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Magic host Rockets at Amway ArenaBasketball Betting Lines02/25/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of teams coming off of setbacks on Friday meet this afternoon when the Orlando Magic welcome the Houston Rockets to Amway Arena. Houston was downed by Atlanta, 105-99, despite a game-high 37 points by former Magic Tracy McGrady. Rafer Alston contributed 23 points and nine assists for the Rockets, who have lost two of their last three contests. The defeat dropped Houston to 14-13 on the road this season. The club is currently fifth overall in the Western Conference and hosts Boston on Monday. Orlando, meanwhile, saw Chauncey Billups pour in 28 points and Richard Hamilton 22 to help Detroit rally in the fourth quarter to defeat the Magic, 94-89. Dwight Howard was a force with 20 points and 13 boards, while Hedo Turkoglu also notched 20 points for the Magic, who have dropped three straight. Grant Hill finished with 15 points and five boards for the Magic. Orlando's recent losing skid has dropped it two games below .500 at 27-29 and 5 1/2 games back of Washington for the lead in the Southeast Division. The Magic are 18-11 as the host this season and are now seventh overall in the East. The club will get little rest as it opens a four-game road trip on Monday in Chicago. Today's game is the first of the season between the two teams. Orlando and Houston split a pair of matchups last season, but the Rockets have won seven of the last eight in the series. Houston has won four in a row at Orlando.
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FOOTBALL BETTING LINESNFL Football Sports BettingTwo playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers. New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count. New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend. His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates. HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game. The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup. RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day. First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08. The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition. These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years. New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5. You can find these lines and all of the NFL betting lines , so be sure to login and get your wagers down before kickoff! Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines . |
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