{"id":2876,"date":"2008-12-02T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/clippers-mavericks-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-02T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T13:42:00","slug":"clippers-mavericks-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/clippers-mavericks-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers-Mavericks 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 Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>American<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Airlines<\/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\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Heat lost a tough 97-96 decision to the Clippers last time out as a 2.5-point favorite. The 193 points fell UNDER the posted total of 191.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Mavericks rebounded from a loss to defeat the slumping Kings 99-78 on Saturday. The Mavericks covered the 4-point spread, while the combined score fell UNDER the posted total of 207.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jason Terry led the way with 24 points, and Dirk Nowitzki added 19 in the win.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 3-13 SU, 4-12 ATS <br \/>Dallas: 8-8 SU, 8-8 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 4-6<br \/>Before playing Houston are 2-8<br \/>After playing Miami are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 1-9<\/p>\n<p>Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Phoenix are 6-4<br \/>After playing Sacramento are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 4-6<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 UNDER in 13 of the LA Clippers last 17 games when playing Dallas<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of the LA Clippers last 8 games when playing on the road against Dallas<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of the LA Clippers last 10 games <br \/>LA Clippers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games on the road<br \/>Dallas is 7-1 SU in their last 8 games when playing at home against LA Clippers<br \/>Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Dallas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games <br \/>Dallas is 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing LA Clippers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Clippers at <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, December 3<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, December 4<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 Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at American Airlines Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Heat lost a tough 97-96 decision to the Clippers last time out as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/clippers-mavericks-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Clippers-Mavericks 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-2876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876","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=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}