{"id":2875,"date":"2008-12-02T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/76ers-bulls-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-02T08:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T13:38:00","slug":"76ers-bulls-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/76ers-bulls-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers-Bulls 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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 76ers and the Chicago Bulls will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>United<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>.<?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 Bulls listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the 76ers, 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 76ers lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 103-92 as a 6-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (194).<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Elton Brand led the 76ers with 21 points and 12 rebounds, while Thaddeus Young had 17 points.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ben Gordon scored a game-high 21 points for <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Drew Gooden added 20 points in the win.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 7-10 SU, 6-11 ATS <br \/>Chicago: 8-9 SU, 10-7 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing LA Lakers are 5-5<br \/>After playing Chicago are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 2-8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Chicago<br \/>Philadelphia is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>Philadelphia is 10-4 ATS in its last 14 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 13 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 19 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Chicago is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/>Chicago is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chicago&#8217;s last 11 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to LA Lakers, Wednesday, December 3<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/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 Philadelphia 76ers and the Chicago Bulls will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at United Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Bulls listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the 76ers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The 76ers lost to Chicago 103-92 as a 6-point favorite &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/76ers-bulls-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">76ers-Bulls 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-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875","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=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}