{"id":2798,"date":"2008-11-24T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/rockets-heat-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-24T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T13:10:00","slug":"rockets-heat-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/rockets-heat-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-Heat Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at AmericanAirlines Arena will be treated to a game between the Houston Rockets and the Miami Heat when they take their seats on Monday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 3-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockets won their fourth game in five outings with a 100-95 victory over the Magic last time out, as 2-point road underdogs. The 195 points made it OVER that game’s posted total of 185. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Yao Ming tossed in a game-high 22 points with 13 rebounds for a double-double to lead the way. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Heat dominated the fourth quarter to earn a 109-100 victory over the Pacers on Saturday. The Heat covered the 5.5-point spread, and the 209 points sailed OVER the posted total of 197.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Dwyane Wade dropped a game-high 38 points with four rebounds and eight assists to lead the Heat, and Shawn Marion had 18 in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 9-5 SU, 7-7 ATS
Miami: 7-6 SU, 6-6-1<\/st1:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 9-1
Before playing Indiana are 6-4
After playing Orlando are 4-6
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Miami most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Portland are 5-5
After playing Indiana are 3-7
After a win are 1-9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Houston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Houston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami’s last 5 games when playing Houston
Miami is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Houston
Miami is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, November 26
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, November 26<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at AmericanAirlines Arena will be treated to a game between the Houston Rockets and the Miami Heat when they take their seats on Monday. Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 3-point favorites versus the Heat, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Rockets won their fourth game in five … Continue reading Rockets-Heat 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-2798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798","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=2798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}