{"id":2905,"date":"2008-12-05T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/warriors-rockets-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-05T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T16:45:00","slug":"warriors-rockets-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/warriors-rockets-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors-Rockets 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>Toyota<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets when they take their seats on Friday. <?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 Rockets listed as 9-point favorites versus the Warriors, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 209. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jamal Crawford led <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> with 40 points and seven assists in its 130-129 overtime loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/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>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 3-point road underdogs as the teams played over the 212-point total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Rockets got out to an early lead and held on for a 103-96 victory over the Clippers on Wednesday. The Rockets failed to cover the 11-point spread, and the 199 points made it OVER the posted total of 188. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Yao Ming led the way with a double-double for the Rockets, tossing in 24 points with 10 rebounds. Rafer Alston chipped in with 21 points and eight rebounds in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 7 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 5-13 SU, 8-10 ATS <br \/>Houston: 12-7 SU, 9-10 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 4-6<br \/>After playing <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 5-5<br \/>After playing LA Clippers are 5-5<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 OVER in 7 of Golden State&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Houston<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Golden State&#8217;s last 11 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Golden State&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Golden State&#8217;s last 19 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of Houston&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Golden State<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Houston&#8217;s last 15 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Golden State<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, December 6<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, December 8<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 Toyota Center will be treated to a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets when they take their seats on Friday. Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 9-point favorites versus the Warriors, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 209. Jamal Crawford led Golden State with 40 points &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/warriors-rockets-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Warriors-Rockets 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-2905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905","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=2905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}