{"id":4403,"date":"2009-05-11T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cavaliers-hawks-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-11T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T11:15:00","slug":"cavaliers-hawks-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cavaliers-hawks-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers-Hawks 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 fans at Philips Arena will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks when they take their seats on Monday. <?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 Cavaliers listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hawks, 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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>LeBron<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>James<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> dominated with a game-high 47 points on Saturday night, leading the Cavaliers over the Hawks 97-82 for a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Cavaliers covered the 9-point spread, while the 179 points went UNDER the posted total of 181.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:GivenName>James<\/st1:GivenName> also had 12 rebounds for a double-double, and dished out eight assists. <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Joe<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Johnson<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> scored 21 points with five rebounds in the 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>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 66-16 SU, 49-33 ATS <br \/>Atlanta: 47-35 SU, 43-37-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 8-2<br \/>After playing Atlanta are 9-1<br \/>After a win are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>After playing Cleveland are 4-6<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Cleveland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>Cleveland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Atlanta is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against Cleveland<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 fans at Philips Arena will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks when they take their seats on Monday. Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hawks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. LeBron James dominated with a game-high 47 points &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cavaliers-hawks-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cavaliers-Hawks 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-4403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403","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=4403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}