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Clips host Pacers at Staples CenterBasketball Betting Lines12/05/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Clippers will resume a six-game homestand Saturday, when they host the Indiana Pacers at Staples Center. The Clippers have split the first two tests of the residency and is coming off Wednesday's 102-85 loss to the Houston Rockets, as Baron Davis finished with 20 points and Marcus Camby added 19 rebounds to go with nine points for the Clippers, who had won four of five games entering the night. "I was disappointed in our mental toughness," Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy said. "When the ball isn't going in for us, that's when we have to be more focused. They were tougher than we were. They scrapped better than we did." Al Thornton had 19 points in the setback. The Clippers are 5-6 as the host this season and will also welcome the Magic, Spurs and Wizards to the City of Angels. Indiana, meanwhile, hopes to salvage the finale of a four-game road trip. The Pacers fell to 0-3 on the swing Friday in Salt Lake City when Carlos Boozer scored a season-high 35 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds, as the Utah Jazz built a big lead early and hung on for a 96-87 win over the Pacers. Danny Granger led the Pacers with 26 points and also had eight rebounds, but Indiana fell to its fourth straight defeat overall. Troy Murphy added 16 points and 10 boards, and T.J. Ford had 13 points in defeat. Mike Dunleavy Jr., the son of the Clips' coach, donated 10 points in a losing cause. "You're not going to win many games getting out to a start like that," Murphy said. "We really put ourselves behind the eight ball, and it was just too big a lead for us to come back." The Pacers defeated the Clippers, 86-73, late last month at Conseco Fieldhouse and have won three of the last four meetings in the series. Indiana has won two straight and 11 of its last 15 games at the Clippers.
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FOOTBALL BETTING LINESNFL Football Sports BettingTwo playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers. New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count. New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend. His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates. HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game. The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup. RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day. First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08. The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition. These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years. New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5. You can find these lines and all of the NFL betting lines , so be sure to login and get your wagers down before kickoff! Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines . |
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