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Billups, Anthony lead Nuggets past PistonsBasketball Betting Lines02/27/2010 - Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chauncey Billups ended with 25 points and Carmelo Anthony chipped in 24, as the Nuggets ended a seven-game losing streak to the Pistons with a 107-102 victory at the Pepsi Center. J.R. Smith and Joey Graham came off the bench to score 15 and 13 points, respectively, for the Nuggets, winners of three straight. Arron Afflalo had 14 points for Denver, which outscored the Pistons, 29-14, at the foul line. Richard Hamilton totaled 20 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Rodney Stuckey donated 19, seven and six for Detroit, which has dropped two straight. Jason Maxiell went for 16 points and eight boards in defeat. It was a two-possession game throughout the fourth until Denver pulled away with a 10-2 run down the stretch. Smith started it with a free throw to tie the game, 93-93, while Anthony and Billups each hit shots around a Detroit turnover for a four-point lead. Maxiell made it a two-point game, 97-95, with a turnaround jumper, only to have Billups answer with a straightaway three. Anthony capped the run for a 102-95 lead with 1:36 remaining, and the Nuggets sealed the win at the free throw line. Detroit scored eight of the final 10 points of the first quarter for a 29-22 lead. Denver went in front on Smith's bucket during a 9-0 run early in the second and took a 53-49 edge into the locker room. A back-and-forth third quarter ended with Maxiell's putback, which cut the Pistons' deficit to 77-75. Game Notes Denver played without power forward Kenyon Martin (left knee contusion)...Ben Wallace recorded nine points to go with 10 rebounds for the Pistons, who committed 18 turnovers...Billups went 11-for-11 from the foul line.
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Betting FootballNFL Football Betting OnlineIs there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL? I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants. Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said. There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans. Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal. For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though. A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup. The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games. Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff. So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action. Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns. “I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said. Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season. “Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said. It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties. Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples. The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left. “The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits. “These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.” Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough. The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday. “Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.” Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach? “It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.” Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines. |
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