{"id":3017,"date":"2008-12-13T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/knicks-kings-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-13T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T14:34:00","slug":"knicks-kings-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/knicks-kings-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks-Kings 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 New York Knicks and the Sacramento Kings will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at ARCO 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\">Al Harrington dropped a game-high 39 points with 13 rebounds in a double-double performance on Wednesday, leading the Knicks past the Nets 121-109. The Knicks won that game as a 7.5-point road underdog, while the 230 points sailed OVER the posted total of 214. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tim Thomas added 26 points, and Wilson Chandler chipped in with 24 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Kings were toppled 112-103 by the Lakers as a 17-point underdog last time out. The game&#8217;s 215 points made it OVER the posted total of 214. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">John Salmons had 26 points, four rebounds and six assists in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 10-12 SU, 12-10 ATS <br \/>Sacramento: 6-17 SU, 11-12 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Phoenix are 3-7<br \/>After playing New Jersey are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 2-8<br \/>After playing LA Lakers are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<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 OVER in 5 of New York&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Sacramento<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of New York&#8217;s last 10 games when playing Sacramento<br \/>New York is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacramento&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against New York<br \/>Sacramento is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against New York<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Sacramento&#8217;s last 10 games when playing New York<br \/>Sacramento is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New York<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, December 15<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, 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 New York Knicks and the Sacramento Kings will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at ARCO Arena. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Al Harrington dropped a game-high 39 points with 13 rebounds in a double-double &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/knicks-kings-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Knicks-Kings 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-3017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017","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=3017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}