{"id":2926,"date":"2008-12-06T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/cavaliers-bobcats-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-06T08:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T13:43:00","slug":"cavaliers-bobcats-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/cavaliers-bobcats-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers-Bobcats Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Charlotte Bobcats will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Time Warner Cable Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 9-point favorites versus the Bobcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cavaliers had six players reach double-figures in Friday’s 97-73 victory over the Pacers. The Cavaliers covered the 11-point spread, but the combined score fell UNDER the night’s posted total of 207. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
LeBron James had 11 points, eight rebounds and 11 assists for the Cavaliers. Mo Williams and Zdrunas Ilgauskas had 17 points apiece in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bobcats were defeated 101-96 by the Bucks last time out, as 4-point underdogs. That game’s 197 points sailed OVER the posted total of 186. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Raymond Felton led the Bobcats with 19 points with eight assists. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 7 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 16-3 SU, 15-4 ATS
Charlotte: 7-12 SU, 12-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 8-2
Before playing Toronto are 7-3
After playing Indiana are 7-3
After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n

Charlotte most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 2-8
Before playing Miami are 3-7
After playing Milwaukee are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Cleveland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Cleveland is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing Charlotte
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 6 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 6 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Charlotte is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Charlotte is 3-13 SU in its last 16 games when playing Cleveland<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 9
Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, December 8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Charlotte Bobcats will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Time Warner Cable Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 9-point favorites versus the Bobcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Cavaliers had six players reach double-figures in Friday’s 97-73 … Continue reading Cavaliers-Bobcats 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-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926","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=2926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}