Celtics beat Bobcats, move to 16-2

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11/29/2008 - Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paul Pierce led a balanced attack with 19 points, and the Boston Celtics edged the Charlotte Bobcats, 89-84, for their eighth consecutive win.

Kendrick Perkins scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Celtics, who have beaten the Bobcats three straight times. Ray Allen added 15 points, while Tony Allen contributed 11. Eddie House and Kevin Garnett each scored 10 points in the victory as the defending NBA champions moved their record to 16-2.

Gerald Wallace scored 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting for the Bobcats, who have lost two of three. Jason Richardson added 22 points for Charlotte, while D.J. Augustin posted 13 points and five assists.

Down 66-62 headed into the fourth, Wallace's layup for Charlotte with five minutes to play tied the game at 75, but Pierce's turnaround jumper put Boston back in front. Wallace was able get to the basket again, driving past Garnett for an easy layup, but the defense allowed Perkins an easy dunk to make it 79-77 in favor of the Celtics.

After Boston took a four-point lead, Augustin's three with two minutes to play brought the Bobcats to within one. Charlotte had a chance to tie with just under a minute, but Raymond Felton's jumper was off the mark. Garnett sank a jumper on the ensuing possession for Boston, and Felton missed two layup opportunities on the next offensive set for Charlotte, handing the victory to the Celtics.

The Bobcats jumped out to a 12-4 lead early behind six points from Richardson. Charlotte led from wire-to-wire in the first quarter and held a 22-17 edge after the opening frame.

Boston used an 11-0 run in the middle of the second quarter to take a five- point lead at 39-34, but Charlotte kept it close, as the Celtics went into the break up 45-43.

Neither team could come up with a good offensive stretch in the third, and Boston went into the final quarter with a four-point advantage.

Game Notes

Boston had scored 100 points in each of its previous three games...Celtics guard Rajon Rondo had four points and nine assists...Twelve of the last 16 meetings between the clubs have been decided by nine points or less...Boston won last year's season series, 3-1...Charlotte center Emeka Okafor had nine points and seven rebounds...Wallace had eight rebounds.

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.









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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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