{"id":2901,"date":"2008-12-05T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/timberwolves-nets-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-05T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T13:16:00","slug":"timberwolves-nets-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/timberwolves-nets-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves-Nets Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The fans at Izod<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the New Jersey Nets when they take their seats on Friday. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nets listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Timberwolves lost 100-89 to the Magic on Wednesday, as 9.5-point underdogs. The 189 points went UNDER the posted total of 197. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin Love shot 6-for-10 from the field with 16 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Devin Harris netted 18 points for New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in its 108-88 loss to Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> covered as 6-point road underdogs as the game played under the 210-point total set by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 4-13 SU, 6-11 ATS
New Jersey: 9-8 SU, 10-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing LA Clippers are 5-5
After playing Orlando are 4-6
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

New Jersey most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Philadelphia are 2-8
After playing Washington are 3-7
After a loss are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
Minnesota is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing New Jersey
New Jersey is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Jersey’s last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey’s last 7 games
New Jersey is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to LA Clippers, Saturday, December 6
New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, December 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The fans at Izod Center will be treated to a game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the New Jersey Nets when they take their seats on Friday. Oddsmakers currently have the Nets listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Timberwolves, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Timberwolves lost 100-89 to the Magic … Continue reading Timberwolves-Nets Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901","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=2901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}