{"id":4304,"date":"2009-04-25T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-hornets-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-25T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T11:40:00","slug":"nuggets-hornets-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-hornets-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets-Hornets Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans Hornets will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at New Orleans Arena. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Hornets listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nuggets were in control of Game 2 on Wednesday, as they cruised to a 108-93 victory over the Hornets and now lead the best-of-seven first-round playoff series 2-0. The Nuggets easily covered the 6.5-point spread, and the combined score made it OVER the posted total of 199. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Chauncey<\/st2:GivenName> Billups<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the way for the Nuggets, tossing in 31 points to go with four rebounds and four assists. Carmelo<\/st2:GivenName> Anthony<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 22 points and nine rebounds in that win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
David<\/st2:GivenName> West<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 54-28 SU, 45-36-1 ATS
New Orleans: 49-33 SU, 35-45-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Denver most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 7-3
Before playing New Orleans are 7-3
After playing New Orleans are 6-4
After a win are 8-2<\/p>\n

New Orleans most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing Denver are 8-2
After playing Denver are 2-8
After a loss are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Denver is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Denver’s last 6 games on the road
Denver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
Denver is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Orleans’s last 9 games at home
New Orleans is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans’s last 7 games when playing Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of New Orleans’s last 21 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, April 27
New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, April 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans Hornets will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at New Orleans Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Hornets listed as 4\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Nuggets were in control of Game 2 on Wednesday, … Continue reading Nuggets-Hornets Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/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-4304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304","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=4304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}