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02/17/2007 - Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York's David Lee garnered MVP honors with 30 points, making all 14 of his shots from the floor, as the sophomores beat the rookies, 155-114, in the All-Star rookie challenge Friday night.
Lee, who tops the league with 61.2 percent in shots made this season, also had 11 rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots and Monta Ellis added 28 points on 13-of-16 shooting for the sophomores, who set a scoring record for the contest.
"It was a tremendous experience just to be included in the All-Star Weekend," Lee said. "I really thank the NBA for making me a part of it. I went out tonight and we said we were going to share the ball and have fun. We had some of the Phoenix Suns assistants as coaches, so we were running and gunning. Chris Paul and Deron Williams made it very easy on me tonight."
Paul came up with 16 points, 17 assists and nine steals for the sophomores. Williams tallied 19 points, while Danny Granger and Raymond Felton each had 17 and Luther Head 15.
The sophomores shot 74.7 percent (68-of-91) to win going away.
"It was a lot of fun, especially after participating last year as a rookie," Paul said. "We got beat. As sophomores, we didn't want to let that happen again. We felt like we were veterans coming into this game tonight."
Rudy Gay and Paul Millsap shared top scoring honors for the rookies with 22 points apiece. Adam Morrison ended with 16 and Randy Foye 14 in a losing cause, as the rookies struggled to a 4-for-21 performance from beyond the arc.
Lee's follow jam extended the sophomores to an early 28-15 lead in the opening half and the rout was on. The sophomores led 77-48 at the intermission and cruised the rest of the way.
Toronto's Andrea Bargnani, last year's top draft pick, had 12 points.
The matchup was a prelude to the NBA All-Star game, scheduled to take place this Sunday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Also, Friday New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush sprained his right ankle in the Celebrity game, won by the West squad, 40-21, over the East. Bush hurt his ankle while trying to block a shot, but came down awkwardly on the ankle and was assisted off the court.
After the game, Bush said the ankle injury wasn't serious.
Tony Potts, co-anchor of Access Hollywood. registered 14 points and eight rebounds and was named the game's MVP.
<< Lee leads sophomores past rookies
Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York's David Lee garnered MVP honors with
30 points, making all 14 of his shots from the floor, as the sophomores beat
the rookies, 155-114, in the All-Star rookie challenge Friday night.
Lee, who tops
<< Patriots place franchise tag on Samuel
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the organization for at least one more year.
A fourth-round pick in the 2003 NFL
<< Chela advances to quarterfinals in rainy Brazil
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Ramirez Hidalgo, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals at the $456,000
Brasil
<< Blues finally beat Predators
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manny Legace stopped 19 shots for his fifth
shutout of the season and 18th of his career, as St. Louis snapped a 14-game
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Bill Guerin scored
Roddick into semifinals in San Jose >>
San Jose, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seed Andy Roddick fought off fellow
American Vincent Spadea to move into the semifinals at the $416,000 SAP Open.
Roddick, who titled here in 2004 and '05, topped the eighth-seeded Spadea,
6-3,
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the lead at the Jacob's Creek Open Championship.
Sterling and Lutterus were joined
Minoza holds tentative lead at suspended Indonesia Open >>
Jakarta, Indonesia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Frankie Minoza of the Philippines held a
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Saturday due to inclement weather.
Minoza was five-under par through 17 holes in h
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Antwerp, Belgium (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Amelie Mauresmo will participate in her
first WTA final of the year Sunday, vying for the diamond-studded racket
trophy thanks to a hard-fought, three-set victory over seventh-seeded Anna
Chakvetadze at the
The AFC South and the NFC East are the favorite divisions to have the next Super Bowl champ among them in the NFL betting odds. But more down to the point, these football odds are in favor of the Indianapolis Colts, by far the strongest team in the AFC South, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East.
Most sports fans would agree that these two teams top the list to win it all before the season even begins. In the BetUS Sportsbook football futures, the Colts are +800 in the odds to win the Super Bowl, while the Cowboys are sitting at +1000 and the Super Bowl XLIV champions New Orleans Saints at +900. In the AFC South, the Colts won the division for five straight years after the 2002 realignment, before the Tennessee Titans won it in 2008. But the Colts came back strong in 2009 to win the division again en route to the Super Bowl. The Cowboys are the favorite to win the NFC East, as well as to advance far into the post season. The Cowboys won the division last season before their horrendous loss in the NFC Divisional playoff to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. But the ‘Boys will take that loss humbly and be ready for the playoffs this time around.
The NFC South is also very strong, at +600 in the NFL futures, considering that it is home to the defending Super Bowl champions. However, some predictions have the Atlanta Falcons with possibilities of claiming the divisional title this season in place of the Saints, as no team has won back-to-back division championships since the division realignment took place. Let’s not overlook the AFC North at +500. As TO goes to Cincinnati to join Chad OchoCinco and Adam “Pac-Man” Jones, this team looks to claim the division title again. And it is likely they will do so. The Bengals lost in the AFC Wild Card spot in a hard-fought battle against the New York Jets last season. Lest not forget the Pittsburgh Steelers, the XLII Super Bowl Champions… All these teams present interesting odds and matchups for the upcoming season, but the safest and surest bet seems to be with the Colts in the AFC South and the Cowboys in the NFC East. Play this weekly NFL Football Contestto see if you can win.
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Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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