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Bucks host Wizards in opener of home-and-home setBasketball Betting Lines03/03/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Wizards will try to stay unbeaten against the Milwaukee Bucks tonight, when the two teams square off at the Bradley Center in the opener of a home-and-home set. Washington has won the first two matchups with the Bucks, including a 109-97 triumph in Wisconsin back on December 23. Milwaukee, however, has won 16 of the previous 21 contests as the host in this series. These two teams will meet again on Friday at the Verizon Center. The Wizards ended a two-game slide with an 89-85 victory at New Jersey on Sunday, as Andray Blatche posted a career-high 36 points, 15 rebounds and four assists for the Wizards, who won for the fourth time in seven tries. Randy Foye finished with 16 points and Al Thornton added 20 and eight boards. "I just came off aggressive," Foye said of his clutch shot down the stretch. "Yi (Jianlian) was on me, he tried to give me a little bit of pressure. I just jabbed at him a little bit, he backed up and I pulled up for the jumper." Washington will try to work on its 9-18 road mark Wednesday night. Milwaukee hopes to get back in the win column after having its six-game winning streak come to a close with Sunday's 106-102 overtime loss at Atlanta in the finale of a three-game road swing. John Salmons ended with a season-high 32 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks, who had been 6-0 since acquiring the shooting guard from Chicago before the NBA's trade deadline. Jerry Stackhouse came off the bench and scored 20 points, while Andrew Bogut chipped in 14 points, nine rebounds and four blocks in defeat. "We just weren't able to settle down [in overtime]," Bucks head coach Scott Skiles said. "We played really hard...We came out today with a lot of positives." The Bucks have won two in a row at home and are 18-9 as the host this season.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Celtics have lost two in a row as the host and will try to regain homecourt supremacy tonight versus the Charlotte Bobcats at TD Garden. Boston is 16-11 in Beantown this season and split six games at home last
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MySportsbook.com Posts Heisman Trophy Odds With 3,919 passing yards, 32 touchdowns and a mere seven interceptions last season, combined with a powerful South Bend Heisman legacy, odds makers at MySportsbook.com have given Notre Dame senior quarterback Brady Quinn the best Heisman Trophy odds at 5-2. Quinn isn’t the only big man on campus this season. Oklahoma junior running back and 2004 Heisman runner-up Adrian Peterson, listed at 7-2, rushed for a combined 3,033 yards in his first two years as a college player and will give Quinn a run for his money.
For complete NCAA Football odds visit MySportsbook.com. MySportsbook.com: New College Football Clock Rules Examined Coaches and bettors alike are desperate to make sense of the new time-keeping rules on the NCAA gridiron. One of the big stories to come out of the Ohio State-Texas clash last weekend was Texas coach Mack Brown's criticism of the NCAA's new clock rules that are intended to shorten the duration of college football games, therefore affecting college football betting. "They scored with six minutes left and the game was over before we had a chance to do anything," Brown told ESPN.com. "I really hope whoever made these changes will go back and look them over." Sure, it might be sour grapes; the Buckeyes thoroughly trounced the defending national champion Longhorns 24-7. However, Brown isn't alone in giving the changes their due thought. Bettors are also wondering about them, albeit for a completely different reason. Most experts agree that the changes will result in games being shortened by anywhere from 10 to 20 plays. The obvious consequence is lower scores, with more time rolling off the clock during changes of possession. (The Ohio State-Texas game flew well under the total of 52.) According to research at the online sportsbook MySportsbook.com, more than 18 plays a game disappeared last weekend into thin air. That's a 10-percent reduction. In 2005, a typical game had 168.58 plays. For 2007 already, it's down to 150.26. As a result, teams combined to gain an average of about 100 fewer yards a game last weekend versus the 2005 openers. Scoring was also down by about 4.5 points (attention Las Vegas sports lines). Of course, oddsmakers were able to adjust to the changes before the season started. Proof of that came as the over went a balanced 8-9 at My Sportsbook on Saturday. Other angles to consider:A shorter game should theoretically result in shorter lines. Whereas Team A might have been a 14-point favorite in a 168-play game (last year), if there are 10 percent less snaps in 2007, the line should also be reduced by 10 percent (to 13 or 12.5). Of course, this is an over-simplification of the matter, but something to keep in mind. *UPDATE* - Sept. 25, 2007 New Clock Rules Boon for online bookmakers By adjusting the time-keeping rules to shorten the duration of college football games, the NCAA hoped to make its product more enjoyable for the fans. While the NCAA's success in this regard is still up for debate, bookmakers couldn't be happier with the results. "We are seeing a massive jump in college football betting," noted the MySportsbook.com management team. "With all the early Saturday games (12 a.m. ET) ending before the second wave begins (3:30 p.m. ET) - something that didn't always happen before the changes - bettors are now able to re-invest their winnings from the morning session in the afternoon games." While not all bettors will choose to roll over their winnings, it doesn't take much for an impact to be seen on the bottom line. "Not all of the millions of dollars in morning payouts get re-bet. In fact, it's probably only 10 to 20 percent," noted the sportsbook management team. "Still, the increased football betting lines window will create a ton of growth for us over the course of the season." About MySportsbook.com Sports Casino Poker To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your Sportsbook accepts Master Card needs. |
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