{"id":3009,"date":"2008-12-13T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/pistons-bobcats-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2008-12-13T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T13:35:00","slug":"pistons-bobcats-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/pistons-bobcats-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons-Bobcats 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 Detroit Pistons and the Charlotte Bobcats will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Time Warner Cable Arena. <?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\">Richard Hamilton tossed in 28 points as the Pistons got past the Pacers 114-110 on Friday. Thge Pistons failed to cover the 6-point spread, while the 224 points sailed OVER the posted total of 200. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rodney Stuckey collected 21 points with four rebounds and eight assists in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Emeka Okafor had a game-high 27 points with 17 rebounds for a double-double in the Bobcats&#8217; 95-90 loss to the Mavericks last time out. The Bobcats were a 13.5-point underdog in that game, while the 185 points fell UNDER the posted total of 192. <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>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 5 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>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 12-9 SU, 9-12 ATS <br \/>Charlotte: 7-16 SU, 13-10 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Washington are 5-5<br \/>After playing Indiana are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After playing Dallas are 3-6<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 \/>Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Charlotte<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Charlotte<br \/>Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Charlotte<br \/>Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Charlotte<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Charlotte&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Detroit<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Charlotte&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Charlotte&#8217;s last 12 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>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, December 17<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, December 15<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 Detroit Pistons and the Charlotte Bobcats will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Time Warner Cable Arena. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Richard Hamilton tossed in 28 points as the Pistons got past the Pacers 114-110 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/pistons-bobcats-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pistons-Bobcats 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-3009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009","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=3009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}