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Jazz roll over RocketsBasketball Betting Lines02/16/2010 - Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mehmet Okur poured in 21 points, pulled down eight rebounds and blocked four shots, as the Utah Jazz used a late surge to take down the Houston Rockets, 104-95, at Toyota Center. Paul Millsap added 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Jazz, who have won 10 of their last 11 games. Deron Williams ended with 17 points and 15 assists. Andrei Kirilenko and Carlos Boozer each chipped in 12 points for Utah, which shot 51.9 percent from the floor. Aaron Brooks and David Andersen finished with 18 points apiece for the Rockets, who have dropped three in a row. Trevor Ariza tallied 15 points, six assists and five rebounds, while Luis Scola added 14 points and six rebounds for Houston, which was without guard Kyle Lowry (sprained left ankle). Andersen made a three-pointer to put the Rockets ahead 93-90 with 4:41 to play in the fourth, but Houston made just one field goal the rest of the way, as the Jazz closed the game out on a 14-2 run. Kirilenko's steal and slam on a breakaway had Utah ahead 96-93 with just over two minutes to play. Following a pair of misses by the Rockets, Boozer turned the ball over. The Rockets were unable to capitalize, missing three consecutive shots at the other end. Williams and Kirilenko each made a pair of free throws before Scola made a shot for Houston to cut the gap to 100-95 with less than 15 ticks left on the clock. Utah made 4-of-4 shots from the charity stripe after that to seal the win. The Jazz came out of the gates firing, starting the game on a 16-6 run. However, the Rockets chipped away at the lead and were within 28-23 after 12 minutes. Houston started the second on a 13-2 spurt to go in front. Andersen's layup made it a 36-30 contest with less than seven minutes remaining until halftime. The Rockets led for the rest of the stanza and took a 55-49 margin into the locker room. Utah used a 9-3 flurry at the beginning of the third to tie the game. Okur made a layup and connected on 1-of-2 from the foul line to deadlock the game at 58 with 8 1/2 minutes to go. The Jazz led 76-74 after three periods. Following a Ronnie Price tip-in to start the fourth, the Rockets ripped off six straight points. Andersen's deuce had Houston in front 80-78 with 8:48 remaining. Game Notes The season series between Houston and Utah is tied, 1-1...The Jazz started a four-game road trip on Tuesday...The Rockets shot 40.5 percent from the field, including an 11-of-26 performance from beyond the arc.
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FOOTBALL BETTING : Crabtree's base deal: six years, $32 millionIn the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree. And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so. Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal. So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them. Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.) The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money. As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached. The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs. In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season. Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done. And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting. So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year. There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve. So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal. And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million. There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.) Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft. Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey. Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year. So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation. To visit this sportsbook go to MySportsbook.com for all your college football betting needs. |
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