{"id":3224,"date":"2009-01-04T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T15:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/cavaliers-wizards-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-04T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T15:27:00","slug":"cavaliers-wizards-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/cavaliers-wizards-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers-Wizards Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Washington Wizards will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Verizon<\/st1:PlaceName> Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 9-point favorites versus the Wizards, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cavaliers took control in the first quarter en route to a convincing 117-92 victory over the Bulls on Friday. The Cavaliers easily covered the 12.5-point spread, and the game’s 209 points sailed OVER the posted total of 196.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
LeBron James had a triple-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the way. Anderson Varejao tossed in a game-high 26 points in that win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Wizards lost to the mighty Celtics 108-83 last time out, as 14.5-point road underdogs. That game’s combined score made it OVER the posted total of 189. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Nick Young had 15 points for the Wizards, and Antawn Jamison netted 14 in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 27-5 SU, 23-9 ATS
Washington: 6-25 SU, 14-17 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 3-7
Before playing Charlotte are 4-6
After playing Chicago are 7-3
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

Washington most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 9-1
Before playing Orlando are 6-4
After playing Boston are 2-8
After a loss are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Cleveland is 18-2 SU in its last 20 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Cleveland is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Cleveland is 15-5 ATS in its last 20 games
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington’s last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington’s last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington’s last 7 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 7
Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, January 6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Washington Wizards will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Verizon Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 9-point favorites versus the Wizards, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Cavaliers took control in the first quarter en route … Continue reading Cavaliers-Wizards 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-3224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224","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=3224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}