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11/13/2006 - Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carmelo Anthony scored 36 points and Andre Miller had 17 points and 11 assists to lead the Denver Nuggets over the Charlotte Bobcats, 108-101.
J.R. Smith also had 17 points and Marcus Camby had 12 points and 11 boards for the Nuggets, who have won two in a row after dropping three straight to begin the year.
Emeka Okafor had 22 points, 15 boards and three blocks for the Bobcats, who have lost three in a row and five of six to start the season. Brevin Knight added 21 points, seven assists and six boards and Gerald Wallace had 20 points and seven rebounds for Charlotte, which found itself in a double-digit hole in the third quarter that it could never recover from.
After scoring four straight points early in the second half to extended to a 61-52 lead, Denver methodically began to pull away. By the midway point of the third quarter, the Nuggets held a 10-point edge, 69-59, and after a Reggie Evans bucket with just over five minutes left the cushion increased to 12 points, 75-63.
Later, Miller hit 1-of-2 free throws to give Denver its largest lead to that point, 79-65, and the Nuggets cruised into the fourth with an 82-73 edge.
Charlotte never threatened over the final 12 minutes, drawing only within 104- 97 with 30 seconds left.
Raymond Felton returned from a one-game absence due to an injury and had 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Bobcats.
The Nuggets scored eight of the final 10 points in the first quarter to take a 24-22 lead going into the second.
Wallace briefly gave Charlotte a 26-25 lead early in the second, but Denver scored the next eight points to take the lead for good. Joe Smith scored the final six points of the surge and Denver eventually took a 55-47 lead into halftime.
Joe Smith ended with eight points and four boards for the Nuggets, who shot 42.9 percent from the field for the game.
Game Notes
Anthony shot 13-of-22 from the field, recording his third game of 30 or more points this season...Charlotte fell to 1-3 at home...Denver is 2-1 on the road...Charlotte shot 47.6 percent from the floor for the game...Adam Morrison, Charlotte's rookie, ended with just two points on 1-of-8 shooting.
<< Romo leads Cowboys over Cardinals
Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tony Romo threw for a career-high 308 yards
and two touchdowns to lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 27-10 rout of the Arizona
Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Romo finished 20-of-29 passing while
<< Frye, Browns stun Falcons
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Charlie Frye threw for 165 yards and a
touchdown as Cleveland took advantage of three Michael Vick turnovers to upset
the Atlanta Falcons, 17-13, at the Georgia Dome.
Vick completed just 16-of-40 pa
<< Pryce is right: Ravens hold off Titans
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trevor Pryce blocked a 43-yard Rob Bironas
field goal attempt to secure a 27-26 comeback victory for the Baltimore Ravens
over the Tennessee Titans.
The Ravens (7-2) scored the game's last 20 points after
<< Blues edge Oilers
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Martin Rucinsky tallied twice and Curtis
Sanford made 30 saves as the St. Louis Blues downed the Edmonton Oilers, 5-3,
at Scottrade Center.
Bryce Salvador, Jay McClement and Lee Stempniak rounded out
UVA upends No. 10 Arizona >>
Charlottesville, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mamadi Diane and Sean Singletary both
netted 25 points, as the upset-minded Virginia Cavaliers edged the 10th-ranked
Arizona Wildcats, 93-90.
Diane scored the first points in John Paul Jones Arena h
Grossman and Chicago get back on track with win over Giants >>
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rex Grossman threw three touchdown
passes and Devin Hester returned a missed field goal an NFL-record tying 108
yards for a score, as the Chicago Bears grabbed a stranglehold on the top spot
in the
Top-25 College Basketball Game Capsules >>
West Point, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aaron Gray posted a double-double with 10
points and 13 rebounds to lead Pittsburgh over Western Michigan, 86-67, in the
inaugural Maggie Dixon Classic at Christl Arena. The event is played in honor
of the
Baseball's top rookies set to be announced >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Baseball Writers' Association of America will hand out
its first two awards of the offseason on Monday, as the Rookie of the Year in
both the American and National Leagues will be announced.
In the American League
Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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