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02/03/2012 - Gainesville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kenny Boynton netted 24 points and Bradley Beal finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds as No. 12 Florida downed South Carolina, 74-66.
Erving Walker added 14 points and seven assists for the Gators (18-4, 6-1 SEC), who have won six straight games.
Bruce Ellington scored 15 points while Damontre Harris netted 12 points with nine rebounds and six blocks for South Carolina (9-12, 1-6 SEC), which has lost six of its last seven games.
Back-to-back three-pointers by Ellington and Anthony Gill pulled the Gamecocks within five, 61-56, with 2:52 to play in the game.
A bit later, Boynton's layup gave Florida a 67-59 advantage, but a Brenton Williams trey made it 67-62.
But Florida went 7-of-8 from the charity stripe in the final 51 seconds to seal the win.
A 14-2 Gators surge gave Florida a commanding 27-10 advantage midway through the opening half. Boynton netted five points while Mike Rosario had four points during the surge.
Florida, though, recorded just one point over the final 5:06 of the stanza. South Carolina closed the half on a 9-1 run to pull within 37-28 at the break.
Game Notes
The Gators shot just 37.3 percent, but Florida outrebounded South Carolina 42-30 and 20-10 on the offensive glass...The Gators made just 1-of-13 shots from beyond the arc in the second half.
<< Stanford fights off ASU behind Ogwumike sisters
Tempe, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nnemkadi Ogwumike and Chiney Ogwumike totaled 42
points and 32 rebounds, carrying No. 4 Stanford past Arizona State, 62-49 for
its 67th straight Pac-12 victory.
Nnemkadi scored 22 points, her younger sister add
<< Bulls ride Rose in fourth to down Knicks
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Derrick Rose scored 15 of his 32 points in the
fourth quarter as the Chicago Bulls held on to take down the New York Knicks,
105-102.
Carmelo Anthony had an opportunity to tie the game at the final buzzer,
<< Parker, Spurs use late spurt to get past Hornets
San Antonio, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tony Parker finished with 18 points and
seven assists and provided the Spurs the spark they needed in the fourth
quarter, as San Antonio fended off the New Orleans Hornets, 93-81.
The final score
<< Murray State stays perfect in win over Redhawks
Murray, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Isaiah Canaan had 32 points and the 10th-ranked
Murray State Racers remained perfect with an 81-73 victory over the Southeast
Missouri State Redhawks.
The only unbeaten team left in the Division I ranks traile
Gagner matches Oiler greats with 8-point night >>
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sam Gagner joined the likes of Wayne Gretzky
and Paul Coffey as he posted eight points to lead the Oilers to an 8-4 win
over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Gagner, who came into the game with just five goals
Sharks shoot down Stars >>
San Jose, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton
each had a goal and an assist to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 5-2 win over
the Dallas Stars.
Michal Handzus and Ryane Clowe both scored for the Sharks, who h
Red Wings edge Canucks in shootout >>
Vancouver, BC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pavel Datsyuk scored the winner in the
shootout as the Detroit Red Wings edged the Vancouver Canucks, 4-3, in a
battle of the top two teams in the Western Conference.
Datsyuk faked to the foreha
Warriors run over Jazz >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Golden State's starting backcourt of Monta
Ellis and Stephen Curry combined to score 62 points as the Warriors downed the
Utah Jazz, 119-101.
Ellis had 33 points while Curry finished with 29 points and 12
After all the trouble that’s ensued since Braylon Edwards allegedly punched one of LeBron James’ homeboys in the face at a club, the Cleveland Browns have sent away their last remaining player of worth to the New York Jets. This is a great move for Dirty Sanchez and all, but it’s even better for the Knicks. Now Donnie Walsh can say, “You get to haunt Braylon Edwards with your posse if you sign here!” next summer.
Putting that aside for a moment, the move is a clear indication that the new-look Jets are gunning for the Super Bowl this year. I don’t think that New York thought that Dirty Sanchez was going to be such a rock star. With a 75.2 passer rating that was killed against the Jets, Sanchez is doing an admirable job of managing games and putting the Jets in a position to win. The defense has been the major story in New York thus far, but the acquisition of Braylon Edwards makes this offense loaded with talent that can dent any defense…as long as Dirty Sanchez continues his meteoric rise.
Thus far, Edwards has been a non-factor in the NFL piling up just 139 receiving yards on 10 catches. He has yet to find the endzone, and with the Browns mired in the most unsexy quarterback controversy of all time (Anderson vs. Quinn...yawn), there going nowhere fast. Edwards is two seasons removed from a career year which saw him catch 80 passes for 1,289 yards and 16 touchdowns when the Browns were the spread killing monsters of 2007. In 2008, injuries slowed the receiver down to just 873 yards and three touchdowns though he played in all 16 games.
So that being said, we really don’t know if Braylon Edwards is just a flash in the pan, or a legit threat. At 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, he is a prototypical receiver. But he’s also shown a strange, and unwarranted, talent for dropping passes. Lining up opposite Jericho Cotchery, a speed demon with 23 catches, 356 yards and a single touchdown, may give Braylon the open looks he needs. A change of scenery may also rejuvenate the star receiver.
In return, the Browns will receive Chansi Stuckey, online football betting a special teams player you’ve never heard of and a pair of draft picks. That’s a tall order for a guy whose only real value right now is in his name, and it shows no promise to the Browns that they can rebuild around those acquisitions. Braylon was the only reason to hope for the Browns to go 3-14 SU this year. Without him, they don’t have a single guy on offense that can scare any team.
For the Jets, it’s a response to the pounding that they took at the hand of the Saints. Thomas Jones and Leon Washington have averaged around 4.0 yards per carry each on the ground, but striking a fair balance between the passing and rushing attacks in New York has been a struggle. You have to believe that the trio of Dustin Keller, Jericho Cotchery and Braylon Edwards will give Sanchez the weapons he needs to unleash through the air. Theoretically, that would open up holes for the rushing game. But the proposed public option health care plan works in theory too. We need to see the proof in the pudding before we start loading up mega bucks on the New York Jets to take the AFC.
The one wrinkle in this whole thing is that Braylon could very well be suspended by the league for disciplinary action due to his “brawl” with LeBron’s friend. If that’s the case, the Jets may have to bench him for a few games leaving them with a somewhat depleted receiving corps for a few games. Also, this is a guy who gets in fights with people at clubs. New York may not be the best place for him. Just sayin’.
The Jets have a long week before they meet the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football Betting in a virtual pick ‘em game. Braylon’s excess baggage may be a distraction, and his curiously low production may be what we should be expecting of him overall, but for the Jets, taking a chance to strike gold is well worth it. At the end of the year, they can simply just blame it on their rookie quarterback.
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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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