{"id":3396,"date":"2009-01-24T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/knicks-76ers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-24T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T14:39:00","slug":"knicks-76ers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/knicks-76ers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks-76ers 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 division rival New York Knicks and <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 76ers are set to renew hostilities on Saturday when they meet at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wachovia<\/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\">Oddsmakers currently have the 76ers listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Knicks, 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\">The Knicks limited their opponents in the second and third quarter, and went on to pound the Grizzlies 108-88 on Friday. The Knicks easily covered the 6-point spread, while the 196 points went UNDER the posted total of 202. <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>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lee<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> threw down 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to complete a double-double in that win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The 76ers had their seven-game win streak snapped in a 95-93 loss to the Mavericks on Monday. The 76ers had been favored by 3.5-points in that game, while the combined score fell UNDER the posted total of 200. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Louis<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Williams<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the 76ers with 25 points and six rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 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:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 18-24 SU, 23-19 ATS <br \/>Philadelphia: 20-21 SU, 21-20 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New York most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Houston are 3-7<br \/>After playing Memphis are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing New Orleans are 0-10<br \/>After playing Dallas are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<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 UNDER in 5 of New York&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 11 of New York&#8217;s last 13 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>New York is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against New York<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New York<br \/>Philadelphia is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Monday, January 26<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, January 26<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 division rival New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers are set to renew hostilities on Saturday when they meet at Wachovia Center. Oddsmakers currently have the 76ers listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Knicks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Knicks limited their opponents in the second and third quarter, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/knicks-76ers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Knicks-76ers 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-3396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396","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=3396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}