{"id":3863,"date":"2009-03-18T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/timberwolves-hornets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-18T06:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T11:16:00","slug":"timberwolves-hornets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/timberwolves-hornets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves-Hornets Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves and the New Orleans Hornets will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at New Orleans Arena. <br \/>Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <br \/>Kevin Love paced Minnesota with 17 points and 19 boards in its 93-86 loss to San Antonio on Tuesday night. <br \/>San Antonio failed to cover as 11-point home favorites as the game played under the 191.5-point total listed by oddsmakers. <br \/>Chris Paul went for 29 points, 11 assists, six boards, and six steals for New Orleans in its 95-84 loss to Houston on Monday night. <br \/>Houston cashed as 3.5-point road underdogs as the game played under the 182.5-point total listed by sportsbooks. <br \/>Current streak:<br \/>New Orleans has lost 2 straight games.<br \/>Team records:<br \/>Minnesota: 20-47 SU, 30-36-1 ATS <br \/>New Orleans: 41-25 SU, 28-36-2 ATS <br \/>Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Houston are 5-5<br \/>After playing San Antonio are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Memphis are 9-1<br \/>After playing Houston are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota&#39;s last 5 games when playing New Orleans<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota&#39;s last 6 games when playing on the road against New Orleans<br \/>Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against New Orleans<br \/>Minnesota is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing New Orleans<br \/>New Orleans is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans&#39;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans&#39;s last 5 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans&#39;s last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>Next up:<br \/>Minnesota at Houston, Friday, March 20<br \/>New Orleans home to Memphis, Friday, March 20<\/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 Minnesota Timberwolves and the New Orleans Hornets will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at New Orleans Arena. Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Kevin Love paced Minnesota with 17 points and 19 boards in its 93-86 loss &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/timberwolves-hornets-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Timberwolves-Hornets 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-3863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863","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=3863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}