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11/08/2008 - Sacramento, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Martin scored 26 points and tallied six assists, and the Sacramento Kings routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-109.
John Salmons scored 23 points for the Kings, who won their second straight at home after dropping four road contests to open the season. Beno Udrih scored 15 points, and Spencer Hawes had 13 points and eight rebounds for Sacramento.
Rookie forward Kevin Love had 20 points and eight rebounds for the Timberwolves, who have dropped four straight after a season-opening win over the Kings at home. Mike Miller scored 16 points and grabbed six boards, and Sebastian Telfair had 15 points and seven assists.
Al Jefferson scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Minnesota.
The Kings pulled away in the third quarter. A Telfair three-pointer cut the Sacramento lead to 64-62 with 9:53 remaining, but a 15-5 Kings run, powered by seven points from Martin, pushed the lead to 79-67.
Sacramento led 92-79 entering the fourth quarter, then put the game away with a 9-0 push to start the frame. A Martin three gave the Kings a 101-79 lead with 10:17 left, and the T-Wolves never threatened down the stretch.
Love poured in 10 points in the first quarter, but the Kings led 36-27 entering the second. The T-Wolves pulled to within 36-32 on a Randy Foye three-pointer in the first minute of the second quarter, but Sacramento responded by pushing its lead back to 10 points.
The Kings led 62-55 at halftime.
Game Notes
Sacramento made 22-of-23 free throws...Love made 6-of-7 field goals, and 8- of-10 at the charity stripe...Starting forward Corey Brewer had zero points on 0-of-5 shooting in 19 minutes for Minnesota.
<< Sloan picks up 1,000th win with Jazz
Salt Lake City, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Boozer finished with 21 points
and nine rebounds, as Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan got his 1,000th victory
with the club in a 104-97 victory over Oklahoma City.
Sloan became the first coach
<< Report: Goodell rescinds fine on Tuck
Newark, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck will
apparently not be out $7,500 after all.
Hours after the New York Times reported that Tuck was fined $7,500 by the NFL
for a hit against Dallas quarterback Bro
<< Gordon, Rose lead Bulls in rout of Suns
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ben Gordon scored 23 points, and rookie point
guard Derrick Rose had 18 points as the Chicago Bulls ran away with a
surprising 100-83 win over the Phoenix Suns.
Gordon sank 8-of-13 from the field -
<< Wade, Heat roll over Spurs; Parker injured
San Antonio, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dwyane Wade poured in a game-high 33
points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out nine assists in Miami's 99-83
triumph over San Antonio.
Wade was 14-of-25 from the floor and logged three steals
Around FCS: Garton keeps Penn's hopes alive >>
Princeton, N.J. (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Keiffer Garton has spent much of his time at
Penn directing the Quaker scout team offense. But with injuries decimating the
team's top-two quarterbacks, Robert Irvin and Kyle Olson, Garton made his first
caree
Report: Nuggets to buy out McDyess' contract >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Denver Nuggets will reportedly buy out
the contract of forward Antonio McDyess, who was acquired in Monday's trade
with the Detroit Pistons.
McDyess, along with guard Chauncey Billups and center Che
Anthony, Denver sinks Dallas on free throws >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points, grabbed eight
rebounds, added six assists and made several key free throws to help give the
Denver Nuggets a 108-105 win over the Dallas Mavericks.
Chauncey Billups scored 1
Clippers' Thomas leaves with ankle injury >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angeles Clippers forward Tim Thomas
left Friday's 92-83 loss to the Houston Rockets in the first quarter with a
sprained left ankle.
Thomas had to be helped off the floor after turning the
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
MySportsbook.com's Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds:
Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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