{"id":3082,"date":"2008-12-20T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/lakers-magic-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T14:46:00","slug":"lakers-magic-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/lakers-magic-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers-Magic Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Amway Arena. <\/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 Lakers lost 89-87 to the Heat last time out, as 8-point favorites on the road. The game’s 176 points fell UNDER the posted total of 203. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kobe Bryant shot 12-for-24 from the field with 28 points. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> held San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to just 29 points in the first half as they ran away with a 90-78 victory over on Thursday. Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> easily covered the slight 2.5-point spread, while the 168 points fell UNDER the posted total of 192. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jameer Nelson led the way with 24 points, four rebounds and seven assists. Rashard Lewis chipped in with 15 points in this contest. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 21-4 SU, 11-14 ATS
Orlando: 20-6 SU, 16-9-1<\/st1:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing Memphis are 7-3
After playing Miami are 4-6
After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n

Orlando most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Golden State are 7-3
After playing San Antonio are 4-6
After a win are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
LA Lakers are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games when playing Orlando
LA Lakers are 21-4 SU in their last 25 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 6 games when playing on the road against Orlando
LA Lakers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against Orlando
Orlando is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Orlando is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Orlando is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Orlando’s last 6 games when playing at home against LA Lakers<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
LA Lakers at Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, December 22
Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Monday, December 22<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Amway Arena. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Lakers lost 89-87 to the Heat last time out, as 8-point favorites … Continue reading Lakers-Magic 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-3082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082","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=3082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}