{"id":4261,"date":"2009-04-19T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/76ers-magic-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-19T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T12:55:00","slug":"76ers-magic-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/76ers-magic-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers-Magic 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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 76ers and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Amway Arena in the opening game of their first-round playoff series. <?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 Magic listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the 76ers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 191. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The 76ers forced overtime and came away with a 111-110 victory over the Cavaliers in both team&#8217;s regular-season finale last time out. The 76ers failed to cover the 3-point spread, and the combined score sailed OVER the posted total of 185. <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>Andre<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Miller<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the 76ers with 30 points, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Andre<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Iguodala<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 24 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tony<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Battie<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the way with 21 points on Wednesday night as the Magic cruised to a 98-73 win over the Bobcats. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Magic easily covered the 3-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the night&#8217;s posted total (184.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 41-41 SU, 36-44-2 ATS <br \/>Orlando: 59-23 SU, 49-32-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Orlando are 7-3<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Orlando most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Charlotte are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 6-4<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 OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 10 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Orlando<br \/>Philadelphia is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Orlando is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Orlando&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>Orlando is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home<br \/>Orlando is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Wednesday, April 22<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, April 22<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 Philadelphia 76ers and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Amway Arena in the opening game of their first-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the 76ers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 191. The 76ers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/76ers-magic-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">76ers-Magic 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-4261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4261","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=4261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}