{"id":3546,"date":"2009-02-21T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/hornets-jazz-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-21T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T14:44:00","slug":"hornets-jazz-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/hornets-jazz-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets-Jazz 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 New Orleans Hornets and the Utah Jazz will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at EnergySolutions 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 Jazz listed as 8-point favorites versus the Hornets, 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 Hornets were defeated 115-111 in overtime by the Lakers on Friday, as 8.5-point underdogs. The night&#8217;s combined 226 points sailed OVER the posted total of 207.5. <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>Rasual<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Butler<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> picked up a team-high 31 points, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Paul<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 21 points and dished out 16 assists in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Jazz pulled off a stunning 90-85 victory over the Celtics on Thursday, as 2.5-point underdogs. The 175 points went UNDER the posted total of 201. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Deron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Williams<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the way with 18 points, three rebounds and 10 assists. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/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:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 32-21 SU, 23-28-2 ATS <br \/>Utah: 32-23 SU, 29-26 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">New Orleans most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Sacramento are 2-8<br \/>After playing LA Lakers are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Utah most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Atlanta are 4-6<br \/>After playing Boston are 5-5<br \/>After a win 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 OVER in 4 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 10 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Utah<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Utah<br \/>Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Utah is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans<br \/>Utah is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, February 23<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, February 23<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 New Orleans Hornets and the Utah Jazz will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at EnergySolutions Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Jazz listed as 8-point favorites versus the Hornets, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Hornets were defeated 115-111 in overtime by the Lakers on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/hornets-jazz-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hornets-Jazz 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-3546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546","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=3546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}