{"id":2740,"date":"2008-11-21T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/nets-raptors-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-21T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T13:26:00","slug":"nets-raptors-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/nets-raptors-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets-Raptors Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Air Canada Centre will be treated to a game between the New Jersey Nets and the Toronto Raptors when they take their seats on Friday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Raptors listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Devin Harris was the high scorer for New Jersey with 23 points in its 106-82 loss to Cleveland on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland won as 6-point road favorites as the game played under the 197.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Raptors put up 54 points in the second half as they defeated the Heat 101-95 on Wednesday, as 3-point road underdogs. The 196 points made it OVER the posted total of 188. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andrea Bargnani shot 9-for-15 from the field with 25 points and four rebounds. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New Jersey: 4-6 SU, 5-5 ATS
Toronto: 6-5 SU, 6-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New Jersey most recently:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing LA Clippers are 4-6
After playing Cleveland are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing Miami are 3-7
After a win are 3-7<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of New Jersey’s last 25 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey’s last 6 games on the road
New Jersey is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of New Jersey’s last 15 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto’s last 5 games
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Jersey<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
New Jersey home to LA Clippers, Saturday, November 22
Toronto home to Boston, Sunday, November 23<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Air Canada Centre will be treated to a game between the New Jersey Nets and the Toronto Raptors when they take their seats on Friday. Oddsmakers currently have the Raptors listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Devin Harris was the high scorer … Continue reading Nets-Raptors 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-2740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740","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=2740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}