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Kobe, Lakers visit Northwest Division-leading Utah

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02/26/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two of the top teams in the Western Conference meet when the Utah Jazz welcome the Los Angeles Lakers tonight to EnergySolutions Arena.

This is the third and final meeting of the regular season between the clubs. The teams split the two previous contests.

The Lakers have lost two straight and five of their last six at Utah.

The Northwest Division-leading Jazz go for their third win in a row. Derek Fisher scored 21 points on 8-of-11 from the field to lead a short-handed Jazz squad to a 105-87 victory over the Boston Celtics at EnergySolutions Arena.

Gordan Giricek stepped up and contributed 16 points off the bench in the win over Boston for the Jazz, who played without forward Andrei Kirilenko and All- Star center Mehmet Okur. Kirilenko did not play due to a bruised left knee and Okur missed his second straight contest with back spasms.

Carols Boozer contributed 16 points and 10 rebounds for Utah, which has won five of its last six games overall. Matt Harpring provided a spark off the bench for the Jazz and ended with 15 points.

Kirilenko and Okur are both questionable for tonight's contest. Okur is averaging 18.4 points and 7.4 rebounds, while the athletic Kirilenko has registered 8.8 points and 5.1 boards per game.

Utah, which has won six in a row on its homecourt, is an impressive 22-6 at home this season. After tonight's contest, the Jazz will embark on a three- game road trip. They will visit Memphis, Minnesota and the Hornets.

The Lakers also try to pick up their third straight victory. Maurice Evans poured in a career-high 26 points and superstar Kobe Bryant also netted 26 to power the Lakers to a 102-85 victory over the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena.

Brian Cook ended with 11 points for Los Angeles, which has won two in a row after a six-game skid. The Lakers took advantage of poor shooting from the Warriors to beat them for a seventh straight time.

LA is just 12-16 on the road this season. The Lakers will have some time off, as they return to the court on March 2nd to host the Sacramento Kings at the Staples Center.

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MySportsbook.com and Kentucky Derby Offer Bonuses
The 2008 Kentucky Derby has announced a $1-million bonus for this weekend’s 134th ‘Run for the Roses’ and MySportsbook.com is doing the same.

Well, not quite $1 million, but MySportsbook.com is offering a 75% rebate for Kentucky Derby lines. Check out the exclusive horse racing bonus for all the details.

According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).

Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.

''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
    
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.

Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.

''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''

Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
   
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.

”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
   
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.

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