Archive for November, 2007
College Football Betting Preview: USC Trojans (11) vs. Arizona State Sun Devils (7)
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
In the beginning of the 2007-08 college football season, the USC Trojans were ranked as the top team in college football. USC Trojan quarterback John David Booty was a Heisman Trophy candidate at the start of the season, but Booty has been a joke since. John David Booty, a fifth-year senior, is having a bad season and one of the worst by a Trojans quarterback since 2001. John David Booty has just tossed 15 touchdowns and thrown 8 interceptions.
Because of John David Booty’s lackuster performance, the USC Trojans have dropped to a ranking of No. 11, and they’re struggling to remain in the hunt for a sixth straight Pac-10 title and another appearance in the Bowl Championship Series game.
The USC Trojans (8-2 overall, 6-4 against the spread) must beat the seventh-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils to have a hope of playing in a big bowl game. ASU Sun Devils, who have a 9-1 overall record, 5-4 against the spread, still has an outside shot at ending up in the BCS Championship Game. The Arizona State Sun Devils must win out for that occurrence to happen.
College football oddsmakers and college football handicappers are putting the betting line as: USC Trojans at Arizona State +3
NBA Betting Tips: Houston Rockets @ Miami Heat
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Houston Rockets All Star Tracy McGrady is back with a vengeance as they visit Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat in the 2007-2008 NBA Regular Season.
Rockets Tracy McGrady missed nearly a week after suffering his injury in an odd collision with LA Lakers forward Luke Walton. Houston’s small forward Tracy McGrady is averaging a team high with 26.8 points per game. Houston’s Chinese center Yao Ming scoring in double figures with 22 points per game and 9.8 rebounds per game will match up against Miami Heat center Shaquille O’Neal.
Houston Rockets had their best start in 11 years with a 6-1 record, but the Houston Rockets have dropped four straight games — the final two coming without Rockets Tracy McGrady. The losing skid is Houston’s longest since dropping four in a row in April 2006.
NBA Betting Tips: Los Angeles Lakers @ Boston Celtics
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers come to town as they visit Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics in the 2007-2008 NBA Regular Season tip off time is set at 7:30 pm.
The rivalry between Los Angeles Lakers – Boston Celtics, two of the most successful franchises in NBA will once again be renewed but now different players battle it out. It will be dubbed as Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers versus the “Big Three” of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.
The rivalry has been less intense since the retirements of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the early 1990’s and the rise of Chicago Bulls. Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics suffered setbacks in the last fifteen years, with the Los Angeles Lakers finally returning to prominence with three championships in the 2000’s but then failing to make the playoffs after trading Shaquille O’Neal. The Boston Celtics have only advanced past the conference semifinals once since 1990. As it stands, the Celtics lead in total championships with 16 to the Lakers’ 14.
NBA Finals Preview Boston Celtics vs. Phoenix Suns
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Yeah we know it is still early in the 2007-2008 NBA Regular Season and the Boston Celtics are off to an impressive start with an 8-1 record.
The Boston Celtics have their best start in 35 years. Boston Celtics has NBA-high 16 championships but was 24-58 last 2006-2007 NBA season, its second worst record ever.
Boston Celtics added perennial All Star Kevin Garnett from a seven-player deal and sweet shooting guard Ray Allen, also from a trade that happened during the NBA Draft top form a lethal combination together with Celtics stalwart Paul Pierce.
But look out Boston Celtics’ fans, the reigning and defending champion come from the Western Conference and that team is…
NBA Betting Results: Orlando Magic Beat New Orleans Hornets 95-88
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Oddsmakers put the betting line for the recent Magic vs. Hornets 2007-08 NBA regular season game as: Orlando Magic at New Orleans Hornets -1.5
Prior to the start of the game, both the Orlando Magic and the New Orleans Hornets had the same 9-2 NBA record. Definitely, it was a very even match-up for the Magic and the Hornets, who are really off to a superb start to their 2007-08 NBA regular season.
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