{"id":6201,"date":"2009-10-29T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nba-handicapping-spurs-vs-bulls\/"},"modified":"2009-10-29T06:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T11:44:00","slug":"nba-handicapping-spurs-vs-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nba-handicapping-spurs-vs-bulls\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Handicapping: Spurs vs Bulls"},"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 San Antonio Spurs and the Chicago Bulls will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>United<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1: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\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Six players reached double figures as the Spurs clipped the Hornets 113-96 in their season-opener on Wednesday. The Spurs covered the 9.5-point spread, while the 209 points sailed OVER the posted total of 186.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">DeJuan Blair had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS <br \/>Chicago: 0-0 SU, 0-0 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Antonio most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Sacramento are 8-2<br \/>After playing New Orleans are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Boston are 6-4<br \/>After playing Boston are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>San Antonio is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games when playing Chicago<br \/>San Antonio is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>San Antonio is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>San Antonio is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Chicago<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>Chicago is 16-3 SU in its last 19 games at home<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago&#8217;s last 6 games when playing San Antonio<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Chicago&#8217;s last 14 games when playing at home against San Antonio<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Saturday, October 31<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, October 30<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><\/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 San Antonio Spurs and the Chicago Bulls will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at United Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Six players reached double figures as the Spurs clipped the Hornets 113-96 in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nba-handicapping-spurs-vs-bulls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NBA Handicapping: Spurs vs Bulls<\/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-6201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201","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=6201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}