{"id":3405,"date":"2009-01-25T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/rockets-pistons-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-25T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T14:47:00","slug":"rockets-pistons-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/rockets-pistons-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-Pistons Odds 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 Houston Rockets and the Detroit Pistons will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at The Palace of Auburn Hills. <?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 Rockets were outlasted 107-102 by the Pacers on Friday, as a pick&#8217;em. The combined score went as a PUSH against the posted total of 209. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rafer Alston had 17 points with eight rebounds and eight assists in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Pistons were upset 112-91 by the Mavericks on Friday, as 4-point favorites at home. That game&#8217;s 203 points made it OVER the posted total of 186. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Richard<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Hamilton<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 17 points, and Tayshaun Prince added 12 in a losing effort. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 27-17 SU, 20-24 ATS <br \/>Detroit: 24-18 SU, 18-24 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Houston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing New York are 7-3<br \/>After playing Indiana are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Detroit most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 5-5<br \/>After playing Dallas are 9-1<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 8 of Houston&#8217;s last 10 games when playing Detroit<br \/>Houston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 12 of Houston&#8217;s last 18 games on the road<br \/>Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Houston<br \/>Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Houston<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit&#8217;s last 10 games when playing Houston<br \/>Detroit is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Houston<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Monday, January 26<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, January 28<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 Houston Rockets and the Detroit Pistons will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Rockets were outlasted 107-102 by the Pacers on Friday, as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/rockets-pistons-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockets-Pistons Odds 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-3405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405","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=3405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}