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Best and worst clash as Cavs face Nets

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03/03/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Cavaliers will try to sweep the season series from the New Jersey Nets for a second straight year when the two teams collide Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.

The Cavs won all three meetings a season ago and the first three matchups in 2009-10, including a 104-97 triumph in the most recent encounter on February 9 at Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland has topped the Nets seven consecutive times and is unbeaten in its last three trips to the IZOD Center.

Cleveland has won four in a row overall and recently handed the New York Knicks a 124-93 setback at home on Monday behind 22 points, seven assists and seven rebounds from NBA leading scorer LeBron James. Newcomer Antawn Jamison registered 17 points and 12 rebounds, while J.J. Hickson also scored 17 points for the Central Division-leading Cavs, who are the top team in the NBA and own the league's best record at 47-14.

"It was a good win. I thought that after getting up big, we did a nice job of staying focused, coming out in the third quarter and trying to close and finish the game the right way," Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown said. "Give everybody in that locker room credit for trying to string a game together for 48 minutes, even though we were fortunate to get off to a big lead."

The top team in the East learned earlier in the day that future Hall of Fame center Shaquille O'Neal is expected to be sidelined for the next eight weeks after undergoing surgery for an injured right thumb. Cleveland will have to make due without Shaq, and has won 12 of its last 16 road games. It is 21-10 as the guest this season. Cavs guard Daniel Gibson (personal) is questionable for Wednesday's game against New Jersey.

The Nets failed to build off a huge win at Boston by dropping an 89-85 decision to the Washington Wizards the last time out on Sunday in the opener of a three-game homestand. Yi Jianlian had 20 points and a career-high 19 boards to pace the Nets, who posted a 104-96 victory over the Celtics to snap a four-game slide.

Devin Harris had 18 points, 14 assists and seven boards, while Brook Lopez added 16 points and 10 rebounds in defeat.

"At the end of the day, they hit a couple of tough shots and we missed a couple of tough ones," Nets coach Kiki Vandeweghe said after the Nets fell to an NBA-worst 6-53 this season. "We missed a couple of free throws. But all in all, I thought we played 40 minutes of pretty good basketball and maybe didn't have the legs to finish it."

New Jersey will also host Orlando on the residency and is 3-26 at home. On the injury front, guard Courtney Lee is expected to miss tonight's game because of a sprained left ankle. The Nets are hoping to avoid breaking the NBA mark for futility held by the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, who went 9-73 that year.


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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atlanta Hawks All-Star Joe Johnson is approaching a career milestone and will most likely reach it tonight versus the Philadelphia 76ers in the opener of a brief two-game homestand at Philips Arena. Johnson leads the Hawks

<< Magic host woeful Warriors
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Orlando Magic are back at home and will try to ride the momentum from a blowout win in south Philly tonight, when they play host to the Golden State Warriors at Amway Arena. The Southeast Division-leading Magic crushed

<< Chiefs part ways with WR Darling
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Chiefs released wide receiver Devard Darling and running back Dantrell Savage on Wednesday. The 27-year-old Darling, who was on injured reserve for the entire 2009 season, had

<< Safina withdraws from Indian Wells
Monte Carlo, Monaco (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dinara Safina has decided to skip the Indian Wells event on the WTA Tour because of a nagging back injury. The tournament starts next Wednesday in California. "Unfortunately, I will not be able to

<< Blues pick up D'Agostini from Habs
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Blues have acquired forward Matt D'Agostini from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for prospect Aaron Palushaj. D'Agostini appeared in 40 games for the Canadiens this season, notchin

Pistons and Knicks meet at MSG >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Pistons are back on the road for two games and will try to stop a four-game slide tonight against the New York Knicks at historic Madison Square Garden. Detroit lost the last three tests of a four-game road swi

Bucks host Wizards in opener of home-and-home set >>
(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

Celtics hope to get back on track vs. Bobcats >>
(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

Suns pay a visit to Clippers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The red-hot Phoenix Suns get back to work in Los Angeles Wednesday against their Pacific Division rival, the Clippers. The Suns won for the sixth time in seven tries on Monday when Amare Stoudemire poured in 19 points

Blazers host Pacers in Rose City >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers hope to build on a successful road trip tonight when they return to the Rose Garden to face the lowly Indiana Pacers. The Blazers finished an impressive 4-1 trek on Monday in Memphis w

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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MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds

According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.

Although MySportsbook.com has listed Notre Dame as the 5-1 favorite to win thecollege football College Football betting, fans in Columbus do not need to cancel their tickets to Glendale just yet.  The Ohio State Buckeyes, listed right behind the Irish at 7-1, are also heavy favorites to win college football’s most coveted prize, while West Virginia, USC and the 2007 National Champion Texas Longhorns - all listed at 8-1 – are strong contenders as well.

MySportsbook.com has also posted gambling odds on the conference championships for the ACC, Big 12 and SEC.  In the ACC – it could be anyone’s title, particularly for the two schools from the Sunshine State.  Florida State and Miami, both listed at 2-1, are favored to win the ACC Championship Game odds, with the ‘Noles hoping to finish in the nation’s top 10 for the first time in five years, and the ‘Canes looking to avenge their 10-7 loss against FSU in last year’s ACC Championship betting.

Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL.  In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.

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ODDS TO WIN THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Notre Dame
Ohio State
West Virginia
Texas
USC
Florida
California
Auburn
Oklahoma
Iowa
Louisville
Florida State
Michigan
Miami (FL)
LSU
Penn State
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
Tennessee
Georgia
Arizona State
Oregon
Clemson
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Alabama
Arkansas
Boston College
Michigan State
Maryland
South Carolina
Colorado
Purdue
Georgia Tech
TCU
UCLA
Arizona
Pittsburgh
Iowa State
Wisconsin
North Carolina State
Virginia
North Carolina
Fresno State
Hawaii
Northwestern
BYU
Oregon State
UNLV
Field (Any Other Team)
5-1
7-1
8-1
8-1
8-1
12-1
15-1
15-1
18-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
25-1
40-1
40-1
50-1
60-1
60-1
60-1
70-1
70-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
150-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
250-1
250-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
400-1
500-1
500-1
500-1
500-1
1000-1
1000-1
40-1



ODDS TO WIN ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Miami (FL)
Florida State
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Boston College
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina State
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Duke
2-1
2-1
3-1
7-1
15-1
15-1
15-1
30-1
30-1
30-1
50-1
500-1



ODDS TO WIN BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Texas Tech
Colorado
Iowa State
Texas A&M
Kansas State
Missouri
Kansas
Baylor
Oklahoma State
7-5
9-5
9-2
12-1
14-1
15-1
15-1
30-1
30-1
35-1
100-1
100-1



ODDS TO WIN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Auburn
Florida
LSU
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
5-2
11-4
4-1
6-1
7-1
7-1
9-1
20-1
28-1
75-1
100-1
300-1

For complete NCAA football odds please visit Mysportsbook.com.