Billups, Denver top Spurs for fourth straight win
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11/20/2008 -
San Antonio, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chauncey Billups scored 22 points, doled
out six assists and hauled in five rebounds to lead the Denver Nuggets in a
91-81 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
"We've just come in every night focused on the game plan and focused on what
we got to do to beat whatever team it is," Billups said. "We've played some
tough teams, and we've been successful, so we just got to continue to build on
what we've done."
Carmelo Anthony poured in 21 points, grabbed nine boards and dished out seven
helpers for the Nuggets, who have won four straight and seven of eight
overall. Kenyon Martin had 18 points and Nene 16 in the win.
"I think this team is really starting to feel good about what they are doing
on the basketball court," Nuggets head coach George Karl said. "I really feel
like we got things done as a team tonight. I really enjoyed the defensive
intensity in almost every possession."
George Hill scored 20 points for the Spurs, who saw their season-high three-
game win streak come to an end. Michael Finley gave 13 points, while Tim
Duncan had 12 points and 11 boards.
"It's very disappointing when you lose a game," Hill said. "You always go out
there to win. We learned from it. We learn from our mistakes. We made a couple
of bonehead mistakes down the stretch, and it hurt us. It just shows you, in
this league you can't make mistakes. You have to be successful at both ends of
the court."
The Nuggets held a slight 22-21 lead after 12 minutes but opened a 50-40 lead
at the break.
Denver led by as many as 14 points in the third quarter, but a Duncan three-
point play made it 62-51 with five minutes left in the stanza.
With the Spurs still trailing by 11, the Nuggets closed out the quarter with
an 11-1 run to take a 75-54 lead into the final stanza. Billups had seven
points on the run, with Anthony pouring in two technical free throws off a
Duncan foul, while Martin's dunk closed it out.
A Roger Mason layup and Anthony Tolliver three-pointer brought the Spurs to
within 14 points, 85-71, with 5 1/2 minutes left.
The home team failed to close within the final margin the rest of the way, as
the Nuggets cruised to an easy victory.
Game Notes
The Spurs went 2-for-17 from three-point range. The Nuggets were 6-of-13 from
behind the arc...San Antonio was 29-of-75 from the field, as Denver hit 30-
of-65 shots from the floor...Denver improved to 5-1 since acquiring Billups in
a trade for Allen Iverson with Detroit.
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Betting the NFL preseason
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
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Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
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Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
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