{"id":3011,"date":"2008-12-13T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/wizards-76ers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-13T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T13:45:00","slug":"wizards-76ers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/wizards-76ers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards-76ers 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 Washington Wizards and the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 76ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wachovia<\/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 76ers listed as 5-point favorites versus the Wizards, 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 Wizards were defeated 122-88 by the Celtics last time out, as 10-point underdogs at home. That game&#8217;s 210 points made it OVER the posted total of 196. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Caron Butler scored 19 points, while Juan Dixon and Antawn Jamison added 17 points apiece in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The 76ers were steam-rolled by the Cavaliers 88-72 on Friday, as 11-point road underdogs. The game&#8217;s 160 points fell well UNDER the posted total of 190. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Andre Iguodala had 16 points and seven rebounds in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 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>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 4-16 SU, 9-11 ATS <br \/>Philadelphia: 9-14 SU, 8-15 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Indiana are 5-5<br \/>After playing Boston are 2-8<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 4-6<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Washington is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Washington is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Washington<br \/>Philadelphia is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Washington<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 17 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 12 games when playing at home against Washington<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Monday, December 15<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, December 17<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 Washington Wizards and the Philadelphia 76ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Wachovia Center. Oddsmakers currently have the 76ers listed as 5-point favorites versus the Wizards, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Wizards were defeated 122-88 by the Celtics last time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/wizards-76ers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wizards-76ers 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-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011","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=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}