle of division rivals. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Josh Howard led the way for Dallas with 18 points in its 100-81 loss &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/mavericks-spurs-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mavericks-Spurs 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-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550","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=2550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}