{"id":3138,"date":"2008-12-27T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/pistons-bucks-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-27T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-27T16:58:00","slug":"pistons-bucks-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/pistons-bucks-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons-Bucks Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks meet at Bradley<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bucks listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Pistons, while the game’s total is sitting at 190. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Pistons had all they could handle on Friday, as they managed to pull out a 90-88 victory over the Thunder. The Pistons failed to cover the 11-point spread, while the 178 points fell UNDER the posted total of 186. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Allen Iverson netted 22 points to lead the way, and Tayshaun Prince chipped in with 16 in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Michael Redd had 27 points and six rebounds to lead the Bucks past the Jazz 94-86 on Tuesday night. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 1-point home underdogs as the game played under the 197-point total listed by oddsmakers. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 16-11 SU, 11-16 ATS
Milwaukee: 14-16 SU, 20-9-1<\/st1:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Detroit most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
Before playing Orlando are 8-2
After playing Oklahoma City are 5-5
After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n

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

A few trends to consider:
Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit’s last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Milwaukee is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Milwaukee’s last 7 games when playing at home against Detroit
Milwaukee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, December 29
Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 30<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks meet at Bradley Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Bucks listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Pistons, while the game’s total is sitting at 190. The Pistons had all they could handle on Friday, as they managed … Continue reading Pistons-Bucks 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-3138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138","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=3138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}