{"id":2997,"date":"2008-12-11T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bobcats-mavericks-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-11T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T13:08:00","slug":"bobcats-mavericks-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bobcats-mavericks-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobcats-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 Charlotte Bobcats and the Dallas Mavericks will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday 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 Bobcats got behind early and could not recover in their 105-89 loss to the Hornets last time out, as 15-point road underdogs. That game&#8217;s 194 points made it OVER the posted total of 185. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">D.J. Augustin scored a game-high 28 points in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dirk Nowitzki led <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 35 points and 10 boards in its 133-126 double overtime loss to <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> won as 1.5-point road underdogs as the game played over the 190-point total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/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:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 7-15 SU, 12-10 ATS <br \/>Dallas: 11-9 SU, 9-11 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Charlotte most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Detroit are 4-6<br \/>After playing New Orleans are 4-5<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Oklahoma City are 7-3<br \/>After playing San Antonio are 4-6<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 \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Charlotte&#8217;s last 9 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Charlotte is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Charlotte is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Charlotte is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road<br \/>Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Charlotte<br \/>Dallas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Charlotte<br \/>Dallas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>Dallas is 9-2 SU in its last 11 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>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, December 13<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, December 13<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 Charlotte Bobcats and the Dallas Mavericks will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday 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 Bobcats got behind early and could not recover in their 105-89 loss to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bobcats-mavericks-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bobcats-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-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997","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=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}