{"id":2872,"date":"2008-12-02T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/lakers-pacers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-02T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T12:53:00","slug":"lakers-pacers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/lakers-pacers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers-Pacers 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 Los Angeles Lakers and the Indiana Pacers will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Conseco Fieldhouse.<?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 Lakers listed as 9-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\">The Lakers defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 112-96 as a 12-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (206).<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Pau Gasol netted 24 points for the Lakers, while Kobe Bryant scored 23 points and handed out seven assists in the win.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Pacers were defeated 110-96 by the Magic last time out, as 8-point road underdogs. That game&#8217;s 206 points made it OVER the posted total of 202.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Marquis Daniels led Indiana with 21 points and eight rebounds, while Danny Granger added a team-high 27 points in the loss.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/>Los Angeles has won 7 straight games.<br \/>Indiana has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/>Los Angeles: 14-1 SU, 10-5 ATS <br \/>Indiana: 6-10 SU, 8-7-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 2-8<br \/>After playing Toronto are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>Indiana most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Boston are 6-4<br \/>After playing Orlando are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games <br \/>LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 6 games when playing Indiana<br \/>LA Lakers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana&#8217;s last 6 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indiana&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Indiana is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Lakers<br \/>Indiana is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Lakers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Lakers at <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, December 3<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, December 3<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 Los Angeles Lakers and the Indiana Pacers will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Conseco Fieldhouse. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 9-point favorites versus the Pacers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Lakers defeated Toronto 112-96 as a 12-point favorite on Sunday. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/lakers-pacers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lakers-Pacers 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-2872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872","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=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}