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Wade powers Heat over NetsBasketball Betting Lines03/22/2010 - East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dwyane Wade led all scorers with 27 points and added 12 assists and seven rebounds, as the Miami Heat earned a 99-89 win over the lowly New Jersey Nets. Jermaine O'Neal returned to the lineup after missing Saturday's 77-71 win over Charlotte with a sprained left ankle and finished with 25 points and nine boards. Miami, which has won five of seven overall, got a 16-point effort from Michael Beasley. The Heat remain in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, a game ahead of Toronto and Charlotte. Brook Lopez turned in a solid performance with 26 points, while Devin Harris finished with 16 points and six assists for the Nets, who have dropped eight in a row and fell to a woeful 7-63 this season. New Jersey is in danger of establishing a new league mark for futility set by the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, who went 9-73 over the course of that campaign. Nets forward Terrence Williams had nine points, eight rebounds and seven assists, but exited midway through the third quarter after turning his left ankle and did not return. New Jersey set the pace in the early going and led 32-25 after the opening 12 minutes. The Heat appeared as if they would have a slim advantage heading into the break after Wade's tip-in made it a 52-50 game in the closing seconds, but Williams hit a half-court shot to put the Nets up by a point. The Heat came to life early in the third to get a handle on the game with Wade scoring 10 in the quarter. Trailing 57-52 nearly a minute and a half in, O'Neal's hook shot started a 14-4 run over the next several minutes. Carlos Arroyo finished it off with a jumper and the visitors had a 68-61 advantage with 5:46 left in the third. Miami scored the last five points to close out the period and grab a 79-67 lead after three. In the fourth quarter, the Nets were able to cut their deficit to six, 91-85, with 2:58 to play after Harris made 1-of-2 from the line, but Wade stemmed the tide with a layup and the Heat didn't let New Jersey get any closer than seven the rest of the way. Game Notes Miami forward Udonis Haslem missed the game with a sprained ankle, while Nets guard Keyon Dooling sat out with flu-like symptoms...New Jersey head coach Kiki Vandeweghe was not on the sidelines as he was attending to his ill mother and was replaced by assistant John Loyer...Miami, which improved to 16-18 on the road this season, has won six of its last seven at the IZOD Center...The Nets fell to 3-31 at home...Courtney Lee had 15 points for the Nets.
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College Football Betting Tips From a ProWhile the NFL is the sport wagered on the heaviest, college football betting lines has become more and more popular as people realize it’s a game that can be beat. The NCAA football season gets longer each year with the addition of numerous bowl games and with that comes more opportunities for more money in your pocket, if handled correctly. Betting on college football is not the same as with the NFL, so make sure you separate the two. Because of the vast number of teams, the parity between college football programs is slight and thus, you are going to see some high numbers in the NCAA. Teams favored by more than 40 points are not uncommon especially early in the season when teams playing their non-conference schedules. The best advice when trying to tackle these enormous spreads and is to just stay away. A team that is favored by 40 points is favored by that many for a reason while teams getting 40 points are bad enough that they shouldn’t be touched. Set yourself a spread limit. Getting rid of these games will cut down on the number of contests that you need to handicap while staying away from backdoor or front-door covers. What is a backdoor and front-door cover you ask? A backdoor cover is a team that is getting beat by more than the spread, but scores late to get within that number thus covering the spread. A front-door cover is just the opposite where the favorite scores late and covers the number they are favored by. These front-door and backdoor covers are common when second and third string players enter games in college football and it can be the worst nightmare for some bettors. These players can also be your best friend, but ask any bettor and he will give you more instances on losing in this situation than winning. It just seems to work out that way even though everything evens out in the end. College football betting has some of the softest lines of any sport and it’s being able to find these lines that will make you a successful college football handicapper. The NFL and NBA have the tightest lines around and while those sports can be beat by looking at situations and systems, college football doesn’t quite work that way. It’s much more manual, but when done correctly, it’s much more gratifying as well. Getting into the nuts and bolts of college football means looking at the many stats in order to beat the number. As opposed to pro football, college football is less dependent on situations and angles and more on certain statistics. Rushing offense and defense, pass efficiency offense and defense and turnover margins are huge. These are vital in the NFL, but even more so when it comes to college football. Being able to run the ball in college football has always been a key factor in the overall success of a team. The same adage also goes for teams who have the ability to stop the run. Putting these two factors together can produce some positive results in a team’s record both straight up and against the spread. These numbers show huge differences in teams and the spread may not take those into effect, which is where the value comes into play. Passing yardage numbers both for and against can be a misinterpreted statistic. However, pass efficiency has always been one of the best ways to look at a teams’ passing game ability both offensively and defensively. But is it really a true indication of how they perform? I wouldn’t say so since they are raw passing numbers with nothing else taken into consideration. I use pass efficiency ratings when doing my handicapping but I adjust my numbers based on a number of factors including power ratings, strength of schedules, personnel and injuries. This gives a much better picture of a team’s ability to pass effectively and also being able to defend the pass. Tweaking pass efficiency stats instead of raw passing yards is the key. Turnovers are the single most frustrating, and at times the most gratifying, aspect of a college football lines, mostly because they are so unpredictable. They are part of the game and most of the time nothing can be done to control them. However, turnovers are contagious and they can carry over from game to game and season to season. It’s important to know how to forecast these unforeseen events and how to use them to your advantage. You can find ways to give yourself an edge by looking at past histories of teams and coaches and how they have fared in turnover wars in the past. Instead of turnovers hurting you at the wrong times, find ways to use them to your advantage. As you can see, college football handicapping is very labor intensive and isn’t just based on where teams are ranked in the AP and coaches polls. Experience, coaching and match-ups are all important since unlike the NFL, college teams turn over much more often with new personnel at most positions every single year. Keeping current on this information is vital. Betting NCAA football can be lucrative if done correctly, but more importantly, it’s just plain enjoyable because it can be beat. College football is one of the best sports to watch with some of the best rivalries taking place in all of sports. The only downfall is that a championship isn’t decided on the field but on a computer-based system that is the Bowl Championship Series. That will change someday and we will all be better off for it. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your NCAA college football betting needs. Mysportsbook.com online sportsbook accepts Visa and Mastercard credit cards.
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