Bobcats topple Pacers; Granger hurts foot

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02/18/2009 - Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gerald Wallace scored 25 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and doled out seven assists to lead the Charlotte Bobcats in a 103-94 victory over the Indiana Pacers.

Emeka Okafor chipped in 12 points and 12 boards for the Bobcats, who have won three of their last four games. Raymond Felton and Vladimir Radmanovic scored 16 and 15, respectively, in the win.

Troy Murphy had 18 points and 16 rebounds for the Pacers, who have alternated wins and losses the last seven games. Jarrett Jack totaled 18 points, eight boards and five helpers.

Marquis Daniels had 14 points and Danny Granger scored 12, but sprained his right foot early in the second quarter for Indiana, which has dropped 10 straight on the road.

Raymond Felton hit a buzzer-beater from beyond half court to give the Bobcats a 32-25 lead after the first quarter, but the Pacers cut it to 53-50 at the intermission.

Daniels' reverse layup trimmed the margin to 59-58 with 8:20 left in the third quarter.

Moments later, Boris Diaw dropped in a layup, Felton nailed a jumper and Wallace offered three points to make it an eight-point game.

Brandon Rush interjected with a three for Indiana, but Charlotte rolled off nine straight points. Felton had five and Okafor closed it out with a pair from the charity stripe for a 77-63 home-team lead with 1:53 left in the third.

The home team was sitting on a 79-69 lead heading into the final 12 minutes.

Rasho Nesterovic's jumper cut it to 81-75 early in the fourth, but the Bobcats inflated their lead and it hovered around 10 the rest of the way.

Game Notes

The Pacers shot 41.8 percent from the field and the Bobcats hit 41 percent of their shots...The teams went a combined 13-of-43 from behind the arc...Indiana is just 6-23 as the visitor this season. Its last win as the guest was a 113-110 triumph over Phoenix on January 7...The Bobcats began a brief two-game homestand and will also take on the Magic. They are 16-14 as the host in 2008-09...Charlotte took a 2-1 lead in the season series, but the Pacers have won nine of the 17 all-time meetings...The Bobcats have won five of seven as the host in this series.

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An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.

Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off.  Randy was not impressed though.  Paula thought he started off fantastic.  "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either. 

Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed.  Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact.  He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition. 

Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula.  Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.

Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next.  Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential.  Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell.  He sang "Careless Whisper".

22 year old Chris Richardson was up next.  He was listed with +1100 odds coming in.  He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great. 

Nick was boring and pitchy.  Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week.  Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition. 

Beat boxer Blake Lewis was listed with early +1000 odds or $1000 payout on a $100 bet if he were to become the next American Idol winner odds .  These of course were the early odds.  He was considered original for picking an "odd song".  He did not beat box and the judges felt it was the best vocal of the night. 

Sanjaya came in as the second biggest favorite after Chris Sligh but his performance Tuesday night was not very good. 

Chris Sleigh was the early favorite at +450 odds.  Great voice and a great sense of humor.  He's a real standout.  Randy felt it was on point but maybe ahead of the chorus a little bit.  Simon Cowell said he felt like he was in some "sort of weird student gig". 

Jared Cotter followed.  He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition.  The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good. 

22-year old AJ Talbado, who has tried out for American Idol five times, was up next.  "Kind of a theme park performance" said Simon.  Though the judges felt he performed okay.  Simon did feel AJ might be better than he originally thought.

Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition.  He was the last to perform.  He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start. 

Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys.  Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.

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