{"id":3289,"date":"2009-01-12T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/thunder-nets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-12T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T12:35:00","slug":"thunder-nets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/thunder-nets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder-Nets 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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Thunder and the New Jersey Nets will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Izod<\/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\">Oddsmakers currently have the Nets listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Thunder outscored the Bulls 15-4 in OT to earn a 109-98 upset win on Saturday, as 8.5-point underdogs. The 207 points made it OVER the posted total of 205.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kevin Durant went for a double-double, scoring 28 points and hauling down 12 boards for the Thunder. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nets were clipped 104-102 by the Bucks on Friday night, as 7-point road underdogs. The 206 points sailed OVER the posted total of 191. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Vince Carter just missed a triple-double in the loss, tossing in 23 points with nine rebounds and 14 assists. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 6-32 SU, 24-14 ATS <br \/>New Jersey: 18-19 SU, 21-16 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oklahoma City most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Utah are 2-8<br \/>After playing Chicago are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 1-9<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Boston are 6-4<br \/>After playing Milwaukee 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 \/>Oklahoma City is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games <br \/>Oklahoma City is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Oklahoma City&#8217;s last 8 games when playing on the road against New Jersey<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 12 of Oklahoma City&#8217;s last 17 games on the road<br \/>New Jersey is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Jersey&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Jersey&#8217;s last 8 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City<br \/>New Jersey is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, January 14<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 14<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 Oklahoma City Thunder and the New Jersey Nets will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Izod Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Nets listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Thunder, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Thunder outscored the Bulls 15-4 in OT to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/thunder-nets-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thunder-Nets 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-3289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289","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=3289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}