{"id":2748,"date":"2008-11-21T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/hornets-thunders-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-21T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T17:56:00","slug":"hornets-thunders-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/hornets-thunders-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets-Thunders Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Ford Center will be treated to a game between the New Orleans Hornets and the Oklahoma City Thunder when they take their seats on Friday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Hornets listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game’s total is sitting at 191. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Hornets were upset 105-96 by the Kings last time out, as 13.5-point favorites. That game’s 201 points made it OVER the posted total of 197. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chris Paul had 20 points and 15 assists in a losing effort for the Hornets. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Thunder lost 108-88 to the Clippers last time out, as 1-point underdogs. The 196 points made it OVER the posted total of 188. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Damien Wilkins led the Thunder with 17 points and five rebounds. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
New Orleans has lost 2 straight games.
Oklahoma City has lost 9 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New Orleans: 5-5 SU, 2-7-1 ATS
Oklahoma City: 1-11 SU, 5-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New Orleans most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Oklahoma City are 6-4
After playing Sacramento are 7-3
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City most recently:
When playing on Friday are 2-8
Before playing New Orleans are 4-6
After playing LA Clippers are 4-6
After a loss are 1-9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
New Orleans is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Orleans’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans’s last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oklahoma City’s last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma City’s last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans
Oklahoma City is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against New Orleans
Oklahoma City is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against New Orleans<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
New Orleans home to Oklahoma City, Saturday, November 22
Oklahoma City at New Orleans, Saturday, November 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Ford Center will be treated to a game between the New Orleans Hornets and the Oklahoma City Thunder when they take their seats on Friday. Oddsmakers currently have the Hornets listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game’s total is sitting at 191. The Hornets were upset 105-96 by the … Continue reading Hornets-Thunders 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-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","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=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}