Sacramento can get back on track at home
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12/27/2006 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Sacramento Kings are just 11-14 and need to start winning some games. They have made the playoffs eight straight years and that streak could be in jeopardy if the Kings don't come around.
The Kings are in fourth place in the Pacific Division, 7 1/2 games behind the first place Phoenix Suns.
Sacramento is scheduled to play six of its next seven games on its homecourt. The Kings try to make it two wins in a row when they welcome the new-look Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday to ARCO Arena.
It is the first of two meetings between the Kings and Philadelphia this season. The Sixers are scheduled to host Sacramento on February 26, 2007 at the Wachovia Center.
Philadelphia has lost 14 of its last 16 at Sacramento. The 76ers have won two in a row in this series.
Sacramento picked up a win on the road on Friday. John Salmons recorded his first career triple-double to spoil Allen Iverson's Denver debut as the Kings stopped the Nuggets, 101-96, at the Pepsi Center.
Salmons, a former teammate of Iverson's in Philadelphia, finished with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the victory for Sacramento, while Brad Miller added 21 points and 14 boards for the Kings, who snapped a three- game skid.
On the injury front for Sacramento, defensive stopper Ron Artest (sore knees) is questionable for Wednesday's contest. He has missed the last two games. Artest is averaging 16.4 points and 7.2 rebounds in 19 contests this season.
The Kings are 7-7 at home this season. They will visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday at the Staples Center. After Sacramento visits the Clippers, it returns home to host Golden State, New York, the Lakers, Portland and Cleveland during a five-game homestand.
Salmons, who left Philadelphia and signed with the Kings as a free agent last offseason, is averaging 10.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. He has scored more than 20 points in two straight games, and is averaging 22.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 7.5 rebounds in those contests.
Sacramento is 6-5 when it scores over 100 points this season. The Kings have scored over 100 points in two straight games.
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2007 NFL Football Betting Preview
“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Odds
Will he or won't he? Now that the Dallas Cowboys have a new head coach in Wade Phillips, the big question will be: Does Terrell Owens stay with the team.
Jerry Jones continues to suggest that Terrell Owens will remain with the team.
"I've said that he's back, he's here, he's under contract," Jones said. "In the interviews I've just been through (to hire a new coach), it was very clear to me how highly he's thought of and how much of an impact he had on our offensive success."
Just to be sure though, Terrell Owens cleared out his locker and removed his name plate.
Terrell Owens was among the Cowboys most productive players this past season, catching 85 passes for 1,180 yards and a league-best 13 touchdowns.
But T.O. is due a $3 million roster bonus in June, then a $5 million salary this season. Cutting him before then would save a lot of money and headaches.
Aside from the questions surrounding Terrell Owens, the oddsmakers at MySportsbook.com have concerns over starting quarterback Tony Romo's state of mind and whether he will remain a starting quarterback. It is also not known how players will adjust to new head coach, Wade Phillips.
Here are the football odds as seen at MySportsbook.com and subject to change after February 10, 2007 if not locked in prior to that date.
Arizona Cardinals 60-1
Atlanta Falcons 50-1
Baltimore Ravens 15-1
Buffalo Bills 50-1
Carolina Panthers 18-1
Chicago Bears 10-1
Cincinnati Bengals 15-1
Cleveland Browns 100-1
Dallas Cowboys 15-1
Denver Broncos 15-1
Detroit Lions 100-1
Green Bay Packers 50-1
Houston Texans 100-1
Indianapolis Colts 6-1
Jacksonville Jaguars 30-1
Kansas City Chiefs 30-1
Miami Dolphins 40-1
Minnesota Vikings 75-1
New England Patriots 10-1
New Orleans Saints 18-1
New York Giants 20-1
New York Jets 30-1
Oakland Raiders 100-1
Philadelphia Eagles 18-1
Pittsburgh Steelers 10-1
Saint Louis Rams 60-1
San Diego Chargers 6-1
San Francisco 49ers 75-1
Seattle Seahawks 20-1
Tampa Bay Buccanneers 75-1
Tennessee Titans 40-1
Washington Redskins 50-1
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