{"id":3949,"date":"2009-03-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/rockets-spurs-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-03-22T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T13:00:00","slug":"rockets-spurs-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/rockets-spurs-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-Spurs Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs meet at AT&amp;T Center. <br \/>Oddsmakers currently have the Spurs listed as 3&#189;-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game&#39;s total has not yet been posted. <br \/>Ron Artest had 20 points and six assists, as the Rockets pasted the Timberwolves 107-88 on Friday night. <br \/>Houston cashed as 11.5-point home favorites as the game played over the 193-point total listed by sportsbooks. <br \/>Tony Parker led the way for San Antonio with 25 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds in its 80-77 loss to Boston on Friday night. <br \/>Boston cashed as 6.5-point road underdogs as the game played under the 182.5-point total posted by oddsmakers. <br \/>Current streak:<br \/>Houston has won 3 straight games.<br \/>Team records:<br \/>Houston: 46-25 SU, 34-36-1 ATS <br \/>San Antonio: 45-23 SU, 34-32-2 ATS <br \/>Houston most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Utah are 5-5<br \/>After playing Minnesota are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Golden State are 10-0<br \/>After playing Boston are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston&#39;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston&#39;s last 8 games when playing on the road against San Antonio<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Houston&#39;s last 11 games when playing San Antonio<br \/>San Antonio is 20-2 SU in its last 22 games when playing at home against Houston<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Antonio&#39;s last 8 games when playing at home against Houston<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of San Antonio&#39;s last 11 games when playing Houston<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Antonio&#39;s last 5 games <br \/>Next up:<br \/>Houston at Utah, Tuesday, March 24<br \/>San Antonio home to Golden State, Tuesday, March 24<\/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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs meet at AT&amp;T Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Spurs listed as 3&#189;-point favorites versus the Rockets, while the game&#39;s total has not yet been posted. Ron Artest had 20 points and six assists, as the Rockets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/rockets-spurs-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rockets-Spurs 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-3949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949","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=3949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}