{"id":13672,"date":"2011-02-25T19:28:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T00:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=13672"},"modified":"2011-02-25T19:28:16","modified_gmt":"2011-02-26T00:28:16","slug":"derons-debut-new-jersey-nets-at-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/derons-debut-new-jersey-nets-at-san-antonio-spurs-13672\/","title":{"rendered":"Deron’s Debut: New Jersey Nets at San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Jersey Nets AT San Antonio Spurs
\nFeb 25, 2011 at 8:35 PM EST
\nOpening Line: San Ant -11.5
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 San Ant -11.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 193
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 San Ant -800 \/ NJ +600
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 San Ant -975 \/ NJ +675<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Deron Williams will be donning a Nets jersey <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Nets made shock waves before the trade deadline when they dealt point guard Devin Harris, rookie forward Derrick Favors, 2 first round picks, and $3 Million for Utah’s all star point guard Deron Williams.\u00a0 It might not have been the move Nets’ fans were dreaming of — they wanted ‘Melo — but ultimately this move might end up helping New Jersey more, as finding a top tier all league point guard can prove to be more difficult than simply finding a high scoring wingman like ‘Melo.<\/p>\n

For as posititive as all this is for the future of the Nets, there is still the striking reality that they are facing a Spurs team that they haven’t beat in San Antonio in 9 years and the Spurs have only dropped 2 home games all year, and we’re now after the all star break.\u00a0 San Antonio is likely going to win 65 games this year and they may be bringing home yet another championship trophy when this season is said and done.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

New Jersey is 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games and the total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Jersey’s last 7 games.\u00a0 New Jersey is 2-6 SU in their last 8 games and they are 1-13 SU in their last 14 road games.\u00a0 New Jersey is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games and the total has gone UNDER in 4 of their last 5 on the road.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 7 of their last 8 against San Antonio and New Jersey is 1-16 SU in their last 17 games against the Sprus.\u00a0 New Jersey is 5-14 ATS in their last 19 against San Antonio and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of their last 6 road games in San Antonio.\u00a0 New Jersey is 0-5 SU in their last 5 road games against the Spurs.<\/p>\n

San Antonio is 18-4 SU in their last 22 games and the total has gone OVER in 6 of their last 8 games.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 10 of their last 11 at home and they are 5-0 SU in their last 5 home games.\u00a0 San Antonio is 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games against the Nets and the total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Antonio’s last 8 games against New Jersey.\u00a0 San Antonio is 16-1 SU in their last 17 games against New Jersey and San Antonio is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games at home against the Nets.\u00a0 San Antonio is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games against the Nets and the total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Antonio’s last 6 games at home against New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Key Matchup:<\/p>\n

Deron Williams vs. Tony Parker & George Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deron Williams has been argued by some to be the best point guard in the league and prior to the trade that brought him to the Nets this week, he has been averaging a career high in scoring and his assists aren’t down much (0.8 per game from last year).\u00a0 He could be the only point guard in the game to average 20 points and 10 assists this year, if he does pick his assists numbers up slightly.\u00a0 He’ll be playing with a much less potent lineup in New Jersey than he did in Utah, but Brook Lopez should benefit immensely from the addition of Williams and the two of them are sure to be the feature of many New Jersey’s pick and rolls.\u00a0 Parker got snubbed from making the all-star team, but is still having one of his better seasons.\u00a0 His minutes are up a couple per game from last season, and his scoring and assists are up consequently.\u00a0 Along with George Hill, Parker makes up one half of the quickest backcourt in the NBA, and Deron Williams is a bit slow afoot, especially defensively, so Parker and Hill could pick apart the New Jersey defense.<\/p>\n

Tonight marks the first game of a new era in New Jersey.\u00a0 While former point guard Devin Harris did make an all star team three seasons ago, Deron Williams is a perennial all star, and the kind that makes all-NBA teams.\u00a0 His addition should go a long way towards helping the Nets possibly win their first game in San Antonio in nine years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Jersey Nets AT San Antonio Spurs Feb 25, 2011 at 8:35 PM EST Opening Line: San Ant -11.5 Current Line:\u00a0 San Ant -11.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 193 Current Total:\u00a0 194 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 San Ant -800 \/ NJ +600 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 San Ant -975 \/ NJ +675 The Nets made shock waves before the trade deadline […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[2895,3928,1223,141,1029],"class_list":["post-13672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-deron-williams","tag-george-hill","tag-new-jersey-nets","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tony-parker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13673,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13672\/revisions\/13673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}