{"id":2557,"date":"2008-11-05T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/pistons-raptors-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-05T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T13:27:00","slug":"pistons-raptors-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/pistons-raptors-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons-Raptors 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 Detroit Pistons and the Toronto Raptors will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Air Canada Centre. <?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\">Richard Hamilton dropped 19 points, as the Pistons cruised past the Bobcats 101-83 on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 5.5-point road favorites as the game played over the 182.5-point total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Raptors held off a late surge to win their third straight in a 91-87 victory over the Bucks on Saturday, as 1-point underdogs. The 178 points fell UNDER the posted total of 192. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jose Calderon shot 8-for-15 from the field with 25 points, five rebounds and nine assists. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 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>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 3-0 SU, 1-2 ATS <br \/>Toronto: 3-0 SU, 2-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing New Jersey are 6-4<br \/>After playing Charlotte are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 7-3<br \/>After playing Milwaukee are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto&#8217;s last 7 games at home<br \/>Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Detroit<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, November 7<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, November 7<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 Detroit Pistons and the Toronto Raptors will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Air Canada Centre. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Richard Hamilton dropped 19 points, as the Pistons cruised past the Bobcats 101-83 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/pistons-raptors-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pistons-Raptors 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-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557","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=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}