{"id":2934,"date":"2008-12-06T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/jazz-suns-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-06T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T14:15:00","slug":"jazz-suns-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/jazz-suns-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz-Suns 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 Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at US Airways Center. <?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 Jazz handed the Raptors their third straight loss with a 114-87 victory on Friday. The Jazz covered the 4.5-point spread, while the combined score fell UNDER the posted total of 206.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Mehmet Okur tossed in a game-high 21 points with five rebounds to lead the Jazz. Paul Millsap had 17 points with 11 rebounds for a double-double in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Suns fell 112-97 to the Maericks last time out, as 3.5-point road underdogs. 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\">Amare Stoudemire netted 28 points for the Suns, and Steve Nash added 20 points with 10 assists in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 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:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 13-8 SU, 11-10 ATS <br \/>Phoenix: 11-9 SU, 8-12 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Utah most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 9-1<br \/>After playing Toronto are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 6-4<br \/>After playing Dallas are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Utah is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Phoenix<br \/>Utah is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Phoenix<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Utah is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Phoenix<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Phoenix is 14-7 SU in its last 21 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Phoenix is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, December 9<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/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 Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at US Airways Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Jazz handed the Raptors their third straight loss with a 114-87 victory on Friday. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/jazz-suns-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jazz-Suns 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-2934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2934","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=2934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}