{"id":2930,"date":"2008-12-06T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/clippers-timberwolves-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-06T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T14:04:00","slug":"clippers-timberwolves-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/clippers-timberwolves-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers-Timberwolves 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 Los Angeles Clippers and the Minnesota Timberwolves will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Target<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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 Timberwolves listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Clippers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Clippers were outclassed in a 93-81 loss to the Grizzlies last time out, as 1.5-point favorites. The 174 points fell UNDER the posted total of 199. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Marcus Camby shot 7-for-8 from the field with 15 points and 10 rebounds in a double-double performance in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Timberwolves lost 113-84 to the Nets last time out, as 7-point underdogs. The 197 points fell UNDER the posted total of 202. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Al Jefferson notched a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Timberwolves. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 4 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>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 3-16 SU, 6-13 ATS <br \/>Minnesota: 4-14 SU, 6-12 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Orlando are 4-6<br \/>After playing Memphis are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Utah are 1-9<br \/>After playing New Jersey are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<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 UNDER in 6 of the LA Clippers last 7 games when playing on the road against Minnesota<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Clippers last 6 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>LA Clippers are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games when playing on the road against Minnesota<br \/>LA Clippers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against LA Clippers<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota&#8217;s last 6 games when playing LA Clippers<br \/>Minnesota is 10-2 SU in their last 12 games when playing at home against LA Clippers<br \/>Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games when playing LA Clippers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Clippers home to <st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, December 8<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, December 9<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 Los Angeles Clippers and the Minnesota Timberwolves will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Target Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Timberwolves listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Clippers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Clippers were outclassed in a 93-81 loss to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/clippers-timberwolves-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Clippers-Timberwolves 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-2930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930","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=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}