{"id":3064,"date":"2008-12-17T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/spurs-hornets-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-17T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T12:55:00","slug":"spurs-hornets-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/spurs-hornets-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs-Hornets 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 San Antonio Spurs and the New Orleans Hornets will meet on the court at New Orleans Arena on Wednesday in a battle of division rivals. <?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\">The Spurs defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 109-104 as a 15.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (196.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tim Duncan had 20 points and 11 rebounds for <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Tony Parker scored 22 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chris Paul went for 18 points, nine assists, and five steals to lead the Hornets past the Grizzlies 91-84 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 4.5-point road favorites as the game played under the 192-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 6 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/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>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 15-8 SU, 12-11 ATS <br \/>New Orleans: 14-7 SU, <st1:date Month=\"10\" Day=\"10\" Year=\"2001\">10-10-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Antonio most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Orlando are 9-1<br \/>After playing Oklahoma City are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Sacramento are 1-9<br \/>After playing Memphis are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>San Antonio is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>San Antonio is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>San Antonio is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>San Antonio is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>New Orleans is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>New Orleans is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 5 games when playing San Antonio<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, December 18<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, December 20<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 San Antonio Spurs and the New Orleans Hornets will meet on the court at New Orleans Arena on Wednesday in a battle of division rivals. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Spurs defeated Oklahoma City 109-104 as a 15.5-point favorite on Sunday. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/spurs-hornets-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spurs-Hornets 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-3064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064","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=3064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}