{"id":3304,"date":"2009-01-13T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/lakers-rockets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-13T08:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T13:25:00","slug":"lakers-rockets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/lakers-rockets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers-Rockets 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 Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Toyota<\/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 Lakers defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 108-105 as an 11-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (203.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Andrew<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bynum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 24 points for the Lakers and Kobe Bryant added 19 points and seven assists in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Rockets dominated the third quarter as they roared past the Knicks 96-76 last time out. The Rockets covered the 6.5-point spread at home, while the combined 172 points fell well UNDER the posted total of 205. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rafer Alston had 17 points with six rebounds and six assists. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Luis<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Scola<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed in 18 points with 11 rebounds for a double-double in that win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Houston<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 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>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 30-6 SU, 16-20 ATS <br \/>Houston: 24-15 SU, 18-21 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 8-2<br \/>After playing <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> are 4-6<br \/>After playing <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> are 9-1<br \/>After a win 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 \/>LA Lakers are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of the LA Lakers last 5 games on the road<br \/>LA Lakers are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games when playing on the road against Houston<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 7 games <br \/>Houston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>Houston is 4-2 SU in their last 6 games when playing LA Lakers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Lakers at <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 14<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, January 17<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 524.25pt\" 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 Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Toyota Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Lakers defeated Miami 108-105 as an 11-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/lakers-rockets-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lakers-Rockets 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-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304","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=3304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}