{"id":2932,"date":"2008-12-06T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/hawks-mavericks-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-06T09:09:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T14:09:00","slug":"hawks-mavericks-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/hawks-mavericks-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks-Mavericks 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 Atlanta Hawks and the Dallas Mavericks will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>American<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Airlines<\/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\">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\">The Hawks won their third straight on Friday with a 98-95 win over the Knicks. The Hawks failed to cover the 10.5-point spread, and the 193 points went UNDER the posted total of 215.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Josh Smith led the Hawks with 16 points and eight rebounds, and Marvin Williams added a team-high 18 points. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dirk Nowitzki tossed in a game-high 39 points in leading the Mavericks past the Suns 112-97 on Thursday. The 209 points made it OVER the posted total of 206. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Nowitzki shot 17-for-25 from the field with nine rebounds, and Jason Terry added 19 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 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>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 12-6 SU, 9-9 ATS <br \/>Dallas: 10-8 SU, 9-9 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Houston are 1-9<br \/>After playing New York are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing San Antonio are 5-5<br \/>After playing Phoenix are 9-1<br \/>After a win 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 \/>Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Dallas<br \/>Atlanta is 6-13 ATS in its last 19 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Atlanta is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Dallas<br \/>Dallas is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Atlanta<br \/>Dallas is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>Dallas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta<br \/>Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 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>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 9<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, 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 Atlanta Hawks and the Dallas Mavericks will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at American Airlines Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Hawks won their third straight on Friday with a 98-95 win over the Knicks. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/hawks-mavericks-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hawks-Mavericks 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-2932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932","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=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}