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Wizards, Pacers collide in DCBasketball Betting Lines12/12/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two last place teams square off in the nation's capital tonight, as the Washington Wizards host the Indiana Pacers at the Verizon Center. The Wizards, who are last in the Southeast Division, have dropped three in a row and are coming off Thursday's 104-102 loss to the Boston Celtics. Gilbert Arenas finished with 25 points and eight assists for the Wizards, who got 17 points and eight rebounds from Brendan Haywood. Andray Blatche had 17 points and a career-high three steals, while Antawn Jamison finished with 16 points and eight boards in defeat. "We fought back and had opportunities," Wizards head coach Flip Saunders said. Indiana, cellar dwellers in the Central, put the brakes on a six-game losing streak the last time out with 107-91 triumph versus the New Jersey Nets Friday from Conseco Fieldhouse. Tyler Hansbrough scored a career-high 21 points and pulled down seven rebounds off the bench to lead the Pacers. Roy Hibbert had a career-high 20 points, nine rebounds and three blocks for Indiana, which received 15 points and 12 rebounds from Troy Murphy. "I felt good and it felt good to get a win tonight. This win does not erase the losses that we had, but it sure helps out," Hansbrough said. "We showed up tonight, played hard and won." Mike Dunleavy tallied 15 points, five rebounds, and four assists in the win. Indiana defeated Washington, 102-86, on November 6 this season and has won two straight and three of the last four meetings.
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Football Betting Sportsbook Accepts Credit CardsMichael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football. As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL. The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago. Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996). But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side. Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show. Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East: Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1 Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2 New York Giants - 9 - 2 Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1). Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship. So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume. And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top. They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy. Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday. But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division. Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS. Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS. Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162. Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense? Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS. In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS. Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division. Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do. The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20. The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550. Visit MySportsbook.com for free sportsbook odds RSS feeds go to MySportsbook.com for all your betting football needs. |
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