{"id":3394,"date":"2009-01-23T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/suns-bobcats-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-23T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T12:53:00","slug":"suns-bobcats-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/suns-bobcats-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns-Bobcats Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Phoenix Suns and the Charlotte Bobcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Time Warner Cable Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Suns listed as 4-point favorites versus the Bobcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Suns were upset 114-109 by the Knicks last time out, as 6-point favorites on the road. That game’s 223 points made it OVER the posted total of 220. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Jason<\/st1:GivenName> Richardson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> led the Suns with 27 points and nine rebounds. Steve<\/st1:GivenName> Nash<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> dished out 19 assists in a losing effort. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bobcats got out to an early lead and went on to defeat the Grizzlies 101-86 on Wednesday. The Bobcats covered the 6-point spread, and the combined 187 points made it OVER the posted total of 179. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Emeka<\/st1:GivenName> Okafor<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> netted 20 points and hauled in 15 rebounds to complete a double-double, and Raja Bell chipped in with a team-high 25 points in that win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Phoenix<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Phoenix<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 23-17 SU, 13-26-1 ATS
Charlotte: 17-25 SU, 25-17 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Phoenix most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing Atlanta are 9-1
After playing New York are 8-2
After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n

Charlotte most recently:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Indiana are 4-6
After playing Memphis are 5-4
After a win are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Charlotte
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Phoenix’s last 12 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Phoenix’s last 8 games when playing Charlotte
Phoenix is 5-1-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Charlotte
Charlotte is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Charlotte is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte’s last 5 games at home
Charlotte is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Phoenix<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at Atlanta<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Sunday, January 25
Charlotte<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:GivenName> at Indiana<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>, Sunday, January 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Phoenix Suns and the Charlotte Bobcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Time Warner Cable Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Suns listed as 4-point favorites versus the Bobcats, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Suns were upset 114-109 by the Knicks … Continue reading Suns-Bobcats Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/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-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394","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=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}