{"id":4286,"date":"2009-04-23T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/spurs-mavericks-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-23T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T11:15:00","slug":"spurs-mavericks-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/spurs-mavericks-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs-Mavericks 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 division rival San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks are set to renew hostilities on Thursday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>American<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Airlines<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in the third 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 Mavericks listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Spurs, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <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>Tony<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Parker<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went for 38 points and eight assists as the Spurs handled the Mavericks 105-84 to knot their series at one game apiece on Monday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 5.5-point home favorites as the game pushed the 189-point total set by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Tim<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Duncan<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Spurs, who got 13 points off the bench from <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Drew<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gooden<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in the payday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Reserve <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Terry<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> dropped 16 points for <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, while Dirk Nowitzki had 14 points and six boards for the Mavericks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 54-28 SU, 40-40-2 ATS <br \/>Dallas: 50-32 SU, 40-42 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Antonio most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Dallas are 8-2<br \/>After playing Dallas are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing San Antonio are 7-3<br \/>After playing San Antonio are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>San Antonio is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>San Antonio is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio&#8217;s last 6 games when playing on the road against Dallas<br \/>San Antonio is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Dallas is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas&#8217;s last 7 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Saturday, April 25<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> home to <st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, April 25<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 division rival San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks are set to renew hostilities on Thursday when they meet at American Airlines Center in the third game of their first-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Mavericks listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Spurs, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Tony Parker &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/spurs-mavericks-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spurs-Mavericks 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-4286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286","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=4286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}