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Bulls beat Thunder for fourth straight road winBasketball Betting Lines01/27/2010 - Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Derrick Rose finished with 26 points and seven assists, as the Chicago Bulls stayed hot with a 96-86 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Luol Deng added 17 points for the Bulls, who have won four in a row -- all on the road -- and are 8-2 over their last 10 games. Taj Gibson pulled down 15 rebounds to go with four points, while Joakim Noah ended with 13 points and 11 boards. Kevin Durant finished with 28 points and 11 rebounds but shot 7-of-19 from the field, as Oklahoma City fell to its third consecutive loss. Jeff Green added 24 points and nine boards in the defeat. The Thunder ended the first quarter with a 13-0 run to erase a double-digit deficit and take a 30-28 edge. But Oklahoma City had big offensive struggles in the second quarter, shooting just 7-of-22, to fall right back into a hole. The game was still close a few minutes into the second frame until Chicago pulled ahead with a 15-3 run, capped by a Rose jumper for a 50-38 advantage. The Bulls led 56-47 at the break, though late in the third quarter, the Thunder once again erased a deficit, running off seven straight points to make it a 62-62 contest. The Thunder's comeback was helped by the Bulls shooting 5-of-18 in the frame. Oklahoma City later went ahead by two, but Chicago ended the frame with a Tyrus Thomas dunk and two Brad Miller free throws to take a 68-66 edge. Chicago began the final frame with six straight points as its offense came back to life. Rose scored 12 in the fourth quarter, and his jumper started an 11-2 run that Miller capped with a three for an 85-72 advantage with 6:54 to play. The Thunder got within 91-83 on a James Harden three with 2:01 left, but Deng followed with a trey of his own. Rose then dunked with 51.8 seconds remaining to essentially seal the win. Game Notes The Thunder shot 36.9 percent, while the Bulls made 45.6 percent of their shots...Oklahoma City was 17-of-23 from the foul line, and Chicago was a perfect 8-for-8...The Bulls, who got 14 points from Miller and 13 from Thomas, held a 53-40 rebounding advantage...Russell Westbrook scored 10 for Oklahoma City.
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Betting FootballNFL Football Betting OnlineIs there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL? I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants. Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said. There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans. Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal. For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though. A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup. The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games. Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff. So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action. Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns. “I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said. Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season. “Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said. It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties. Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples. The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left. “The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits. “These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.” Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough. The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday. “Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.” Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach? “It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.” Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines. |
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