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01/27/2007 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jamal Crawford lit up the Heat for a career- high 52 points, hitting 20-of-30 from the field, and 8-of-10 from behind the arc, to lead New York Knicks' 116-96 rout of the Miami Heat.
Channing Frye added 16 points for New York, which snapped a two-game skid with the win. David Lee scored 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Stephon Marbury tallied 13 assists and nine points in the win.
Crawford's career night obscured a 37-point performance by Miami's Dwyane Wade. Antoine Walker added 12 points off the bench for the Heat, who have lost two straight and four of five. Shaquille O'Neal and Jason Kapono added 11 points apiece for Miami.
The Knicks, behind an unconscious shooting performance by Crawford, put the game away in the third quarter. Crawford rebounded from missing his first shots by making his next 16, three shy of a Knicks record. He hit his first eight three-pointers, including one that bulged the New York lead to 23 points, at 76-53, midway through the third quarter. Crawford scored 23 points in the third quarter alone, and had 46 points entering the fourth quarter.
The Heat never made a game of it in the final 12 minutes, as the main story became Crawford, and how many points he would finish with. The seventh-year guard took a seat shortly after hitting a jumper with 6:59 left in the game, a basket that put New York up 110-85, and bested his previous career-high of 50 points in the process.
Wade kept the Heat in the game early, scoring 13 points in the first quarter. Crawford, in a sign of what was to come, hit a three with 1:28 left in the quarter that tied the game at 25-25. Jason Williams and Kapono answered with back-to-back threes, though, and the Heat took a 33-27 lead into the second quarter.
Crawford heated up in the second quarter, scoring 20 points in the stanza. He closed the first half notably, with a four-point play in the final seconds that closed a 15-2 Knicks stretch, giving New York a 65-49 lead at the break.
Game Notes
Crawford set a career-high with his eight three-pointers, topping his previous best of seven...Crawford also scored 23 points in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's 112-107 loss to the Phoenix Suns...The Knicks played without starting center Eddy Curry, who left Wednesday's game against Phoenix with a left calf injury.
<< Blue Jackets rally past Sabres
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rostislav Klesla sparked a third-period
comeback with the game-tying goal, while Dan Fritsche knocked home the
decisive tally, as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied for a 3-2 victory over
the Buf
<< Johnson's 39 points help Hawks down Magic
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joe Johnson scored 39 points on 14-of-23
shooting, as the Atlanta Hawks wrapped up a four-game road trip with a 93-90
victory over the division-rival Orlando Magic at Amway Arena.
Josh Smith netted 2
<< No. 11 George Washington rolls past Dayton
Dayton, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jessica Adair's game-high 18 points led a
balanced attack as 11th-ranked George Washington posted a 70-57 victory over
Dayton at UD Arena.
Sarah-Jo Lawrence added 16 points and four rebounds for
<< Hurricanes down Capitals
Raleigh, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Justin Williams scored twice and added an
assist, and Ray Whitney tallied a goal and three assists in Carolina's 6-2
victory over the Washington Capitals in the beginning of a home-and-home
series.
Brodeur stuns Lightning >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Martin Brodeur put forth a flawless effort,
stopping each of the 28 shots he faced to guide the New Jersey Devils past the
Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0, at St. Pete Times Forum.
Brian Gionta netted the decid
Mason, Hornets best Kings >>
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Desmond Mason had 24 points and eight
rebounds, as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets bested the Sacramento
Kings, 88-84, at New Orleans Arena.
Bobby Jackson netted 15 and dished out seven
Kovalchuk lifts Thrashers over Islanders in OT >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ilya Kovalchuk's goal 2:59 into overtime, his
second of the night, sent the Atlanta Thrashers to a 5-4 win over the New York
Islanders at Philips Arena.
Jon Sim and Marian Hossa picked up a goal and one
Guerin, Blues clip Red Wings in OT >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bill Guerin scored 1:09 into the overtime
session, as the St. Louis Blues ended a long losing streak on their home ice
to the Detroit Red Wings after a 2-1 win at Scottrade Center.
Detroit came into th
New York, NY – October 3, 2007 – The dress rehearsal is over! The NHL preseason has ended and now that fans have had a glimpse of what is to come it is time to hit the book! Stanley Cup odds are live at MySportsbook.com, the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino.
The Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings remain on top of the odds charts after an impressive start in the preseason. Betting lines opened for both teams at 6-1 in June. Since then the Sens have fallen to 7-1 and the Red Wings are now caught in a pack including the defending champion Carolina Hurricanes, the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim Ducks, all at 10-1.
