NBA Betting – Kobe looks to light up MSG once again
While New Yorkers are obsessed with Super Bowl odds due to their surprising Jets, they should pay attention to the NBA on Friday night, when Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers come through the mecca of basketball to face the New York Knicks, who have been in an offensive slump. Whenever Bryant is in town, the ticket is usually worth the price per head.
Even though NFL betting is the hot play of the weekend, check out an intriguing matchup in the NBA on Saturday night, when Cleveland concludes a five-game Western road trip with a game against the Clippers, who are one of the league’s biggest surprises.
If the Clippers were an NFL betting option, they would be the longshot New York Jets, who pulled off an upset of Cincinnati last week. The Clippers had pulled out wins over teams like Portland, Miami and the Lakers before losing two straight on the road, but they get another shot at the ailing Lakers on Friday.
NBA Betting – Cavs continue West Coast swing in Utah
Many NFL betting players wondered if LeBron James would have been able to improve Cleveland’s chances after the NBA MVP said he could have been a football star. But he’s a bit busy anyway, trying to lead his hometown Cavaliers to a championship. James and the Cavs will face an inconsistent Utah team on Thursday night.
Talk about a contrast in styles. While the Iowa Hawkeyes are about as plain-jane as you get for a football team, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have about as exotic an offense as you can find.
Finally, it’s time. Say what you want about the Texas Longhorns’ right to play in the BCS Championship game, but the bottom line is that the matchup pits the nation’s top two ranked teams against each other. Ideally, that will make for an exciting football betting matchup.
It seems the Orange Bowl has something in common with the Fiesta Bowl this season. Like the Fiesta, the Orange pits a dominant offense versus a dominant defense. Also like the Fiesta, the Orange features at least one team that some people thought would end up in a different bowl. In this case, it’s the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Believe it or not, many college football fans are more excited for the Fiesta Bowl than they are for the BCS championship game. The Fiesta bowl pits two undefeated, top-six teams against each other, both of which field high-octane offenses.
So sports betting handicappers won’t get a story book ending for Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators and they also won’t see a happy ending for Brian Kelly and the Cincinnati Bearcats.
You know it’s been a strange year in college football betting when many people are anticipating secondary BCS bowl games like the Orange Bowl more than the BCS title game. The Rose Bowl, which pits Oregon versus Ohio State, may not give us the prestige of the national championship game or the fireworks of TCU/Boise State, but it could showcase an exciting Ducks offense at the very least.
While most sports wagering people may not notice this right off the hop, but if the TCU Horned Frogs blow out the Boise State Broncos and the Texas Longhorns barely squeak by the Alabama Crimson Tide, there is still a chance that the Horned Frogs could be voted as AP National Champions. That will be an underlying storyline as the game approaches.
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How They Got Here: Ohio State Buckeyes
Early on in the season, it didn’t look like the Ohio State Buckeyes would be BCS-bound. Although the Big Ten had a down year with teams like Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois falling short of expectations, the Iowa Hawkeyes rose out of the shadows to start 9-0.
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It’s not the sports betting event of the year but no one can deny that Army/Navy is a fun rivalry in college football. I recent years, it’s been a track meet for Navy. Can Army, once again an underdog, pull off a shocker this time around?
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Will any online sportsbook event generate more interest this week than Florida/Alabama? I seriously doubt it, especially since this 1-versus-2 matchup is not just the SEC title game but the real national title game in some people’s eyes. These two teams gave us a classic last year, with Florida winning 31-20.
Sports betting fans are pumped up for the weekend. Why? Two words: rivalry week. Ohio State visits the Big House to renew pleasantries with Michigan this Saturday. Funnily enough, while the Buckeyes have been the much better team, the Wolverines are the ones with something on the line.
Does that mean they can pull off an upset?
