{"id":3321,"date":"2009-01-15T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/suns-nuggets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-15T08:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T13:07:00","slug":"suns-nuggets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/suns-nuggets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns-Nuggets 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 Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Pepsi<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Center<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2: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 Nuggets listed as 2-point favorites versus the Suns, 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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Shaquille<\/st1:GivenName> O&#8217;Neal scored 26 points and hauled down 10 rebounds to lead the Suns over the Hawks 107-102 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:City><st2:place>Phoenix<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> couldn&#8217;t cash as 6.5-point home favorites as the game played under the 212-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Chauncey<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Billups<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> finished with 23 points to lift the Nuggets over the Mavericks 99-97 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:City><st2:place>Denver<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> failed to cash as 5-point home favorites as the game played under the 207-point total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Phoenix<\/st2:place><\/st2: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 \/><st2:City><st2:place>Phoenix<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 22-13 SU, 13-22 ATS <br \/>Denver: 26-13 SU, 21-17-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Phoenix most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 7-3<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Denver most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Orlando are 7-3<br \/>After playing Dallas are 6-4<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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>Phoenix is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Phoenix&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Denver<br \/>Phoenix is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Denver<br \/>Denver is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Denver is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Denver&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Phoenix<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Denver&#8217;s last 10 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Phoenix<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st2:State><st2:place>Minnesota<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>, Friday, January 16<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Denver<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Saturday, January 17<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 Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Pepsi Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Nuggets listed as 2-point favorites versus the Suns, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Shaquille O&#8217;Neal scored 26 points and hauled down 10 rebounds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/suns-nuggets-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suns-Nuggets 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-3321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3321","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=3321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}