{"id":3239,"date":"2009-01-05T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/raptors-bucks-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-05T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T16:21:00","slug":"raptors-bucks-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/raptors-bucks-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors-Bucks 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Bradley<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Center<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Toronto Raptors and the Milwaukee Bucks when they take their seats on Monday. <?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 Raptors defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 108-102 as an 8-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (187.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Anthony Parker scored 26 points for <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Chris Bosh added 23 points and 11 rebounds in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bucks were defeated 102-92 by the Bobcats on Saturday, as 1.5-point road underdogs. That game&#8217;s 194 points made it OVER the posted total of 181. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Richard Jefferson tossed in 19 points and hauled down nine boards. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/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>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 14-20 SU, 13-20-1 ATS <br \/>Milwaukee: 16-19 SU, <st1:date Month=\"11\" Day=\"23\" Year=\"2001\">23-11-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Toronto most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Washington are 7-3<br \/>After playing Orlando are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 3-7<br \/>After playing Charlotte are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Milwaukee&#8217;s last 8 games when playing Toronto<br \/>Milwaukee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Milwaukee is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Milwaukee is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, January 7<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 7<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 fans at Bradley Center will be treated to a game between the Toronto Raptors and the Milwaukee Bucks when they take their seats on Monday. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Raptors defeated Orlando 108-102 as an 8-point underdog on Sunday. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/raptors-bucks-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Raptors-Bucks 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-3239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239","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=3239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}