MySportsbook.com has also posted props on each team’s point total for the regular season. The Senators lead the charge at 108.5 followed by the Ducks at 106.5. Detroit will attempt a repeat for the prize as the Red Wings are deadlocked with the Predators at 104.5 a piece. The temporary loss of highly touted rookie Evgeni Malkin puts a lot of pressure on the stick of assistant captain Sidney Crosby - his lowly Pittsburgh Penguins are listed at 71.5.
Even if bettors are not brave enough to put their money on the underdog, an early bet on the favorites at sportsbook.com tends to produce bigger payouts than a mid-season wager. Placing a $1,000 bet last summer on the Detroit Red Wings or Ottawa Senators would have paid out to $8,000 and $10,000 respectively, opposed to a $2,500 or $3,000 payout at the beginning of the playoffs.
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Las Vegas Sports Consultants (LVSC) is the world’s premier oddsmaking company and the most respected authority on making the lines. Mike Seba is a Senior Oddsmaker at LVSC and has been making lines for the last six years. In our extended interview, Seba explained that there are 4-5 oddsmakers assigned to make lines for each of the major sports (pro & college football and basketball; MLB, NHL, boxing, golf). Each of these oddsmakers bring unique opinions, strengths and weaknesses to the process. Oddsmakers at LVSC are professional sports junkies who love what they do and would probably do it for nothing if you asked them, but they do get paid for it. By necessity their approach is very research-oriented and concise, since with millions of dollars at risk there is little margin for error.
“You either have a passion for it or you don’t,” Seba said.
“The #1 thing for us is to make a line for each game that creates good two-way action. We do this by drawing from past experiences and applying them to current situations. People think it’s much more complicated, but it’s not. “Divided action means the sportsbook is guaranteed a profit on the game because of the fee charged to the bettor (called juice or vig – typically $11 bet to win $10).
Power ratings are the oddsmaker’s value of each team and are used as a guide to calculate a "preliminary" pointspread on an upcoming game. The power ratings are adjusted after each game a team plays. Examples of non-game factors that would require an adjustment to a team's power rating are key player injuries and player trades.
Once a game’s power rating based pointspread is determined, the oddsmaker will make adjustments to that line after considering each team's most recent games played and previous games played against that opponent. Also, adjustments are made after reading each team’s local newspapers to get a sense of what the coaches & players are thinking going into the game.Since the oddsmaker’s ultimate goal is equally dividing the sports betting action, public perception and sportsbook betting patterns must be taken into account. For example, the public might have heavy betting interest week after week on a popular college football betting team such as USC. If an oddsmaker comes up with a preliminary line of USC -7, then an adjustment up to -7.5 or -8 would be made in response to the public’s expected USC bias.
The last step in the line-making process for each oddsmaker is taking one final look to determine whether or not the line "feels right." This is where common sense and past experience with how games are bet enters into the picture.A round-table discussion among the 4-5 oddsmakers involved in making the line for each sport is then conducted and a consensus line is decided upon by the Odds Director before it is released to the sportsbooks. Of the 4-5 oddsmakers, generally the 2 most respected opinions are weighed more heavily by the Odds Director before he decides on the final line.
Experts working for the individual books having a strong opinion on the game
Individual books having players who consistently bet with certain tendencies (such as an extreme bias toward favorites or toward a certain popular team like USC)The purpose of these adjustments, like all line adjustments, is to more equally divide the betting action.
Once betting begins, sportsbooks can adjust the line at any time. In doing so they attempt to make more attractive the team that is getting less action. By moving the line, sportsbooks can influence how the public bets on a particular game.For example, if the pointspread on a game is 7 and most of the money is coming in on the underdog (taking the +7), sportsbooks will then move the number down to 6 ½ to try and attract money on the favorite.
Moving the line is the oddsmaker's effort to balance betting action, and often times such moves can have a major impact on a bettor’s decision. Oddsmakers can also change the line depending on various event-related factors such as player injuries or weather. Obviously, if the line comes out a week ahead of the event (which is the case in football), there is much that could happen during the week leading up to the event that could affect the line. Oddsmakers have to determine if any changes are necessary and send out an "adjusted line."“The main objective is that our clients get equal action on both sides,” Seba said. “We’re not trying to pick the team that covers the spread, we’re trying to make it a coin flip, a tough decision (for the bettor). If we’ve done that, we’ve done our job.”
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