{"id":3018,"date":"2008-12-13T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/rockets-clippers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-13T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T14:36:00","slug":"rockets-clippers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/rockets-clippers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-Clippers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockets had six players reach double-figures as they defeated the Warriors 119-108 on Friday. The Rockets easily covered the 2-point spread, while the 227 points sailed OVER the posted total of 214. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tracy McGrady shot 6-for-15 from the field with 24 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in the double-double performance. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Clippers forced extra time on Friday and came through with a 120-112 double OT victory over the Trail Blazers, as 9-point underdogs. The 232 points sailed OVER the posted total of 189. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Zach Randolph led the Clippers with 38 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 15-8 SU, 12-11 ATS
Los Angeles: 5-17 SU, 8-14 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Denver are 4-6
After playing Golden State are 2-8
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Oklahoma City are 5-5
After playing Portland are 3-7
After a win are 1-9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Clippers
Houston is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers
Houston is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers
Houston is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games when playing LA Clippers
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of the LA Clippers last 17 games when playing at home against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of the LA Clippers last 6 games when playing Houston
LA Clippers are 5-20 SU in their last 25 games
LA Clippers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games when playing Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 16
LA Clippers at Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 16<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at STAPLES Center. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Rockets had six players reach double-figures as they defeated the Warriors 119-108 on Friday. … Continue reading Rockets-Clippers Preview<\/span> →<\/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-3018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018","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=3018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}