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Billups, Nuggets snap Lakers' six-game win streakBasketball Betting Lines02/27/2009 - Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chauncey Billups logged 22 points and handed out six assists en route to orchestrating Denver's 90-79 victory over the Lakers, snapping Los Angeles' six-game winning streak in a battle of division leaders. Carmelo Anthony recorded 12 points and 12 rebounds, while reserves J.R. Smith and Chris Andersen played quality minutes for the Nuggets, who have won back- to-back games on the heels of a season-long three-game skid. Smith notched 22 points and Andersen scored 11 to go with 12 rebounds for Denver, which got an eight-point, seven-rebound effort from Nene after the center missed two straight games with a right knee contusion. Kobe Bryant shot a mediocre 10-of-31 from the field, finishing with 29 points for the Lakers, who shot a woeful 29.8 percent from the field. Pau Gasol added 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Lamar Odom continued his solid play with 12 points and 19 boards in the setback. Anderson opened the final quarter with a pair of buckets and Linas Kleiza tipped in an Anthony miss for a 72-63 lead two minutes in. After the Lakers' sixth straight miss to start the quarter, Smith added two free throws for an 11-point lead. Bryant scored LA's next six points, but Smith drilled a deep jumper for an 80-69 score with less than five minutes to play. Odom's three-point play on the next possession gave the visitors a breathe of life. Gasol tipped in an Odom miss with 3 1/2 minutes on the clock to cut the deficit to 81-74 following a Smith free throw. Anderson pulled down a big defensive board for Denver a little later, and subsequently hit 1-of-2 from the foul line for an eight-point lead. Odom then cleaned up his own miss with a tip-in, but the Lakers missed their next six shots, as the Nuggets cleaned up on the glass and continued to get to the line, where they hit 6-of-8 in the waning minutes to secure their signature win of the season. The Lakers held a 19-16 advantage after an offense-starved opening quarter. Denver proceeded to wake up in the second, scoring the first 13 points of the frame, eventually taking a 46-40 edge into halftime. The Nuggets made just one field goal in the first six minutes of the second half, as LA jumped out to a 55-50 lead on Derek Fisher's three-pointer with 7 1/2 minutes to play in the stanza. Billups tied the game with a bucket and a three-pointer roughly two minutes later and nailed another from behind the arc late in the frame that resulted in a 66-63 advantage with one quarter remaining. Game Notes The Pacific-leading Lakers had won five straight regular season games over the Nuggets, who currently sit atop the Northwest Division...Neither team shot the ball well from three-point range, with LA hitting 2-of-21 and Denver making just 3-of-21 from downtown.
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Online Sportsbook Football BettingWhy Sports Betting is so much fun?Betting SportsThe most popular sports to bet on are NFL and college football along with NBA and NCAA basketball. There are multiple betting opportunities within those sports, beginning with the basic wager on a game’s outcome (also called betting the side). College Football Point spreads are used in both football and basketball in an attempt to even the attractiveness of each team in a match-up. ( See our article detailing how and why point spreads are made) Points (or Runs) ScoredAnother bet across all major team sports including football, basketball, baseball, and hockey involves wagering on the amount of scoring in a game, called an Over/Under total. For example, the Over/Under total on Super Bowl XXXIX was 48, which means a bettor could wager whether there would be more or less than 48 points scored by both teams combined in the game. Future BetsSports gambling doesn’t end there. Betting sides and totals are the most common wagers available everywhere, but many sportsbooks also offer future bets on big upcoming events like who will win next year’s Super Bowl and what movie will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Proposition Bets (or Prop Bets)Proposition bets , also known as prop bets, focus upon the more exotic aspects of a game and are generally reserved for events that are widely televised. Prop bets are extremely popular when it comes to wagering on the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. The Imperial Palace Casino’s sportsbook is well-known for the enormous number of prop bets offered. For example, you can bet on:
Types of BetsStraight BetInvolves one individual wager, whether it be on your team to cover the point spread, to win the game straight-up on the money line, or to go over/under the total. Sports Betting ParlaysA parlay is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers and is dependent on all of those wagers winning together. The benefit of the parlay bet is much better odds than placing each individual bet separately since the difficulty of hitting it is much higher.Standard payoffs on a two-team parlay are 13/5; while a three-teamer pays 6/1; and a four-teamer 10/1. Parlay cards are also fairly common in sportsbooks and popular with bettors, as they are released early in the week with set odds that do not change in return for a slightly lower payoff. Round Robin BettingAdventurous bettors who enjoy betting parlays sometimes put together a series of parlays called a Round Robin . A three-team Round Robin consists of one three-team parlay and three two-team parlays. For example, Joe likes teams A,B,C – with a Round Robin he has a three-teamer with ABC, and two-teamers with AB, AC, and BC.Betting TeasersSimilar to a parlay, a teaser bet is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers, but is different in that the point spread is adjusted to your advantage on each individual wager. In exchange for the points, you get less of a return on your bet compared to a parlay. For example, a 6-point teaser would move the line on a 7-point favorite from -7 to -1, meaning the team would have to cover 6 less points. Each of the individual wagers must win or the bet is a loss.These are the main types of sports bets available today. But as sports betting continues to grow, sportsbooks will continue to develop new and creative ways to bet. We’ll continue to track these changes to the sports gambling landscape, so check back often and we’ll tell you all about it! To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your football betting needs. |
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