{"id":3330,"date":"2009-01-16T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/magic-lakers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-16T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T14:27:00","slug":"magic-lakers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/magic-lakers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic-Lakers 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 Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>STAPLES<\/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 Lakers listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Magic, 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\"><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Dwight<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Howard<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had 25 points, 15 rebounds, and four steals, as the Magic hammered the Kings 139-107 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:City><st2:place><st1:Sn>Orlando<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> cashed as 10-point road favorites as the game played over the 200-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Lakers came up short in a 112-111 loss to the Spurs last time out, as 2.5-point road underdogs. The 223 points sailed OVER the posted total of 200. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kobe Bryant had 29 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists in a losing effort. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place><st1:Sn>Orlando<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 31-8 SU, <st2:date Month=\"12\" Day=\"26\" Year=\"2001\">26-12-1<\/st2:date> ATS <br \/>Los Angeles: 31-7 SU, 18-20 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Orlando most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Denver are 5-5<br \/>After playing Sacramento are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 2-8<br \/>After playing San Antonio are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Orlando is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Orlando&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>Orlando is 16-3 ATS in its last 19 games <br \/>Orlando is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games on the road<br \/>LA Lakers are 17-1 SU in their last 18 games at home<br \/>LA Lakers are 10-1 SU in their last 11 games when playing at home against Orlando<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 6 games <br \/>LA Lakers are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> at <st2:City><st2:place>Denver<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Saturday, January 17<br \/>LA Lakers home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Monday, January 19<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 Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at STAPLES Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Magic, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Dwight Howard had 25 points, 15 rebounds, and four &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/magic-lakers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Magic-Lakers 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-3330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330","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=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}