{"id":2966,"date":"2008-12-08T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/magic-clippers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-08T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T14:48:00","slug":"magic-clippers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/magic-clippers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic-Clippers 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 Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Clippers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>STAPLES<\/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 Magic listed as 5-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 Magic won their second straight with a 98-87 victory over the Thunder on Friday. The Magic failed to cover the 13-point spread, and the 185 points fell UNDER the posted total of 205. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dwight Howard led the way with 21 points and 23 rebounds for a double-double. Jameer Nelson added 15 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Clippers built up a 14 point lead in the first quarter en route to a 107-84 win over the Timberwolves on Saturday, as 2-point road underdogs. The 191 points went UNDER the night&#8217;s posted total of 194. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Baron Davis led the Clippers with 27 points, five rebounds and nine assists. Zach Randolph chipped in with 21 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>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 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>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 15-5 SU, <st1:date Month=\"10\" Day=\"9\" Year=\"2001\">10-9-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Los Angeles: 4-16 SU, 7-13 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Orlando most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Portland are 5-5<br \/>After playing Oklahoma City are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Portland are 4-6<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 1-9<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Orlando is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Orlando is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Orlando&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Orlando&#8217;s last 11 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers<br \/>LA Clippers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Orlando<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of the LA Clippers last 11 games when playing at home against Orlando<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of the LA Clippers last 7 games at home<br \/>LA Clippers are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 9<br \/>LA Clippers at <st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, December 12<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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 Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Clippers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at STAPLES Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 5-point favorites versus the Clippers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Magic won their second straight with a 98-87 victory over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/magic-clippers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Magic-Clippers 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-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","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=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}