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02/01/2010 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Amare Stoudemire scored 25 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as Phoenix won its third in a row, 109-100, over the short-handed New Orleans Hornets.
Channing Frye tallied 20 points off the bench for the Suns, whose current win streak is their longest since a four-game run from November 22-29 that made the club 14-3. The Suns, currently at 29-21, also received 18 points and 12 assists from Steve Nash. Robin Lopez scored 18, while Grant Hill tallied 13, including a couple of big jumpers down the stretch.
Marcus Thronton scored a career-high 25 points for New Orleans, while Darren Collison tallied 16 points and 14 assists. David West had 20 points and eight rebounds for the Hornets, who failed to build on a 109-102 overtime win at Memphis on Saturday. In that game, New Orleans overcame a 21-point deficit.
The Hornets played without All-Star point guard Chris Paul, who is sidelined with a left knee injury. He'll likely need surgery.
A slam by West brought the Hornets within 100-98 with 1:41 left, but Hill then converted a three-point play. After Thornton missed a jumper, Hill nailed a shot from the left wing with 36.8 seconds left, essentially sealing the win with a 105-98 margin.
New Orleans held a 31-30 edge after 12 minutes, but the Hornets went just 6- of-23 from the field in the second. A pair of three-pointers from Frye and one from Jared Dudley keyed an 11-0 run for a 41-33 Phoenix lead.
The Hornets trimmed that to 44-42 following an alley-oop jam from Julian Wright off a feed from Thornton, but the Suns scored the next 13, capped by a Stoudemire layup with 1 1/2 minutes remaining. It was 59-46 at the half.
Phoenix's lead reached 20 in the third and the visitors went to the fourth holding an 85-70 advantage. Thornton's layup capped eight straight points for the Hornets, getting them within 97-93 with 3:17 remaining.
Game Notes
The Suns have won two straight on the road for the first time since November 27-29 (at Minnesota, at Toronto)...Phoenix has scored 100 or more points in 21 of its last 22 games, including nine consecutive...New Orleans lost for just the fourth time in its last 18 home games.
<< Monaco among first-round winners in Chile
Santiago, Chile (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina took
an opening-round victory from Chile's Nicolas Massu on Monday at the $450,000
Movistar Open tennis event.
Monaco was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Massu, who was repres
<< Notre Dame uses balanced attack to upend Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Skylar Diggins posted a team-high 14 points
to lead No. 3 Notre Dame to a 75-63 road victory over Rutgers.
Becca Bruszewski and Melissa Lechlitner added 13 and 12 points, respectively,
for the Fighting Irish
<< Dodgers sign OF Reed Johnson
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Dodgers signed outfielder
Reed Johnson to a one-year contract on Monday.
Johnson, 33, hit .255 with four homers and 22 RBI in 65 games last season for
the Chicago Cubs, his second year w
<< Hiller stars as Ducks blank Panthers
Sunrise, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jonas Hiller stopped all 33 shots he faced for
his second shutout of the season, as the Anaheim Ducks took a 3-0 win over the
Florida Panthers.
Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and assist for the Ducks, who have won t
Jazz stay hot, use big fourth quarter to drop Mavs >>
Salt Lake City, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paul Millsap scored 25 points as the
Jazz posted their season-high sixth straight win, 104-92 over the Dallas
Mavericks.
Deron Williams returned from a one-game absence and notched 18 points
Oilers snap 13-game skid, beat Hurricanes >>
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Deslauriers made 15 of his 33 saves in
a scoreless third period, as Edmonton topped Carolina, 4-2, to halt a
miserable 13-game losing streak.
With the win, the Oilers avoided matching their lo
Emery, Flyers blank new-look Flames >>
Calgary, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ray Emery posted his third shutout of the
season behind 18 saves, and the Philadelphia Flyers topped a new-look Calgary
club, 3-0, at the Saddledome.
Mike Richards' 100th NHL goal in the game's second
Nuggets top Kings in OT on Afflalo's jumper >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arron Afflalo poured in 12 points, including the
game-winning jumper with 18.4 seconds left in overtime, as the Denver Nuggets
stayed hot at home with a 112-109 victory over the Sacramento Kings at the
Pepsi C
El Duque expected to throw Tuesday
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets pitcher Orlando Hernandez, sidelined at spring training because of arthritis in his neck, is expected to resume throwing on Tuesday.
Hernandez received a cortisone shot Thursday after leaving camp and returning to New York to have his neck examined. The 41-year-old right-hander is penciled in as the team's No. 2 starter behind Tom Glavine.
El Duque's health is a major issue for the Mets, who won the NL East in 2007 and came within one victory of the World Series. Their aging and unsettled rotation is a big question mark this year.
MySportsbook.com has the Mets as -110 favorites to repeat as NL East champions odds.
Hernandez went 11-11 with a 4.66 ERA last season, including 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 20 starts after the Mets acquired him from Arizona in late May. But he missed the playoffs because of a torn calf muscle.
New York already is without Pedro Martinez, out until at least midseason following rotator cuff surgery. Among those competing for starting jobs are prospects Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber and Jason Vargas, plus veterans Chan Ho Park, Jorge Sosa and Aaron Sele.
Notes: Mets manager Willie Randolph is excited about two new utility players he could have on his bench: Damion Easley and David Newhan. ''Their value is really all over the place,'' Randolph said. Easley can play anywhere in the infield and could be used as an emergency outfielder, though Randolph said he would prefer to keep the veteran in the infield. Newhan, meanwhile, can play second base, third or any outfield position for the Mets. ''I love versatility,'' Randolph said. ''I love guys that can give me options when I need them to step in.''
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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