{"id":3417,"date":"2009-01-27T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/bobcats-lakers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-27T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T13:27:00","slug":"bobcats-lakers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/bobcats-lakers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobcats-Lakers 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 Charlotte Bobcats and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet 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\">Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 11\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bobcats, 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 Bobcats lost to Indiana 98-93 as a 5.5-point underdog 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\">Raja <st1:City><st1:place>Bell<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Boris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Diaw<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> both netted 18 points for the Bobcats, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Emeka<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Okafor<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 14 points and eight rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Lakers defeated to San Antonio 99-85 as a 7.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (201). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 22 points for the Lakers, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Trevor<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Ariza<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 17 points. <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 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:GivenName><st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:GivenName>: 18-26 SU, 27-17 ATS <br \/>Los Angeles: 35-8 SU, 21-22 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Charlotte most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 1-9<br \/>Before playing Portland are 4-5<br \/>After playing Indiana are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Minnesota are 4-6<br \/>After playing San Antonio are 5-5<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 \/>Charlotte is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>Charlotte is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>Charlotte is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>Charlotte is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>LA Lakers are 20-2 SU in their last 22 games at home<br \/>LA Lakers are 14-3 SU in their last 17 games <br \/>LA Lakers are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of the LA Lakers last 9 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:GivenName><st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:GivenName> at <st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, January 28<br \/>LA Lakers at <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, January 30<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 Charlotte Bobcats and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at STAPLES Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 11\u00bd-point favorites versus the Bobcats, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Bobcats lost to Indiana 98-93 as a 5.5-point underdog on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/bobcats-lakers-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bobcats-Lakers 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-3417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417","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=3417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}