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01/26/2007 - Berkeley, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arron Afflalo scored 25 points to lead the third-ranked UCLA Bruins past the California Golden Bears, 62-46, at Haas Pavilion.
Afflalo made 7-of-13 shots from the floor and was a perfect 9-for-9 from the charity stripe, as the Bruins (18-1, 7-1 Pac 10) collected their fourth consecutive victory. Josh Shipp chipped in with 12 points on the night, while Luc Richard Mbah a Moute helped the cause with 11 rebounds.
Theo Roberton scored a team-high 16 points for California (12-8, 4-4), which has dropped two in a row and three of its last five. Ryan Anderson donated 13 points and six rebounds for the Golden Bears, while Omar Wilkes ended with nine points.
Cal held the early lead, going up 16-8 on back-to-back dunks by Anderson and Robertson and a three-point shot by Jerome Randle at 10:28.
UCLA started its comeback, outscoring the Golden Bears 16-8 down the stretch, as Shipps' jumper sent his team into the break with a 28-24 lead.
UCLA pulled away in the second half, opening a 10-point lead on Mbah a Moute's tip-in at 14:24.
Cal never got closer than seven the rest of the way, and trailed by 18 with just 5 1/2 minutes remaining in the contest.
The Bruins finished 50 percent from the floor after their slow start and held Cal leader Ayinde Ubaka to no points and two assists on 0-for-8 shooting performance.
Game Notes
This was the 218th meeting between UCLA and Cal with the Bruins leading the series 125-93...After scoring at least 77 points in three straight games for the first time all year, California had its lowest point total of the season against UCLA.
<< Graves leads Butler past LCU in OT
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A.J. Graves scored 10 points in overtime,
connecting on a game-winning, three-point shot with 56 seconds to play, as
14th-ranked Butler edged Loyola-Chicago, 70-66, at the Joseph J. Gentile
Center.
<< Gordon, Bulls down Mavs
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ben Gordon had 30 points, six rebounds and
five assists to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 96-85 win over the Dallas
Mavericks at the United Center.
Luol Deng donated 21 points and grabbed nine boar
<< No. 8 LSU rolls past Arkansas
Baton Rouge, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Quianna Chaney had 15 points to pace
eighth-ranked LSU past Arkansas, 70-53, in a Southeastern Conference clash at
Maravich Center.
Sylvia Fowles added 13 points and 13 rebounds for LSU (19-2, 5-1
<< Purdue routs Northwestern
West Lafayette, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton scored 17 points
as 12th-ranked Purdue demolished Northwestern, 72-30, at Mackey Arena.
Erin Lawless had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Purdue (19-3, 8-0 Big Ten),
which has
Sessions, Nevada rout Louisiana Tech >>
Reno, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ramon Sessions dropped in 21 points on 8-of-12
shooting to guide No. 18 Nevada past Louisiana Tech, 84-67, at Lawlor Events
Center.
Sessions also had seven rebounds and six assists while Nick Fazekas scored
Sun Devils roar past Cal >>
Tempe, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jill Noe poured in a season-best 19 points and
added seven rebounds to pace 10th-ranked Arizona State past No. 20 California,
66-54, at Wells Fargo Arena.
Emily Westerberg scored 15 points and Briann January
Washington upends No. 7 Oregon >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Justin Dentmon scored 24 points and dished out
six assists as Washington toppled seventh-ranked Oregon, 89-77, at Bank of
America Arena.
Ryan Appleby donated 16 points while Spencer Hawes ended with 1
Mobley's late three lifts Clippers over Nets >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cuttino Mobley hit a three with .6 seconds
to play, as the Los Angeles Clippers bested the New Jersey Nets, 102-101, at
the Staples Center.
Elton Brand and Corey Maggette each netted 18 while Mobley f
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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