{"id":3748,"date":"2009-03-12T06:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/cavaliers-suns-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-12T06:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T11:22:00","slug":"cavaliers-suns-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/cavaliers-suns-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers-Suns Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at US Airways Center. <br \/>Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 4&#189;-point favorites versus the Suns, while the game&#39;s total has not yet been posted. <br \/>LeBron James finished with 31 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists to lift the Cavaliers past the Clippers 87-83 on Tuesday night. <br \/>Cleveland couldn&#39;t cover as 9-point road favorites as the teams played under the 192-point total set by oddsmakers. <br \/>Steve Nash had 23 points and 13 assists for Phoenix in its 122-117 loss to Dallas on Tuesday night. <br \/>Dallas cashed as 7-point road underdogs as the game played over the 231-point total set by sportsbooks. <br \/>Current streak:<br \/>Cleveland has won 2 straight games.<br \/>Phoenix has lost 5 straight games.<br \/>Team records:<br \/>Cleveland: 50-13 SU, 40-23 ATS <br \/>Phoenix: 34-30 SU, 25-38-1 ATS <br \/>Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Sacramento are 6-4<br \/>After playing LA Clippers are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Oklahoma City are 7-3<br \/>After playing Dallas are 7-3<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Cleveland is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cleveland&#39;s last 9 games when playing Phoenix<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cleveland&#39;s last 10 games <br \/>Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland<br \/>Phoenix is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Phoenix is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>Phoenix is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland<br \/>Next up:<br \/>Cleveland at Sacramento, Friday, March 13<br \/>Phoenix home to Oklahoma City, Saturday, March 14<\/p>\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 Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at US Airways Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 4&#189;-point favorites versus the Suns, while the game&#39;s total has not yet been posted. LeBron James finished with 31 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/cavaliers-suns-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cavaliers-Suns 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-3748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748","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=3748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}