{"id":6488,"date":"2009-04-27T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/jazz-lakers-odds-preview-4\/"},"modified":"2009-04-27T06:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T11:53:00","slug":"jazz-lakers-odds-preview-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/jazz-lakers-odds-preview-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz-Lakers 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 Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>STAPLES<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in Game 5 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 Lakers listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the Jazz, 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\">Kobe Bryant tossed in a game-high 38 points to lift the Lakers to a 108-94 victory over the Jazz on Saturday. The Lakers covered the 5-point spread, while the 202 points went UNDER the posted total of 209.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Lamar<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Odom<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 10 points and 15 rebounds for a double-double for the Lakers, who now lead the first-round playoff series 3-1. <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Carlos<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Boozer<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> netted 23 points with 16 rebounds for a double-double in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 48-34 SU, 39-43 ATS <br \/>Los Angeles: 65-17 SU, 42-39-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Utah most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>After playing LA Lakers are 5-5<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 5-5<br \/>After playing Utah are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 7-3<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 OVER in 5 of Utah&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Utah&#8217;s last 10 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>Utah is 6-12-1 ATS in their last 19 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home<br \/>LA Lakers are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against Utah<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 5 games when playing at home against Utah<br \/>LA Lakers are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games <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 Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at STAPLES Center in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 12\u00bd-point favorites versus the Jazz, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Kobe Bryant tossed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/jazz-lakers-odds-preview-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jazz-Lakers 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-6488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488","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=6488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}