{"id":3052,"date":"2008-12-16T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/hornets-grizzlies-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-16T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T17:53:00","slug":"hornets-grizzlies-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/hornets-grizzlies-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets-Grizzlies 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 Orleans Hornets and the Memphis Grizzlies will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at FedExForum. <?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 Hornets listed as 6-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 192. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Hornets defeated Toronto 99-91 as a 2-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (195). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">David West scored 29 points and added nine rebounds for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while James Posey delivered 20 points off the bench in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Grizzlies defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 102-86 as a 2-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (193.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">O.J. Mayo scored a game-high 28 points for <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Rudy Gay added 18 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 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>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 13-7 SU, <st1:date Month=\"9\" Day=\"10\" Year=\"2001\">9-10-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Memphis: 9-15 SU, 11-13 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New Orleans most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing San Antonio are 5-5<br \/>After playing Toronto are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Memphis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Charlotte are 4-4<br \/>After playing Miami are 6-4<br \/>After a win 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 \/>New Orleans is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Memphis<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Memphis<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Memphis<br \/>New Orleans is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis&#8217;s last 5 games when playing New Orleans<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans<br \/>Memphis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Memphis is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, December 17<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, December 19<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 Orleans Hornets and the Memphis Grizzlies will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at FedExForum. Oddsmakers currently have the Hornets listed as 6-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 192. The Hornets defeated Toronto 99-91 as a 2-point favorite on Sunday. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/hornets-grizzlies-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hornets-Grizzlies 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-3052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052","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=3052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}