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Blazers make a stop in PhoenixBasketball Betting Lines03/21/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers are heating up at the right moment and will try for their sixth straight win tonight, when they take a trip to the desert to face the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center. Portland is currently seated in the eighth and final postseason spot in the Western Conference -- just a half-game behind No. 7 San Antonio -- and made it five consecutive wins with Friday's 76-74 home victory versus the Washington Wizards at the Rose Garden. Brandon Roy's leaner from just inside the three- point line with 0.9 seconds lifted the Blazers, as he ended with 14 points on 4-of-18 shooting. "I was just thinking 'finally,'" Roy said of his big shot. "I took a lot of shots tonight. The majority of them felt good, a couple of them felt like I was a little off balance but I was just laughing, you know, finally, I made a shot. It was the one to help us win an important game for us." LaMarcus Aldridge chipped in 19 points and grabbed 12 boards for Portland, which got 14 points from Andre Miller and held on for the win despite shooting 32.1 percent from the floor. The 32.1 percent was the lowest shooting mark in a win in franchise history, eclipsing the 33.0 percent clip on November 3, 1990 at Sacramento. Aldridge is averaging 19.4 points and 8.5 rebounds in his last 32 games, while Miller is posting 16.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.33 steals since January 2. Portland is 19-15 away from the Rose City this season. Meanwhile, the Suns are playing just as well and have won three straight and 11 of their last 14 games. They improved to 4-2 on a seven-game homestand following Friday's 110-100 victory versus the Utah Jazz thanks to a season- high 44 points and seven rebounds from Amare Stoudemire. "I wanted to come out with great focus on both ends and try to spark some energy out there and try to dominate," said Stoudemire. "I think tonight as a team we did a great job of that -- we all played particularly well, and if we keep this effort up and keep playing the way we are, we'll be in good shape." Robin Lopez added 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Steve Nash posted 15 points and 10 assists in a winning cause. Phoenix is 27-9 in the desert this season and is tied with Oklahoma City for the fifth seed in the conference standings. The Blazers have won the first two meetings with Phoenix in 2009-10, and are aiming for their first season sweep of the Suns since the 1998-99 campaign. Portland has won four straight after losing the last 11 meetings against the Suns, who have won nine of 10 as the host in this series. Portland has scored at least 100 points in each of the last 12 road contests, the league's longest streak this season and the team's longest such run since February 21 - April 21, 1991 (18 games). The Trail Blazers have won 42 straight games when holding their opponents to 88 points or fewer, including a 19-0 mark this year.
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Football Betting Sportsbook Accepts Credit CardsMichael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football. As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL. The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago. Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996). But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side. Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show. Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East: Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1 Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2 New York Giants - 9 - 2 Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1). Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship. So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume. And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top. They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy. Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday. But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division. Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS. Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS. Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162. Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense? Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS. In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS. Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division. Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do. The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20. The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550. Visit MySportsbook.com for free sportsbook odds RSS feeds go to MySportsbook.com for all your betting football needs. |
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