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02/06/2012 - Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Martin Hanzal scored twice to lead Phoenix over Detroit, 3-1, on Monday.
Boyd Gordon also tallied and Mike Smith turned in a 30-save performance for the Coyotes, winners in three of their last four.
Johan Franzen provided the lone offense for the Red Wings, who have lost two in a row to end a five-game road trip.
Joey MacDonald made his first start since March 30 and absorbed the loss despite giving up just two goals on 22 shots.
Hanzal doubled the Coyotes' edge and netted the eventual deciding score on a power play less than seven minutes into the second by tipping in a Ray Whitney offering through bodies in the crease.
Detroit peppered Smith with 11 shots in the third, but had no answer. MacDonald was pulled for an extra skater with over a minute remaining and Hanzal put the clincher into an empty net inside of 30 seconds to play.
Gordon put the hosts on the board at 7:22 of the opening period in a short- handed situation. He managed to elude a pair of Detroit players to snag an errant pass off the left boards, skate in and deke MacDonald before sliding a shot home at the right post.
Game Notes
Detroit won three of four games in the season series...Hanzal posted his first multi-goal effort since October 23...Whitney picked up a pair of assists...The Coyotes travel to Dallas on Tuesday...The Wings, who finished 2-2-1 on their sojourn, return home to open up a six-game homestand by welcoming Edmonton on Wednesday.
<< Wizards take down Raptors in OT
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - John Wall scored a game-high 31 points as
the Washington Wizards held on for a 111-108 overtime win over the Toronto
Raptors at Verizon Center on Monday.
Washington got season-high point totals fr
<< Duncan's double-double lifts Spurs over Grizzlies
Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Duncan had 19 points, 17 rebounds and five
blocks as the San Antonio Spurs held on for an 89-84 win over the Memphis
Grizzlies.
Tony Parker added 21 points, seven assists and three steals for the Spur
<< Mariners sign Camp, Kuo
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Seattle Mariners have signed relief
pitchers Shawn Camp and Hong-Chih Kuo to one-year contracts.
Camp appeared in a team-high 67 games for the Toronto Blue Jays last season,
posting a 6-3 record w
<< Hawkins, Thomas lead Maryland over Georgia Tech
Duluth, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tianna Hawkins and Alyssa Thomas scored 23
points apiece as No. 8 Maryland downed No. 22 Georgia Tech, 64-56.
Hawkins added nine rebounds while Lynetta Kizer netted 10 points for Maryland
(20-3, 7-3 ACC),
Showtime to Lob City; Lakers are playing second fiddle in LA >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - For the first time you can make a very
strong argument that the red-headed stepchild across the hall at Staples
Center has more star power than the mighty Lakers.
Adding Chris Paul to Blake Griffin has off
No. 18 Marquette downs DePaul >>
Rosemont, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Darius Johnson-Odom netted a game-high 23
points and all five Marquette starters finished in double figures, as the
18th-ranked Golden Eagles shook off a slow start and defeated DePaul, 89-76.
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Eagles, Terriers to clash again in Beanpot final >>
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Steven Whitney tallied twice and Johnny
Gaudreau once in a three-goal second-period burst as Boston College subdued
Northeastern, 7-1, to reach the Beanpot final for the third straight year.
Gaudreau
Rockets outlast Nuggets >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Luis Scola scored 25 points to go with eight
rebounds while Kyle Lowry added 20 points and six assists as the Houston
Rockets downed the Denver Nuggets, 99-90.
Chase Budinger nailed four treys and fin
MySportsbook.com refunds all bets on Oakland, Green Bay and Tampa Bay from NFL week one.
(September 14) – Week one of NFL action saw three teams go scoreless for the first time since 1977. Another four were unable to get a touchdown and almost half of the underdogs covered the spread. Those three teams saved bettors at MySportsbook.com from losing out completely, thanks to the company’s unique NFL Shutout Rule -- which ensures that if the team you backed goes scoreless, your wager is refunded.
Sportsbook refunded tens of thousands of dollars to customers who bet on Oakland, Green Bay and Tampa Bay, the three teams that stunk up the field so badly that their fans and backers never had a chance to get up from their couches and cheer. In the spirit of the low scoring start to the season, odds makers at the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino have set odds on how many total shutouts there will be this season.
MySportsbook.com has posted updated sports betting lines for week two of the season. Ben Roethlisberger’s health status is still questionable, so Willie Parker will try to lead Pittsburgh again as they travel to Jacksonville as a one point favorite. After beating up on his little brother last week, Peyton Manning will look to lead the Colts to victory against Houston. Indianapolis is a whopping 13.5 favorite in the match-up.
Seattle, last year’s highest scoring team, showed the power of their defense with their gritty 9-6 win in Motown over the ravenous Lions. They take their act back home to the comforts of Qwest Field where they will face the resurgent Arizona Cardinals. The Seahawks are favored by a touchdown.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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