{"id":3222,"date":"2009-01-04T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/magic-raptors-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-04T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T15:22:00","slug":"magic-raptors-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/magic-raptors-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic-Raptors 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 Orlando Magic and the Toronto Raptors will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Air Canada Centre. <?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 Magic continued to roll along on Friday, as they ran over the Heat 86-76. The Magic covered the 8.5-point spread, but the game&#8217;s 162 points fell well UNDER the posted total of 190. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dwight Howard had 15 points to go with 15 rebounds for a double-double for the Magic, and Rashard Lewis added a team-high 17 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Raptors snapped a three-game losing skid with a 94-73 upset win over the Rockets on Friday, as 5-point underdogs at home. That game&#8217;s 167 points went UNDER the posted total of 191. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Andrea Bargnani tossed in 19 points with six rebounds, and Chris Bosh also had 19 points in the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/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>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 26-7 SU, <st1:date Month=\"10\" Day=\"22\" Year=\"2001\">22-10-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Toronto: 13-20 SU, <st1:date Month=\"12\" Day=\"20\" Year=\"2001\">12-20-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Orlando most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Washington are 6-4<br \/>After playing Miami are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 5-5<br \/>After playing Houston are 4-6<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 \/>Orlando is 12-1 ATS in its last 13 games <br \/>Orlando is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games <br \/>Orlando is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road<br \/>Orlando is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Toronto<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Toronto is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing at home against Orlando<br \/>Toronto is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Orlando<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Tuesday, January 6<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, January 5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/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 Orlando Magic and the Toronto Raptors will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Air Canada Centre. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Magic continued to roll along on Friday, as they ran over the Heat 86-76. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/magic-raptors-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Magic-Raptors 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-3222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222","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=3222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}