{"id":3046,"date":"2008-12-15T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bobcats-hawks-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2008-12-15T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T13:23:00","slug":"bobcats-hawks-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bobcats-hawks-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobcats-Hawks Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Monday when the Charlotte Bobcats and the Atlanta Hawks meet at Philips Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Hawks listed as 8-point favorites versus the Bobcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bobcats fell 90-86 to the Pistons last time out, as 1.5-point underdogs. That game’s 176 points fell UNDER the posted total of 184. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Gerald Wallace had 22 points and nine rebounds in a losing effort. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Hawks rallied in the fourth quarter to come away with a 97-92 win over the Cavaliers on Saturday. The Hawks won the game as 4-point underdogs, while the 187 points went as a PUSH against the posted total of 187. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Mike Bibby paced the Hawks with 24 points, six rebounds and five assists. Marvin Williams added 19 points in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 6 straight games.
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 7-17 SU, 13-11 ATS
Atlanta: 14-9 SU, 13-10 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Charlotte most recently:
When playing on Monday are 2-7
Before playing Chicago are 6-4
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing Cleveland are 3-7
After a win are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 5 games on the road
Charlotte is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Charlotte is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Charlotte’s last 21 games on the road
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 6 games
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Charlotte<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 16
Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, December 17<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Monday when the Charlotte Bobcats and the Atlanta Hawks meet at Philips Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Hawks listed as 8-point favorites versus the Bobcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Bobcats fell 90-86 to the Pistons last time out, as … Continue reading Bobcats-Hawks 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-3046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046","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=3046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}