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Hawks snap long skid in Salt Lake with win over depleted JazzBasketball Betting Lines02/23/2010 - Salt Lake City, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joe Johnson poured in 28 points, grabbed six rebounds, and dished out six assists, as the Atlanta Hawks took a 105-100 decision over the Utah Jazz to record their first victory in Salt Lake City in 17 years. The Hawks snapped a 15-game skid in Utah, winning at the Jazz for the first time since February 13, 1993. However, Atlanta has won its last three games against Utah. Josh Smith added 18 points, nine rebounds, and five assists for the Hawks, who ended a four-game road trip with a 2-2 mark. Jamal Crawford donated 17 points off the bench while Al Horford chipped in 13 points and seven rebounds for Atlanta, which shot 54.2 percent from the floor. Paul Millsap finished with 14 points and nine boards off the bench for the Jazz, who were coming off a perfect four-game road trip. Kyle Korver and Ronnie Price each had 13 points. Carlos Boozer tallied 12 points, 10 boards, and eight assists, while C.J. Miles ended with 12 points and five rebounds in defeat. Utah was without forward Andrei Kirilenko (back spasms) and guard Deron Williams (bruised right quadricep) on Monday. Korver's jumper put the Jazz ahead 95-94 with 2:47 to play in the fourth. Johnson responded with a three-pointer at the other end to give Atlanta a two- point edge. Crawford then stole the ball from Boozer, and after being fouled, made two foul shots to give the Hawks a 99-95 lead with 2:07 remaining. The Jazz had the ball following misses from Boozer and Johnson. Price's layup was blocked by Horford but Millsap grabbed the rebound and dished off to Price, who was off the mark on a three-pointer. Boozer came up with the board and made a layup to cut the margin to two with 1:15 left. Mike Bibby missed a jumper at the opposite end of the floor and Boozer was in position for the defensive board. But he bobbled the ball and it went off his knee before going out of play. Crawford capitalized by driving to the lane and pulling up for a 15-foot jumper, giving Atlanta a 101-97 edge with 37.5 ticks to go. Miles missed two foul shots and a jumpball took place following the second miss. The Hawks won the jumpball at center court, and Crawford made 1-of-2 from the foul line to make it 102-97 with 24.5 seconds remaining. Atlanta made 3-of-4 from the charity stripe from there on to seal the victory. The Hawks led 28-24 after 12 minutes and took a 54-51 margin into the locker room. The Jazz held a 75-74 edge following a back-and-forth third quarter. Game Notes Despite the loss, the Jazz own an 11-4 mark in the previous 15 encounters with the Hawks...The Jazz dropped to 22-8 as the host this season...Utah shot 48.2 percent from the field...Atlanta went 8-of-16 from beyond the arc, while the Jazz made just 4-of-17 three-pointers.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTINGNCAA Football Betting : USC's reward: Top spot in Top 25NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking. No. 1 always seems to fit USC. Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent. Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory. Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3. "We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team." Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time. "Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team." The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points. "I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won." Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State. "There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?" USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll. "It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter." While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls. As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule. But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference. Get the latest 2009 BCS Championship odds at MySportsbook.com. The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road. The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second. The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia. No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday. Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee. Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina. Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson. The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996. South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20. The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24. Get free Sports Betting lines RSS feeds from top rated online sportsbook MySportsbook.com |
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