{"id":3385,"date":"2009-01-22T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/wizards-lakers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-22T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T16:29:00","slug":"wizards-lakers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/wizards-lakers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards-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 Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>STAPLES<\/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 Wizards were badly outplayed in the fourth quarter, but held on for a 110-107 victory over the Kings on Wednesday. The Wizards won the game as a 2.5-point underdog, and the team&#8217;s played OVER the posted total of 207.5. <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>Antawn<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Jamison<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the way with a game-high 33 points, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Caron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Butler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 32 points with six rebounds and five assists in that win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Lakers took control in the third quarter and went on to clobber the Clippers 108-97 on Wednesday. The Lakers failed to cover the 16-point spread, while the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 203.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Andrew<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Bynum<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed in a game-high 42 points with 15 rebounds for a double-double to lead the way. <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 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>: 9-32 SU, 17-24 ATS <br \/>Los Angeles: 33-8 SU, 19-22 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Washington most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 2-8<br \/>Before playing Portland are 7-3<br \/>After playing Sacramento are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 1-9<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing San Antonio are 9-1<br \/>After playing LA Clippers are 7-3<br \/>After a win 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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington&#8217;s last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 10 of Washington&#8217;s last 15 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>Washington is 5-12 ATS in their last 17 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>Washington is 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers<br \/>LA Lakers are 18-2 SU in their last 20 games at home<br \/>LA Lakers are 12-2 SU in their last 14 games when playing at home against Washington<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of the LA Lakers last 7 games when playing at home against Washington<br \/>LA Lakers are 12-3 SU in their last 15 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> at <st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, January 24<br \/>LA Lakers home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, January 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\" class=MsoBodyText><b><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/b><\/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 Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at STAPLES Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Wizards were badly outplayed in the fourth quarter, but held on for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/wizards-lakers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wizards-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-3385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385","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=3385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}