{"id":4313,"date":"2009-04-27T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-hornets-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-27T06:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T11:51:00","slug":"nuggets-hornets-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-hornets-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets-Hornets 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 Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans Hornets will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at New Orleans Arena in Game 4 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 Hornets listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nuggets, 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\">The Nuggets chipped away at the Hornets&#8217; second-half lead to make things interesting in the final moments but couldn&#8217;t complete the comeback, losing 95-93 at New Orleans Arena on Saturday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> now has a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nuggets covered the spread as 4.5-point favorites in that contest while the final score played under the 195.5-point total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 54-28 SU, 45-36-1 ATS <br \/>New Orleans: 49-33 SU, 35-45-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Denver most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing New Orleans are 7-3<br \/>After playing New Orleans are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Denver are 7-3<br \/>After playing Denver are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 5-5<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 UNDER in 6 of Denver&#8217;s last 7 games on the road<br \/>Denver is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing New Orleans<br \/>Denver is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games <br \/>Denver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 8 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 10 games at home<br \/>New Orleans is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 15 of New Orleans&#8217;s last 22 games <br \/>New Orleans is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Denver<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>April<\/st2:GivenName> 29<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, April 29<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 Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans Hornets will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at New Orleans Arena in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Hornets listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Nuggets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/nuggets-hornets-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nuggets-Hornets 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-4313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313","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=4313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}