{"id":3260,"date":"2009-01-09T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/mavericks-suns-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-09T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T12:47:00","slug":"mavericks-suns-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/mavericks-suns-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks-Suns Lines 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 Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at US Airways Center. <?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 Mavericks rallied in the second half to pull out a hard-fought 99-94 win over the Knicks on Thursday. The Mavericks failed to cover the 8-point spread, and the 193 points went UNDER the posted total of 213. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jason Kidd shot 6-for-15 from the field with 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Suns were upset 113-110 by the Pacers last time out, as 9.5-point favorites at home. That game&#8217;s 223 points fell UNDER the night&#8217;s posted total of 226. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Amare Stoudemire scored a team-high 23 points, while Steve Nash added 16 points with four rebounds and 12 assists in the loss. <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>Dallas<\/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>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 22-13 SU, 15-20 ATS <br \/>Phoenix: 19-13 SU, 12-20 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Sacramento are 5-5<br \/>After playing New York are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing LA Clippers are 4-6<br \/>After playing Indiana are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Dallas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Dallas is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Dallas&#8217;s last 15 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Phoenix is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 12 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 17 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 6 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>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, January 11<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at LA Clippers, Sunday, January 11<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<div>&nbsp;<\/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 Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at US Airways Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Mavericks rallied in the second half to pull out a hard-fought 99-94 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/mavericks-suns-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mavericks-Suns Lines 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-3260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3260","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=3260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}