{"id":2739,"date":"2008-11-21T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/rockets-wizards-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-21T08:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T13:04:00","slug":"rockets-wizards-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/rockets-wizards-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-Wizards Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Rockets and the Washington Wizards will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Verizon Center. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockets were dumped 96-86 by the Mavericks last time out, as 3.5-point favorites. The 182 points fell UNDER the posted total of 189. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The 182 points fell UNDER the posted total of 189. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Rafer Alston and Tracy McGrady each had 16 points in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Wizards were defeated 91-87 by the Hawks as a 7.5-point underdog last time out. The combined 178 points went UNDER the posted total of 199.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Caron Butler tossed in a game-high 32 points with seven rebounds. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Washington has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston: 7-5 SU, 5-7 ATS
Washington: 1-8 SU, 3-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Orlando are 5-5
After playing Dallas are 6-4
After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing New York are 5-5
After playing Atlanta are 6-4
After a loss are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Houston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Washington
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Houston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Washington’s last 19 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 6 games when playing at home against Houston
Washington is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston at Orlando, Saturday, November 22
Washington at New York, Saturday, November 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Rockets and the Washington Wizards will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Verizon Center. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Rockets were dumped 96-86 by the Mavericks last time out, as 3.5-point favorites. The 182 … Continue reading Rockets-Wizards 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-2739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739","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=2739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}