Howard, Magic top winless Wizards
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11/08/2008 - Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dwight Howard scored 31 points and pulled down 16 rebounds to lead the Orlando Magic in a 106-81 blowout of the winless Washington Wizards.
Howard, who shot 11-of-13 from the floor, also had three blocked shots. Mickael Pietrus had 18 points, Keith Bogans 13 and Hedo Turkoglu scored 11 for Orlando, which has won four in a row since losing its first two games of the season
Nick Young poured in 20 points for Washington, which is 0-5 for a second straight season. The Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers (0-6) are the only winless teams this season. DeShawn Stevenson tallied 14 points and Caron Butler scored 10 for the Wizards.
Howard's three-point play extended the Magic to a 19-11 lead midway through the first quarter, and the home team held a 27-21 edge going to the second.
The middle two quarters proved to be dominant for the Magic, who held a 57-37 scoring advantage in the second and third.
Young's basket had the Wizards within 46-38 with just under four minutes left in the half, but the Magic scored the final 12 points of the period, capped by a Bogans layup for a 58-39 bulge at the break.
Howard then scored 11 straight Orlando points in the third, moving the margin to 74-47. Pietrus followed with another bucket for a 29-point advantage, the largest of the night. Pietrus had 12 points in the third, and the difference was 84-58 going into the fourth.
Game Notes
The Magic have won five of the last six meetings...The Wizards host Utah on Wednesday, while Orlando's next game is Monday at home versus Portland...Magic forward Rashard Lewis shot just 2-of-11 from the field and finished with five points and seven rebounds.
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Super Bowl XLIII Betting - Super Bowl 2009
Super Bowl 2009, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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