{"id":6502,"date":"2009-04-28T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/76ers-magic-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-04-28T06:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T11:25:00","slug":"76ers-magic-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/76ers-magic-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers-Magic 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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 76ers and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Amway Arena 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 Magic listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the 76ers, 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 Magic defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 84-81 as a 4.5-point favorite in Game 4 on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (192). <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>Dwight<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Howard<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> scored 18 points and grabbed 18 rebounds for <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, while <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rashard<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lewis<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Hedo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Turkoglu<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> each netted 17 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Andre<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Miller<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> led the 76ers with 17 points and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Thaddeus<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Young<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 15 points. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 41-41 SU, 36-44-2 ATS <br \/>Orlando: 59-23 SU, 49-32-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Orlando are 7-3<br \/>After playing Orlando are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Orlando most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Philadelphia are 5-5<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 8-2<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 OVER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>Philadelphia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Orlando<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Orlando<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Orlando is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Orlando&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Orlando is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Orlando<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, <st2:GivenName>April<\/st2:GivenName> 30<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Thursday, April 30<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 Philadelphia 76ers and the Orlando Magic will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Amway Arena in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the Magic listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the 76ers, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Magic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/76ers-magic-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">76ers-Magic 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-6502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502","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=6502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}