{"id":2699,"date":"2008-11-17T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/rockets-thunder-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-17T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T13:21:00","slug":"rockets-thunder-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/rockets-thunder-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-Thunder Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Ford Center. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tracy McGrady netted 18 points and hauled in nine rebounds to help the Rockets defeat the Hornets 91-81 on Saturday. The Rockets covered the 2.5-point spread, while the 172 points fell UNDER the posted total of 181. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Yao Ming scored a game-high 21 points with six rebounds. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Thunder were crushed 110-85 by the 76ers last time out, as 11-point road underdogs. The 195 points made it OVER the posted total of 190. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jeff Green netted 21 points with three rebounds and four assists in that loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Oklahoma City has lost 7 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston: 6-4 SU, 4-6 ATS
Oklahoma City: 1-9 SU, 5-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Dallas are 7-3
After playing New Orleans are 7-3
After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City most recently:
When playing on Monday are 2-8
Before playing LA Clippers are 3-7
After playing Philadelphia are 3-7
After a loss are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oklahoma City
Houston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 6 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oklahoma City’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma City’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma City’s last 6 games when playing Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma City’s last 7 games when playing at home against Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston home to Dallas, Wednesday, November 19
Oklahoma City home to LA Clippers, Wednesday, November 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Ford Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Tracy McGrady netted 18 points and hauled in nine … Continue reading Rockets-Thunder Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699","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=2699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}