{"id":3451,"date":"2009-02-05T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/pacers-76ers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-05T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T12:35:00","slug":"pacers-76ers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/pacers-76ers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers-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 Indiana Pacers and the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 76ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle 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 5\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\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Danny<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Granger<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 28 points to lead <st1:State><st1:place><st2:Sn>Indiana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in its 116-111 loss to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> cashed as 4.5-point road underdogs as the teams played over the 218-point total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Andre<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Iguodala<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 22 points, six boards, and six assists in its 100-99 loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> failed to cover as 2-point road favorites as the game played over the 189-point total posted by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 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 \/><st2:Sn><st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/st2:Sn>: 19-30 SU, 25-23-1 ATS <br \/>Philadelphia: 23-24 SU, 23-23-1 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 Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Orlando are 3-7<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Miami are 7-3<br \/>After playing Boston are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<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 Indiana&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Indiana is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Indiana is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indiana&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Indiana<br \/>Philadelphia is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 7 games when playing at home against Indiana<br \/>Philadelphia is 10-4-1 ATS in its last 15 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><st2:Sn>Indiana<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Friday, February 6<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, February 7<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 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Oddsmakers currently have the 76ers listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Pacers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Danny Granger scored 28 points to lead Indiana in its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/pacers-76ers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pacers-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-3451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451","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=3451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}