{"id":2885,"date":"2008-12-03T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/timberwolves-magic-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-03T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T15:33:00","slug":"timberwolves-magic-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/timberwolves-magic-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves-Magic 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 Minnesota Timberwolves and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Amway Arena. <?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 Magic listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, 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\">Randy Foye paced <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> with 23 points in its 100-90 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 4-point home favorites as the game played over the 184-point total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rashard Lewis led the way for <st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 30 points in its 107-88 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 8-point home favorites as the teams played over the 189.5-point total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 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 \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 4-12 SU, 6-10 ATS <br \/>Orlando: 13-5 SU, <st1:date Month=\"9\" Day=\"8\" Year=\"2001\">9-8-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing New Jersey are 6-4<br \/>After playing Charlotte are 2-6<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Orlando most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Oklahoma City are 3-7<br \/>After playing Boston are 7-3<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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Orlando<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Orlando<br \/>Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Orlando<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Orlando&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Orlando&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>Orlando is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games <br \/>Orlando is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:State><st1:place>New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, December 5<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, December 5<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 Minnesota Timberwolves and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Amway Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Randy Foye paced Minnesota with 23 points in its 100-90 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/timberwolves-magic-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Timberwolves-Magic 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-2885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885","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=2885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}