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03/12/2010 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago Bulls All-Star point guard Derrick Rose will miss Friday's game at Miami and is listed as day-to-day after an MRI confirmed he has a sprained left wrist.
During Thursday's loss to the Magic, Rose was driving the lane late in the first quarter and ran into Orlando center Dwight Howard.
The reigning NBA Rookie of the Year fell hard to the floor and clutched his hand and back before making his way to the free throw line. He made 1-of-2 from the stripe before exiting the game for good.
A similar scenario played out the last time these two teams met in February, but Rose missed only the remainder of that game.
He will miss at least one game this time around, though there is no fracture or ligament damage to the wrist.
Rose is averaging 20.4 points and 5.7 assists in 64 contests. Friday will be the first game he misses this year.
<< Duke uses late surge to fend off Virginia in ACC quarters
Greensboro, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Singler scored 18 points and grabbed 11
rebounds, as fourth-ranked Duke pulled away late to earn a 57-46 victory over
Virginia in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum.
Jon Sc
<< Owls top Bonnies to start quest for A-10 three-peat
Atlantic City, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Juan Fernandez scored 17 points and doled
out seven assists, as No. 17 Temple advanced to the semifinals of the Atlantic
10 Tournament with a solid 69-51 victory against St. Bonaventure at Boardwalk
Hall.
<< Losing starts at the top
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - March is when college basketball vaults to
the top of the sports scene. It also happens to be when I really start to pay
attention to the college game with an eye on June's draft.
Conventional wisdom says
<< Two-Year-Old Champ Returns to the Races
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - In what could be the sign of the times,
Lookin At Lucky, last year's Eclipse Award-winning two-year-old, will have just
two prep races prior to the Kentucky Derby. If the Bob Baffert-trained colt
winds up c
Wall, Kentucky withstand tough test from Alabama >>
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - John Wall had 23 points, seven rebounds and
six assists in his first taste of tournament basketball, as second-ranked
Kentucky moved into the semifinals of the SEC Tournament with a 73-67 triumph
over Al
Heat suspend Wright for two games after DUI arrest >>
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Miami Heat suspended forward Dorell Wright
for the next two games after he was charged with driving under the influence
and driving with a suspended license on Thursday.
"This is out of character for D
Pats re-sign CB Bodden, add LB Murrell >>
Foxboro, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New England Patriots on Friday re-signed
cornerback Leigh Bodden and inked linebacker Marques Murrell to an undisclosed
contract.
Bodden started in 14 of the 15 games he played in for the Patriots last s
Titans re-sign CB Hood >>
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tennessee Titans agreed to terms on a
contract with veteran cornerback Rod Hood on Friday.
Hood, who was an unrestricted free agent, appeared in five games (four starts)
for the Titans last season, re
It's less than a month until the NHL hockey betting season opens at MySportsbook.com and preparations are underway for another battle in the race to hoist Lord Stanley's mug in 2007.
As cup crazy fans prepare to place their bets, one online sportsbook ,MySportsbook.com, is offering hockey betting lines on the 2007/2007 Stanley Cup , who will bring it home this upcoming season.
Despite a poor showing in last season's playoffs and the loss of Steve Yzerman to retirement, the Detroit Red Wings are early favourites at this online sportsbook with wagering odds of 6-1. The Wings will look to offensive powerhouse Pavel Datsyuk and newly appointed captain Nicklas Lidstrom to lead one of the league's most prominent franchises.
Always a threat are the Ottawa Senators, with newly acquired goaltender Martin Gerber from the Stanley Cup champion ,Carolina Hurricanes. The Sens are second best in the rankings at a 7-1 bet, and odds makers at this sportsbook are optimistic that the Ottawa squad will fare better than last season's Eastern Conference semi-final upset to the Buffalo Sabres.
Also worth noting are the defending Stanley Cup champs Carolina Hurricanes, a 10-1 bet to repeat. Behind the Canes are the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, and Anaheim Mighty Ducks all sit at 12-1. In the basement are the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, and St. Louis Blues who all have 100-1 odds to win.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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