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02/10/2012 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jamal Crawford dropped a game-high 31 points and added a game-high eight assists off the bench, and the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the New Orleans Hornets, 94-86, on Friday.
Raymond Felton added 18 points, while Gerald Wallace and LaMarcus Aldridge each contributed 14 for the Blazers, who stopped a two-game skid.
Trevor Ariza led the Hornets with 23 points and nine rebounds, Emeka Okafor netted 13 and Al-Farouq Aminu and Marco Belinelli each scored 12 in defeat as New Orleans lost for an eighth straight game.
<< Gerbe lifts Sabres past Stars in shootout
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nathan Gerbe scored in the fifth round of the
shootout to lift the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars.
In the fifth round, Gerbe deked to the backhand and lifted it high over Kari
Lehtonen. M
<< Monroe helps Pistons rout Nets
Auburn Hills, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Greg Monroe recorded 18 points and 11
rebounds as the Detroit Pistons rolled over the New Jersey Nets, 109-92, in
the back end of a home-and-home series at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
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<< Hawks edge Magic in OT
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Josh Smith scored 23 points and pulled down a
season-high 19 rebounds as the Atlanta Hawks escaped Amway Center with an
89-87 overtime win over the Orlando Magic.
Joe Johnson added 14 points and Marv
<< Wade, Heat beat Wizards
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dwyane Wade scored 26 points to lift Miami
to a 106-89 victory over Washington on Friday.
Chris Bosh scored 24 points to go with 11 rebounds, while LeBron James added
18 points and nine assists for t
Canada, France split opening singles in tie >>
Vancouver, BC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made quick work
of Vasek Pospisil while Canadian rising star Milos Raonic shut down Julien
Benneteau in Friday's opening Davis Cup singles rubbers.
Former Australian Open run
Gay and Grizzlies slip past Pacers >>
Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rudy Gay scored 21 points for the Grizzlies as
they defeated the Pacers, 98-92, at FedExForum on Friday.
The Grizzlies had five players in double figures, including 19 points and nine
rebounds from Marreese
Lin scores 38, Knicks down Lakers >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeremy Lin's coming out party continued on
Friday as he dropped in a career-high 38 points with seven assists and four
rebounds, and the New York Knicks downed the Los Angeles Lakers, 92-85, at
Madison
Detroit edges Anaheim in SO, extends home win streak >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd Bertuzzi supplied the decisive goal in the
third round of the shootout, as the Detroit Red Wings edged the Anaheim Ducks,
2-1, to push their franchise-record home winning streak to 19 games.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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