{"id":4073,"date":"2009-04-05T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-05T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-timberwolves-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-05T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-05T15:13:00","slug":"nuggets-timberwolves-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-timberwolves-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets-Timberwolves Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves meet at Target Center. <br \/>Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <br \/>J.R. Smith dropped a game-high 34 points to help the Nuggets cruise to a 120-104 victory over the Clippers on Saturday. The Nuggets covered the 14.5-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 214.5. <br \/>Carmelo Anthony added 18 points and five rebounds, while Chauncey Billups dished out nine assists in that win. <br \/>The Timberwolves dominated the fourth quarter to come back and upset the Jazz 103-102 on Friday, as 13-point underdogs. The 205 points made it OVER the posted total of 202.5. <br \/>Rodney Carney had 25 points and five rebounds for the Timberwolves, and Ryan Gomes also had 25 points in the win <br \/>Current streak:<br \/>Denver has won 6 straight games.<br \/>Team records:<br \/>Denver: 51-26 SU, 43-33-1 ATS <br \/>Minnesota: 22-54 SU, 34-40-2 ATS <br \/>Denver most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Oklahoma City are 5-5<br \/>After playing LA Clippers are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing LA Clippers are 5-5<br \/>After playing Utah are 2-8<br \/>After a win are 3-7<br \/>A few trends to consider:<br \/>Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>Denver is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Denver&#39;s last 5 games when playing Minnesota<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota&#39;s last 5 games when playing Denver<br \/>Minnesota is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Denver<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota&#39;s last 10 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Minnesota&#39;s last 19 games <br \/>Next up:<br \/>Denver home to Oklahoma City, Wednesday, April 8<br \/>Minnesota at LA Clippers, Tuesday, April 7<\/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 Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves meet at Target Center. Odds aren&#39;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. J.R. Smith dropped a game-high 34 points to help the Nuggets cruise to a 120-104 victory &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-timberwolves-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nuggets-Timberwolves 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-4073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073","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=4073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}