{"id":2907,"date":"2008-12-05T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/raptors-jazz-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-05T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T17:21:00","slug":"raptors-jazz-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/raptors-jazz-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors-Jazz 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 Toronto Raptors and the Utah Jazz will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at EnergySolutions 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\">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\">Chris Bosh led <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 24 points and 12 rebounds in its 132-93 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 6.5-point home favorites as the game played over the 206-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Jazz was defeated 93-89 by the Heat last time out, as 3.5-point favorites. The 182 points went UNDER the posted total of 199. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Paul Millsap had a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds in a losing effort. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 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:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-9 SU, 6-11 ATS <br \/>Utah: 12-8 SU, 10-10 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Portland are 6-4<br \/>After playing Denver are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Utah most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Phoenix are 6-4<br \/>After playing Miami are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<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 8 of Toronto&#8217;s last 10 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Utah<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against Utah<br \/>Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Utah is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Utah is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Toronto<br \/>Utah is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 7<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/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 Toronto Raptors and the Utah Jazz will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at EnergySolutions Arena. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 24 points and 12 rebounds in its 132-93 loss to Denver &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/raptors-jazz-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Raptors-Jazz 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-2907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907","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=2907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}