{"id":3414,"date":"2009-01-27T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/pacers-magic-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-27T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T13:18:00","slug":"pacers-magic-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/pacers-magic-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers-Magic 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 Indiana Pacers and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Amway Arena. <?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 Magic listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Pacers, 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 Pacers defeated Charlotte 98-93 as a 5.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (201.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Danny<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Granger<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> scored a game-high 27 points for <st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Indiana<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Mike<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Dunleavy<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> and <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>T.J.<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Ford<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> each scored 13 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Magic fell 103-97 to the Heat as 7.5-point favorites last time out. That game&#8217;s combined 200 points made it OVER the posted total of 194. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Dwight<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Howard<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> led the Magic with a double-double, collecting 22 points and 10 rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place><st1:Sn>Indiana<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:State> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> has lost 2 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:State><st2:place>Indiana<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>: 17-27 SU, 23-20-1 ATS <br \/>Orlando: 33-10 SU, 28-14-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Indiana most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Milwaukee are 4-6<br \/>After playing Charlotte are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Orlando most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Cleveland are 3-7<br \/>After playing Miami are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<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 4 of Indiana&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indiana&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Orlando<br \/>Indiana is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 16 of Indiana&#8217;s last 23 games <br \/>Orlando is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Orlando is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Indiana<br \/>Orlando is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:State><st2:place><st1:Sn>Indiana<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:State> home to <st2:City><st2:place>Milwaukee<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Wednesday, January 28<br \/><st2:City><st2:place><st1:Sn>Orlando<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Thursday, January 29<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 Indiana Pacers and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Amway Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Pacers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Pacers defeated Charlotte 98-93 as a 5.5-point favorite on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/pacers-magic-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pacers-Magic 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-3414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414","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=3414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}