{"id":3638,"date":"2009-03-02T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/hornets-76ers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-02T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T13:29:00","slug":"hornets-76ers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/hornets-76ers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets-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 New Orleans Hornets 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 gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet 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 2\u00bd-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 defeated New Jersey 99-96 as a 4.5-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (190). <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>David<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>West<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for <st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Paul<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 14 points, eight rebounds and nine assists in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The 76ers couldn&#8217;t find a way to score down the stretch, losing 106-100 to the Magic at the <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wachovia<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> Saturday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Orlando<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as a 1.5-point road favorite while the final score played over the 196.5-point total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/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 \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 36-22 SU, 23-33-2 ATS <br \/>Philadelphia: 29-29 SU, 27-29-2 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 Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Dallas are 6-4<br \/>After playing New Jersey are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Memphis are 3-7<br \/>After playing Orlando 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 6 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>New Orleans is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 7 games when playing New Orleans<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans<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> home to <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Thursday, March 5<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, March 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 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 Philadelphia 76ers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Wachovia Center. Oddsmakers currently have the 76ers listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hornets, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Hornets defeated New Jersey 99-96 as a 4.5-point favorite on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/hornets-76ers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hornets-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-3638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3638","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=3638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}