{"id":4299,"date":"2009-04-24T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/magic-76ers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-24T06:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T11:16:00","slug":"magic-76ers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/magic-76ers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic-76ers Odds 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 Orlando Magic and the <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:City><st2:place>Philadelphia<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> 76ers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at <st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Wachovia<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Center<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <?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 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the 76ers, 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\">Six players reached double-figure scoring as the Magic defeated the 76ers 96-87 in Game 2, and evened their best-of-seven first-round playoff series on Wednesday. The Magic failed to cover the 10-point spread, and the combined score fell UNDER the posted total of 193.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Courtney<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lee<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> led the Magic with 24 points, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Dwight<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Howard<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> added a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Andre<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Miller<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> netted a game-high 30 points and hauled down seven boards in that loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 59-23 SU, 49-32-1 ATS <br \/>Philadelphia: 41-41 SU, 36-44-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Orlando most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Friday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Orlando are 8-2<br \/>After playing Orlando are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Orlando is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Orlando is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Orlando&#8217;s last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Orlando&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 7 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Orlando<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> at <st2:City><st2:place>Philadelphia<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Sunday, April 26<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Philadelphia<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Sunday, April 26<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 Orlando Magic and the Philadelphia 76ers will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Wachovia Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the 76ers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Six players reached double-figure scoring as the Magic defeated the 76ers 96-87 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/magic-76ers-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Magic-76ers Odds 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-4299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4299","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=4299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}