{"id":6541,"date":"2009-04-30T07:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/magic-76ers-lines-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-04-30T07:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T12:36:00","slug":"magic-76ers-lines-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/magic-76ers-lines-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic-76ers Lines 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 Orlando Magic and the <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:City><st2:place>Philadelphia<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> 76ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at <st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Wachovia<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Center<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place> in Game 6 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 76ers listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Magic, 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\"><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Dwight<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Howard<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> went for 24 points and 24 rebounds to lead the Magic past the 76ers 91-78 to take a 3-2 lead in the series on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:City><st2:place><st1:Sn>Orlando<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> covered as 8.5-point home favorites as the teams played under the 188.5-point total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Rashard<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Lewis<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> also scored 24 points for the Magic, who got 14 points from Rafer Alston in the payday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Andre<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Iguodala<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> dropped 26 points for <st2:City><st2:place>Philadelphia<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Andre<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Miller<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had 17 points, six assists, and four steals for the 76ers. <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>Orlando<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 59-23 SU, 49-32-1 ATS <br \/>Philadelphia: 41-41 SU, 36-44-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Orlando most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 7-3<br \/>After playing Philadelphia are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia most recently:<br \/>When playing on Thursday are 5-5<br \/>After playing Orlando are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<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 UNDER in 5 of Orlando&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Orlando&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>Orlando is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games when playing Philadelphia<br \/>Orlando is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Orlando<br \/>Philadelphia is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games at home<br \/>Philadelphia is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Orlando<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 Orlando Magic and the Philadelphia 76ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Wachovia Center in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series. Oddsmakers currently have the 76ers listed as 5\u00bd-point favorites versus the Magic, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Dwight Howard &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/magic-76ers-lines-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Magic-76ers Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541","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=6541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}