{"id":2768,"date":"2008-11-22T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/rockets-magic-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-22T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T15:23:00","slug":"rockets-magic-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/rockets-magic-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-Magic Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Rockets and the Orlando Magic will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Amway Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tracy McGrady led the way with 20 points on Friday night as the Rockets got past the Wizards by a final score of 103-91. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockets managed to cover the 6.5-point spread on the road in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the posted total (182.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dwight Howard had 24 points and 17 boards on Friday night as the Magic beat the Pacers 100-98 in overtime. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Magic were only able to PUSH the 2-point spread on the road in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the posted total (203). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-5 SU, 6-7 ATS
Orlando: 9-3 SU, 6-5-1<\/st1:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Miami are 4-6
After playing Washington are 6-4
After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n

Orlando most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Milwaukee are 2-8
After playing Indiana are 4-6
After a win are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Orlando
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Orlando
Houston is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Orlando
Houston is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing Orlando
Orlando is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Orlando is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando’s last 7 games when playing Houston
Orlando is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, November 24
Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, November 24<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Rockets and the Orlando Magic will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Amway Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Tracy McGrady led the way with 20 points on Friday night as … Continue reading Rockets-Magic 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-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768","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=2768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}