{"id":3246,"date":"2009-01-06T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/rockets-76ers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-06T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T13:25:00","slug":"rockets-76ers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/rockets-76ers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-76ers Odds 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 Houston Rockets and the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 76ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wachovia<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?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 Rockets lost a close 103-100 game to the Hawks last time out, as 4.5-point road underdogs. That game&#8217;s 203 points sailed OVER the posted total of 185. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Yao Ming had a double-double with 16 points and 15 rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The 76ers lost a hard-fought 108-106 game to the Spurs last time out, as 9.5-point road underdogs. That game&#8217;s 214 points sailed OVER the posted total of 187.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Andre Iguodala had 28 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 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>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 21-14 SU, 16-19 ATS <br \/>Philadelphia: 13-20 SU, 14-19 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Houston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Boston are 6-4<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 4-6<br \/>After playing San Antonio are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<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 OVER in 5 of Houston&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Houston is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 11 of Houston&#8217;s last 14 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Houston<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 8-14-2 ATS in its last 24 games when playing Houston<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 7<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/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 Houston Rockets and the Philadelphia 76ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Wachovia Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Rockets lost a close 103-100 game to the Hawks last time out, as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/rockets-76ers-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockets-76ers Odds 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-3246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3246","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=3246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}