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Granger, Pacers beat KnicksBasketball Betting Lines04/07/2010 - Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Danny Granger led all scorers with 33 points to go with seven rebounds, as the Indiana Pacers earned a 113-105 win over the New York Knicks at Conseco Fieldhouse. Troy Murphy added a double-double with 17 points and 12 boards, while Roy Hibbert went for 15 points -- 11 in the first quarter -- for Indiana, which crushed Houston, 133-102, on Sunday and has won eight of its last 10 overall. Mike Dunleavy and A.J. Price contributed 13 and 11 points, respectively, off the bench in the win. Toney Douglas had a team-high 20 points in a reserve role, and Danilo Gallinari chipped in with 17 points for the Knicks, who had a modest two-game winning streak halted and have dropped five of seven. David Lee had a solid game with 16 points and as many rebounds, while Earl Barron ended with 15 points and nine boards in defeat. Granger scored 14 in the opening quarter to give the Pacers a 38-25 lead after 12 minutes. Indiana held a 59-44 edge near the midway point of the second before Douglas and Bill Walker hit back-to-back three-pointers to cap a 13-0 run, making it a 59-57 game with 2:58 left in the half. However, the Pacers answered with a 13-2 burst to go up, 72-59, heading into the locker room. Gallinari's trey drew the Knicks to within three, 75-72, with 7:27 left in the third, but the Pacers went back up by double-digits, 88-78, after Price hit from beyond the arc with 4:18 remaining. New York then scored 12 of the last 16 of the period to get within 92-90 after three quarters. New York did manage to tie the game on two occasions in the early stages of the fourth and deadlocked at 95-all with 9:24 to play, but Granger made two from the stripe to start a string of nine consecutive Indiana points. Brandon Rush's runner put the Pacers up 104-95 with 7:13 to play, and they held a 111-103 advantage with 4:08 on the clock. The Knicks never threatened the outcome the rest of the way. Game Notes The Knicks announced earlier on Wednesday that forward Al Harrington will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his right shoulder on Thursday and miss the rest of the season. Recovery time is expected to be three to four months...Tracy McGrady returned to the lineup after sitting out Tuesday's 104-101 over Boston and finished with four points and six assists...Indiana shot 48.9 percent from the floor, while the Knicks made 44.9 percent of their shots...New York had won four of the last five meetings versus Indiana coming into the contest.
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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence. The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night. MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds. A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family. A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital. Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com - this sportsbook accepts credit cards.
Sportsbooks to bet on footballRecently I had an email debate with an angry reader who said I did not understand "the science of oddsmaking", as he called it. He said I was wrong for suggesting oddsmakers care about who wins or loses games. "Oddsmakers only care about splitting the betting public 50/50 on both sides of the line and keeping the commission (a.k.a. juice)," he wrote. He might have been right about not understanding "the science of oddsmaking". After all, I'm not an oddsmaker. That said, I stick to my assertion that oddsmakers (a.k.a. sportbooks) often do care about who wins games. Granted, as a general rule, sportsbooks try to balance their action so that they're not exposed to big losses. However, there are times when this is difficult to pull off, regardless of how much a line has moved. There are also times when that general rule is ignored and a book pursues risk. Generally speaking, it's safe to say the books in Vegas are risk-adverse. Unlike in the past when the wise guys ruled the town, Vegas is now corporate and the goal of most casinos is to make as much money as possible with as little risk as possible. Thus, Vegas sportsbooks try everything in their power to balance the action. They're satisfied simply collecting the juice. But these profits are small, especially compared to the take from other casino games, namely slot machines. Because the profits at Vegas sportsbooks are so small, you could argue that many casinos operate sportsbooks simply as a novelty to keep the tourists happy. With a growing aversion to risk, it should come as no surprise that Vegas bookmakers have been panicking this NFL season. Despite huge pointspreads, a disproportionate percentage of bettors are still laying their money on favorites like the Eagles, Colts, Pats and Vikings rather than the dogs (a common trend for the largely recreational bettors that visit Vegas). And much to the dismay of the books, those favorites are finding ways to cover the thick chalk. In fact, prior to Week 7, the four teams listed above are a combined 16-2-2 (88 percent) against the spread. (The tables turned dramatically in Week 7, but more on that later.) The result has been an early-season beating for the books, and a bonanza for bettors. While Vegas increasingly hates risk, it's no longer a major player in the sports betting world. Most of the betting action now takes place offshore where sportsbooks are not as obsessed about balance. In fact, some books encourage exposure to risk because the rewards can be so much bigger. Consider MySportsbook.com. On its website, the book has odds pages which actually display the amount of action it's getting on games. In other words, you can see how much action the book is taking on both sides of a pointspread, moneyline or over/under. One look at these numbers and it's obvious MySportsbook.com does not balance every game. In fact, far from it. Take last weekend's matchup between St. Louis and Miami. By game time on Sunday, 83 percent of the betting action at MySportsbook.com was on the Rams; only 17 percent was on Miami. What's interesting is that MySportsbook.com opened the pointspread with Miami at +6 1/2. By game time, the spread had lowered to +5. That goes contrary to the balancing theory. If MySportsbook.com had wanted to balance the action, it would have given Miami more points; instead, it took away 1 1/2. World Series odds are now up as well. MySportsbook.com exposed itself to even more to risk, and rolled the dice on the underdog Dolphins. Why? I contacted a representative with the book to find out. His answer was simple. "The line moved early based on 'smart money' from sharp players," said Jeff Gilroy, a spokesperson for the book. "We also knew from early in the week that we would need Miami, therefore (we dropped) the spread to encourage Rams money. "At the end of the day, we liked the home team." So the conclusion is this: MySportsbook.com respected the sharp action, and gambled that the sharp bettors had a better take on the game than the recreational bettors, who were hammering the visiting Rams. In the end, the gamble paid off. Miami, desperate for a win in front of its home fans, pounded the overrated Rams, who are terrible on the road and even worse on grass. Final score: 31-14 Fish. MySportsbook.com was also heavily exposed on numerous favorites in Week 7, including Philadelphia, Seattle and Denver. All three failed to cover. The fact that sportsbooks are exposed to risk on certain games is really nothing new. The fact, that Sportsbook.com is willing to show the public where it's exposed is intriguing. Armed with this type of information, bettors can make more educated wagers. They can get an idea where the sharp money is going and conversely where the public money is headed. MySportsbook.com is opening up its cashbox, letting bettors look inside and challenging them to take their best shot at grabbing the cash. To visit this online football betting got to MySportsbook.com for all your football betting odds needs. Mysportsbook.com online sportsbook accepts Visa and Mastercard credit cards. |
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