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Jackson and Bobcats dominate CavsBasketball Betting Lines02/19/2010 - Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stephen Jackson poured in 29 points and pulled down eight rebounds, as the Charlotte Bobcats handled the Cleveland Cavaliers, 110-93, in a battle between two teams that made moves prior to Thursday's trade deadline. The Bobcats improved their roster by obtaining forward Tyrus Thomas and center Theo Ratliff in separate deadline deals. Charlotte sent guards Flip Murray and Acie Law and a future first-round draft choice to Chicago for Thomas, while the 15-year veteran Ratliff was acquired from San Antonio for a second-round selection in 2016. Thomas ended with nine points and 12 rebounds while Ratliff grabbed five rebounds and blocked two shots for the Bobcats, who have won three of four. Boris Diaw donated 18 points and nine assists. Gerald Wallace added 17 points and eight boards while Raymond Felton finished with 16 points and six assists for Charlotte, which won the season series with Cleveland, 3-1. The Cavaliers, who have lost two in row since a franchise-record 13-game win streak, acquired two-time All-Star Antawn Jamison from the Washington Wizards in a three-team, six-player trade on Wednesday. However Jamison had a horrible debut on Friday, going 0-for-12 from the field for just two points while pulling down seven rebounds. LeBron James paced the Cleveland offense with 22 points and nine assists. Delonte West donated 13 points off the bench while Mo Williams added 12 points for the Cavaliers, who shot 39 percent from the field. Ahead 65-64 with five minutes left in the third, Charlotte closed the stanza out on a 17-4 run to create some breathing room. D.J. Augustin tallied five points during the stretch, including a three-pointer at the buzzer to make it 82-68 heading to the fourth. Cleveland never got closer than 11 in the fourth. The Cavaliers led by as many as eight in the first quarter and held a 32-27 margin after 12 minutes. Trailing 45-41 with over four minutes left until half, Charlotte ripped off seven consecutive points to take a 48-45 lead on Diaw's layup with 2:41 remaining. The score was tied at 50-50 heading into the locker room. The Bobcats scored eight straight points in the early stages of the third. Diaw's three-pointer had Charlotte in front 61-55 with less than 8 1/2 minutes to go. Game Notes Shaquille O'Neal had 10 points and seven rebounds for the Cavs, who aslo got guard Sebastian Telfair from the Los Angeles Clippers as part of the deal. Telfair did not play on Friday...Charlotte was without centers Tyson Chandler (ankle) and DeSagana Diop (knee) on Friday...The Bobcats shot 54.7 percent from the field...Augustin had 12 points for the victors.
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Sportsbook Betting LinesWho Makes the Sportsbook Betting Lines?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. “What are the Football Betting Lines Trying to Accomplish?There is a common misconception that point spreads represent the oddsmakers’ prediction of how many points the favorite will win by. That is not the case at all – their intent is NOT to evenly split the ATS result between the teams; rather, their goal is to attract equal betting action on both sides. Stated another way, they want to create a line that half the people find appealing to bet one way while the other half find it appealing to bet the other way (known as ‘dividing the action’).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). How the Opening Line Is MadeThe opening line is the first line created by the oddsmakers, which is then sent out to sportsbooks. Of course there is an entire method to the madness on how the opening line is created. Seba explained that it all starts with each oddsmaker creating a line on each game based upon their own personal approach. This usually includes having up-to-date power ratings on each team.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. Why Sports Betting Lines ChangeOnce the opening line is released by LVSC, the individual sportsbooks decide if they want to make any adjustments before offering it to the public. Reasons for such adjustments include: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.” To visit this internet sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your sports betting needs and World Series odds. Barry Bonds Watch: Giants Slugger Says He'll Be Back With only 21 home runs standing between him and Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds is indeed planning on coming back for more in 2007. At least, that's what his agent told the Los Angeles Times. "Barry's going to play in 2007," Jeff Borris of Beverly Hills Sports Council told the Times on Tuesday. "I've had many discussions with Barry and he's going to play. My intentions are to see to it he's in a big-league uniform next season. Those are my marching orders." Contract negotiations could get started as early as next week. Let's see which team has the deeper pockets. Will MLB baseball betting lines despite allegations of steroid use? Bet On It at www.MySportsbook.com . Get all your baseball betting lines, MLB lines and MLB team props at the My Sportbook. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your baseball sportsbook needs. |
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