{"id":3115,"date":"2008-12-22T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/raptors-clippers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-22T11:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T16:02:00","slug":"raptors-clippers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/raptors-clippers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors-Clippers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Toronto Raptors and the Los Angeles Clippers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Clippers listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Raptors, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Raptors lost their fourth straight in a 107-97 setback to the Spurs on Saturday. The Raptors were 10-point underdogs in that loss, while the 204 points sailed OVER the posted total of 185.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jermaine O’Neal scored 24 points with 10 rebounds for a double-double in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Clippers were defeated 119-85 by the Bucks last time out, as 6-point underdogs. The 204 points made it OVER the posted total of 192. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Al Thornton tossed in 20 points, while Steve Novak added 14 off the bench in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 5 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 10-17 SU, 9-17-1<\/st1:date> ATS
Los Angeles: 8-19 SU, 11-16 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Toronto most recently:
When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Sacramento are 3-7
After playing San Antonio are 5-5
After a loss are 2-8<\/p>\n

Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Dallas are 3-7
After playing Milwaukee are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto’s last 7 games
Toronto is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games when playing LA Clippers
Toronto is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Clippers last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto
LA Clippers are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games
LA Clippers are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the LA Clippers last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, December 26
LA Clippers home to Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Toronto Raptors and the Los Angeles Clippers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at STAPLES Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Clippers listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Raptors, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Raptors lost their fourth straight in a 107-97 setback to … Continue reading Raptors-Clippers 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-3115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115","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=3115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}