{"id":3057,"date":"2008-12-17T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bucks-76ers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-17T07:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T12:17:00","slug":"bucks-76ers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bucks-76ers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks-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 Milwaukee Bucks 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 gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet 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 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bucks, 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\">Michael Redd led a balanced attack to give <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> a 98-83 road win against <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bucks covered the 3.5-point spread, while the final score played UNDER the day&#8217;s post total of 197.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Elton Brand went for 27 points and nine rebounds as the 76ers defeated the Wizards 104-89 on Saturday. The 76ers covered the 5.5-point spread, while the game&#8217;s combined 193 points fell UNDER the posted total of 195.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Louis Williams added 15 points, while Thaddeus Young and Andre Iguodala had 14 apiece 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>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 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>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 11-15 SU, <st1:date Month=\"8\" Day=\"17\" Year=\"2001\">17-8-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Philadelphia: 10-14 SU, 9-15 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing New York are 2-8<br \/>After playing Miami are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 1-9<br \/>Before playing Washington are 4-6<br \/>After playing Washington are 5-5<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 \/>Milwaukee is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 13 games on the road<br \/>Milwaukee is 10-4-1 ATS in its last 15 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 18 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, December 19<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, 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 Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at Wachovia Center. Oddsmakers currently have the 76ers listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bucks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Michael Redd led a balanced attack to give Milwaukee a 98-83 road &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/bucks-76ers-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bucks-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-3057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057","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=3057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}