{"id":2892,"date":"2008-12-04T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/suns-mavericks-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-04T07:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-04T12:37:00","slug":"suns-mavericks-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/suns-mavericks-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns-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 fans 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> will be treated to a game between the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks when they take their seats on Thursday. <?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 Suns lost 104-91 to the Hornets last time out, as 9-point road underdogs. The 195 points made it OVER the posted total of 194. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Amare Stoudemire tossed in a game-high 26 points in a losing effort. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dirk Nowitzki dropped 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Mavericks over the Clippers 100-98 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> failed to cover as 11.5-point home favorites as the teams played over the 195-point total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 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>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 11-8 SU, 8-11 ATS <br \/>Dallas: 9-8 SU, 8-9 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Phoenix most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Utah are 6-4<br \/>After playing New Orleans are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 7-3<br \/>After playing LA Clippers are 5-5<br \/>After a win 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 \/>Phoenix is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games on the road<br \/>Phoenix is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Phoenix is 3-4-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Phoenix is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas<br \/>Dallas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix<br \/>Dallas is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas&#8217;s last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, December 6<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, December 6<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 fans at American Airlines Center will be treated to a game between the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks when they take their seats on Thursday. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Suns lost 104-91 to the Hornets last time out, as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/suns-mavericks-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suns-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-2892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892","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=2892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}