{"id":2771,"date":"2008-11-22T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/pacers-heat-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-22T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T15:29:00","slug":"pacers-heat-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/pacers-heat-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers-Heat Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at AmericanAirlines Arena will be treated to a game between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat when they take their seats on Saturday. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Heat listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Pacers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Marquis Daniels had a team-high 25 points in Indiana&#8217;s 100-98 overtime loss to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Friday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">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><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Heat were cooled off 101-95 by the Raptors last time out, as 3-point favorites at home. The 196 points made it OVER the posted total of 188. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dwyane Wade netted a game-high 40 points in a losing effort. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 5-6 SU, <st1:date Month=\"6\" Day=\"4\" Year=\"2001\">6-4-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Miami: 6-6 SU, <st1:date Month=\"5\" Day=\"6\" Year=\"2001\">5-6-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Indiana most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Dallas are 5-5<br \/>After playing Orlando are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Miami most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Houston are 6-4<br \/>After playing Toronto are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Indiana is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Miami<br \/>Indiana is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games when playing Miami<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 18 of Indiana&#8217;s last 25 games when playing on the road against Miami<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Miami<br \/>Miami is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Indiana<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 18 of Miami&#8217;s last 25 games when playing at home against Indiana<br \/>Miami is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Indiana<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, November 25<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, November 24<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at AmericanAirlines Arena will be treated to a game between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Heat listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Pacers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Marquis Daniels had a team-high 25 points in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/pacers-heat-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pacers-Heat Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-2771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771","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=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}