{"id":503,"date":"2006-06-10T23:50:06","date_gmt":"2006-06-11T04:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/06\/sunday-trends-3\/"},"modified":"2006-06-10T23:50:06","modified_gmt":"2006-06-11T04:50:06","slug":"sunday-trends-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/06\/sunday-trends-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, June 11, 2006<\/st1:date><\/p>\n

 <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Joe Duffy\u2019s
\npremium plays are available exclusively at Godspicks<\/span><\/a>. Get his exclusive news and
\nnotes from his own clipboard at JoeDuffy.net <\/span><\/a>home of the Handicapper\u2019s
\nSampler<\/span><\/a> rundown of top sports service plays.\u00a0 <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

World Cup<\/h1>\n

Serbia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>
\nMontenegro-Netherlands<\/h1>\n

JadranSport<\/span><\/h2>\n

Rafael van der
\nVaart is on his way into the starting line-up of The Netherlands against Serbia
\n& Montenegro at the World Cup. 23-year old van der Vaart, who is playing
\nfor the German Bundesliga for Hamburger SV, seems to be fully recovered from a
\npainful ankle injury. Several weeks ago he was operated on, and things were
\nlooking good for the World Cup until he injured his ankle once again, one day
\nbefore the friendly against Mexico last week. The former Ajax Amsterdam player
\nwas forced to take some rest and he could only take part in a couple of
\npractice sessions without a ball for the last 10 days. Two other midfielders,
\nPhillip Cocu and Wesley Sneijder are not yet ready to participate in the
\ntraining sessions. Both players were kicked out of the game against Australia,
\nwhich was played last weekend in Holland. Cocu is still suffering a big bruise
\non his upper leg and can\u2019t do anything more physical than walk. Sneijder is
\ndealing with an ankle injury, at the moment he\u2019s looking better then Cocu, as
\nhe has already spent some time with the ball and he had an individual training
\nthis morning. Nevertheless, both players are uncertain to be ready and fit for
\nthe match against Serbia & Montenegro.<\/span><\/o:p><\/p>\n

Scotsman.com<\/h2>\n

THE son
\nof <\/span>Serbia<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and <\/span>Montenegro<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> coach Ilija<\/span>
\nPetkovic<\/span> has been withdrawn from the country\u2019s World
\nCup finals squad following a row over nepotism. Centre-half Dusan<\/span>
\nPetkovic<\/span> returned home yesterday morning from the
\nteam\u2019s training camp in <\/span>Felden<\/span><\/span><\/st1:City>, <\/span>Austria<\/span><\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>, and his father told Serbian media
\nthat they had made the decision to \u201cput an end to an ordeal\u201d. On arrival at the
\nMuenster airport in <\/span>Germany<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> yesterday, captain<\/span>
\nSavo<\/span> Milosevic said the team were in good spirits and
\nhoping to reach the second round from a difficult group that features <\/span>Argentina<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, the <\/span>Netherlands<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and <\/span>Ivory Coast<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. \u201cThe team spirit is outstanding
\nand nothing can disrupt the atmosphere we have got,\u201d said Milosevic. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Mexico-Iran<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Vital Football<\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n

Mexico\u2019s first-choice keeper Oswaldo<\/span>
\nSanchez suffered a personal tragedy yesterday when he was informed at around
\nmidnight that his father had died suddenly of a suspected heat attack just days
\nbefore he was due to fly over to Germany to watch his son play. Sanchez caught
\nthe first flight out of Germany<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>
\nto be re-united with his family and it is<\/span> not yet
\nclear whether he will return in time for this weekend\u2019s opener against Iran<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.
\n\u2018He wants to come back and play but of course we will wait and see,\u2019 a
\nspokesman for the Mexican football association said.<\/p>\n

NBA<\/h3>\n

Heat-Mavericks<\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n

Associated Press<\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n

Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> coach
\nPat Riley and Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u2019 Avery Johnson
\nseemed confident they\u2019ve got time to manage the mountain of mistakes and
\nmangled game plans left from the opener. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

For starters, both coaches are determined to get starring
\nefforts from their star players \u2014 because Dirk Nowitzki, Shaquille O\u2019Neal and Dwyane<\/span> Wade all left ample room for improvement after Game
\n1. O\u2019Neal was even worse than his usual erratic self, going 1-for-9 \u2014 actually
\n1-for-11, if you count the two misses called back by lane violations \u2014 and
\nmissing all of his eight tries before the final minute.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

ATS Trends<\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00b7       
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dallas<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 24-9 to teams with a +3 or
\nbetter ppg margin<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7       
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Miami<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has gone under 18-4 to teams with a
\n+3 or better ppg margin<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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