The Indiana Pacers travel to Orlando to take on arguably the best team in the NBA. For sports betting fans, a team can’t really get any better than the Orlando Magic. With Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu, the Magic have stormed to a 33 and 10 record straight-up.
The San Antonio Spurs travel to Utah to take on a Jazz team still playing without their top scorer from last season, Carlos Boozer. The Spurs have become the same old Spurs, that is a winning team, after digging themselves into a hole earlier this season. They are currently 29 and 14 straight-up.
Miami Hurricanes (14-5 SU, 7-7 ATS) at North Carolina State Wolfpack (10-7 SU, 7-5-1 ATS)
BetUS NCAA Basketball Sports Betting Odds: MIAMI -1.5
Here are some of the NCAA basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* MIA has won seven of its last nine games SU
* MIA has covered two of its last six games
BetUS NCAA Basketball Betting Odds: WISCONSIN -1
Here are some of the NCAA basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* PUR has won its last four games SU
* PUR has won 10 of its last 12 games SU
* PUR has covered three of its last four games
Kentucky Wildcats (16-4 SU, 10-4-1 ATS) at Mississippi Rebels (10-9 SU, 8-7 ATS)
BetUS NCAA Basketball Betting Odds: KENTUCKY -8.5
Here are some of the NCAA basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* KY has won its last five games SU
* KY has covered six of its last seven games
Horses worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov that should improve significantly or do well next time out, won four times, ran second nine times and finished third twice since Nov. 20. These thoroughbreds are worth considering when developing your betting strategy.
Odds makers as always have given the average fan and even their wives something to bet on this weekend with hundreds of prop bets available for action. While your wife is trying to determine the song list of the Boss, what commercial will be rated the highest , and the color of Gatorade that will be dumped on the winning coach there is money to be made by investing in the games top wide receivers.
The Los Angeles Lakers are flowing with confidence on a four-game winning streak but they may be a bad bet tonight.
Sportsbook.com has Los Angeles as 11-point favorites with a Total of 196, but they haven’t fared well as big chalk this year. Tip-off is set for 10:30pm ET.
L.A. thrashed San Antonio 99-85 as 7 ½-point favorites on Sunday. The contest was so lopsided, Kobe Bryant only got off the bench in the fourth quarter for timeouts.
The Kentucky Wildcats are the only undefeated team in the SEC as they get ready to play at Mississippi tonight.
Sportsbook.com has Kentucky (16-4, 10-4 ATS) as a nine-point favorite with a Total of 142.5. ESPN will have the coverage starting at 7 pm ET.
After another sluggish start to the regular season, the duo of Jodie Meeks and Patrick Patterson has sparked the Wildcats, and the rest of the team has found a rhythm in being role players and doing their respective jobs.
It’s pretty common knowledge in football that winning the rushing battle usually means winning the football game. That is the case throughout the regular season, the playoffs and ultimately, the Super Bowl. Obviously, picking which team is going to win the rushing battle is not the easiest of tasks since if it was, everyone would be likely winning money on sports’ most wagered-on game.
Sometimes it is the unknown or smaller stats that can make a difference in locating the Super Bowl winner. Matt Fargo takes a look at five categories you might not know about.
The theme of this Super Bowl is already evident: Defense or offense? The Cardinals have the No. 4 offense in the NFL, No. 2 in passing, behind QB Kurt Warner and a talented trio of three-1,000+ yard receivers. The physical Steelers have the No. 1 defense. History says defense wins championships, which is why Pittsburgh is favored. But there’s a reason they play the games, as we saw last season when the double-digit Giants stunned the 18-0 Patriots, 17-14.
The Phoenix Suns (23-18 SU, 13-26-1 ATS, 23-17 O/U) snapped their three-game winning streak on Sunday, beating the Atlanta Hawks 104-99 to cover the spread for BetUS NBA sports betting backers as a 4-point road underdog in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Washington Wizards (9-34 SU, 17-26 ATS, 17-24-2 O/U) have dropped two consecutive games, including their dismal 100-87 loss to the Portland Trailblazers on Saturday while failing to cover the spread as 9.5-point road underdogs in the BetUS Sportsbook.
The Houston Rockets (27-17 SU, 20-24 ATS, 24-20 O/U) bounced back nicely form a loss in their previous outing, beating the Detroit Pistons 108-105 on Sunday to cover the spread for BetUS NBA Sportsbook betting backers as a 3-point road underdog. The New York Knicks (18-25 SU, 24-19 ATS, 17-26 O/U) are coming off a 116-110 road loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday where they failed to covert the spread for BetUS NBA sports betting backers as a 7.5-point underdog.
The Atlanta Hawks (26-16 SU, 23-19 ATS, 19-21 O/U) had their three-game winning streak snapped the last time out, losing to the Phoenix Suns 04-99 on Sunday while failing to cover the spread asd4-point home favorites in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Miami Heat (23-19 SU, 19-21-2 ATS, 22-20 O/U) have alternated wins and losses in each of their last five games, but are coming off an encouraging 103-97 win overt the Orlando Magic on Saturday, covering the spread in the BetUS Sportsbook as 7.5-point home underdogs.
BetUS NCAA Basketball Sports Betting Odds: OKLAHOMA -3.5
Here are some of the NCAA basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* OU has won its last seven games SU
* OU has covered four of its last five games
* OU has played four of its last six games OVER the total
