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02/25/2009 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The lowly Sacramento Kings resume a three-game homestand tonight, when they welcome the Charlotte Bobcats to ARCO Arena.
The Kings dropped the opener of the residency on Monday, when Chris Paul scored 27 points and dished out 13 assists and New Orleans welcomed center Tyson Chandler back to the lineup with a 112-105 win over Sacramento.
Chandler, who had been sidelined the last 16 games with a sprained ankle, had 15 points and 10 rebounds. He was traded last week to Oklahoma City but failed the physical, necessitating his return to the Hornets.
Sacramento's Kevin Martin scored 24 of his game-high 32 points in the final quarter, but the Kings lost for the eighth time in nine games. The 24 points were an ARCO Arena record for most in a single quarter.
Spencer Hawes had 13 points and tied a career-high with 14 rebounds for the Kings, who fell to 8-19 as the host on the year.
Sacramento will finish its residency by welcoming the Los Angeles Clippers to town on Friday.
The Bobcats, meanwhile, fell to 0-2 on a five-game road trip on Tuesday, when Steve Nash had 22 points and five assists to lead the Phoenix Suns past Charlotte, 112-102, at US Airways Center.
Boris Diaw, who was traded from the Suns to the Bobcats earlier this season, chipped in a season-high 27 points, 10 boards and six helpers for the Bobcats, who have dropped three in a row overall. Raymond Felton totaled 14 points and nine helpers in defeat and Gerald Wallace had 13 points for Charlotte.
Raja Bell, who also was traded from the Suns to the Bobcats earlier this season, had 23 points against his former team.
The Bobcats, who have lost seven straight on the road and are now a miserable 6-20 as the visitor on the year, will finish their trek with visits to Sacramento, Golden State and the LA Clippers.
The home team has won seven of the eight all-time meetings between the two clubs and the Bobcats have never won in Sacramento, losing all four of their trips to California's capital.
<< Flyers aim to stay hot versus Kings
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Flyers will shoot for their fifth win in
six games when they welcome the Los Angeles Kings for tonight's
interconference battle at the Wachovia Center.
The Flyers are second in the Atlantic Division and fo
<< Hobbling Spurs resume homestand against Portland
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Southwest Division-leading San Antonio Spurs resume a
three-game homestand Wednesday, when they welcome the Portland Trail Blazers
to the AT&T Center.
The Spurs won Tuesday's opener of the residency as Tony Parker
<< Slumping Pistons hope to snap skid in New Orleans
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Pistons' worst season in recent memory appears
to have hit its lowest point.
The slumping club will attempt to avoid its longest losing streak in 14 years
when the Pistons continue their road trip with toni
<< Sharks visit Red Wings for West showdown
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top two teams in the Western Conference will wrap their
season series tonight, when the top-seeded San Jose Sharks visit the Detroit
Red Wings and Joe Louis Arena.
The Sharks became the first team this season to reach
Movin' on up: Marin Cilic >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Croatia has a new star on the horizon, and
his name is Marin Cilic. The 20-year-old slugger has been rocketing up the
rankings in recent months, and is off to an especially fast start in this
still very young
Stars recall F Conner, assign G Krahn >>
Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Dallas Stars announced they have recalled
forward Chris Conner from Peoria of the American Hockey League and assigned
goaltender Brent Krahn to Chicago, also of the AHL.
In 19 games with the Stars th
White Sox sign 22 players, including Quentin >>
Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox agreed to terms on
2009 contracts with 22 players on Wednesday, including outfielder Carlos
Quentin, infielder Josh Fields and pitcher Gavin Floyd.
Quentin had a breakout sea
D-League awards team to Portland >>
Portland, ME (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NBA Development League expanded to 17
clubs on Wednesday when the league awarded an expansion team to Portland,
Maine.
The latest edition to the league will be owned and operated by Mai
Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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