2010 November at LinesMaker

NBA Betting: Lakers Topple Milwaukee

The Los Ange­les Lak­ers over­whelmed the Mil­wau­kee Bucks 118–107 Tues­day, cour­tesy of Kobe Bryant who pulled in 31 points. Draw­ing about 75% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Los Ange­les Lak­ers were the clear favorite against Mil­wau­kee among the Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –4, Los Ange­les delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by oust­ing Milwaukee. Shan­non Brown scored 21 points while com­ing off the bench for the Lak­ers, who snapped their two-game los­ing streak with this win and improved to 9–2 for the season. Brown com­pleted 7-of-9 from the field,... 

NCAA Football Betting: Ohio Overpower Temple

Vince David­son rushed for two touch­downs to help the Ohio Bob­cats top­ple the Tem­ple Owls, 31–23, on Tuesday. Attract­ing nearly 65% of the NCAA foot­ball bet­ting action, Tem­ple was the clear favorite against Ohio among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this con­test. With the bet­ting lines at –10, Tem­ple dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors by los­ing to Ohio. This was the sev­enth straight win for the Bob­cats (8–3, 6–1 Mid-American Con­fer­ence), as they moved one-step closer to the East­ern Divi­sion Cham­pi­onship, which they can claim if they knock... 

NHL Betting: Philadelphia Thrashes Ottawa

Mike Richards chipped in two goals with an assist in the Philadel­phia Fly­ers’ 5–1 rout over Ottawa on Mon­day. This was the sev­enth straight home win for the Flyers. Attract­ing nearly 70% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Philadel­phia Fly­ers (-170) were the clear favorites against Ottawa among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win the game. With the bet­ting lines at –170, Philadel­phia made the bet­tors happy by oust­ing the Sen­a­tors (+156). Claude Giroux scored three points on a goal and added two assists in the win. Rookie Russ­ian net­min­der Sergei Bobrovsky was tagged... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Georgetown Wins, Fails to Cover Point Spread

No. 21 George­town trounced Tulane 69–53 Mon­day, as Austin Free­man scored 23 points while con­nect­ing on four 3-pointers. Attract­ing nearly 60% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, George­town was the clear favorite against Tulane among Lines­Maker bet­tors to win this match. Listed at –21, Georgetown dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they failed to cover the point spread even though they won the game. Jason Clark chipped in 17 points with 11 rebounds for the Hoyas (2–0), who posted a season-opening vic­tory against Old Domin­ion on Fri­day. Vee San­ford... 

NBA Betting: Phoenix Ousts Los Angeles Lakers

The Phoenix Suns top­pled the Los Ange­les Lak­ers 121–116 Sun­day, cour­tesy of Jason Richard­son who scored 35 points, includ­ing seven 3-pointers. Draw­ing around 55% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Phoenix Suns, listed at +8.5, were the favorite against Los Ange­les among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. Phoenix proved the bet­tors instincts cor­rect by oust­ing the Lakers. Richard­son also reg­is­tered eight rebounds for the Suns, who set a record by post­ing 22 3-point shots in their win. Sink­ing four threes, Chan­ning Frye pulled in 20 points. Steve... 

NFL Betting: Dallas Topples New York Giants

Jon Kitna tossed three touch­down passes and stacked up 327 yards to rally the Dal­las Cow­boys to a 33–20 win over the New York Giants on Sunday. Kitna fin­ished 13-of-22 passes for 327 yards in the win. Dez Bryant had a stel­lar per­for­mance for the Cow­boys, as he grabbed three catches for 104 yards. Attract­ing nearly 60% of the NFL bet­ting action, the New York Giants were the clear favorites against Dal­las among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NFL bet­ting lines at –11.5, New York dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors by los­ing to the Cowboys. With this win,... 

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NASCAR Betting: Hamlin Takes Points Lead with Two Races Left

Now that Texas is out of the way, it’s just a three-race con­test among four-time defend­ing cham­pion Jim­mie John­son, Denny Ham­lin and Kevin Har­vick in The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Ham­lin is lead­ing with 6,325 points in the points stand­ings, while John­son (6,292) is trail­ing by 33 points. The third posi­tion is cap­tured by Har­vick (6,266), fol­lowed by Carl Edwards (6,008) and Matt Kenseth (6,000). From a NASCAR bet­ting per­spec­tive, listed at –200, Denny Ham­lin is the cur­rent favorite at Lines­Maker to win the NASCAR Sprint... 

NFL Betting: Atlanta Ousts Baltimore

Matt Ryan threw a 33-yard touch­down pass to Roddy White in the last 20 sec­onds to rally the Atlanta Fal­cons to an impres­sive 26–21 win over Bal­ti­more on Thursday. Attract­ing nearly 60% of the NFL bet­ting action, the Bal­ti­more Ravens, with bet­ting lines at +1, were the clear favorites against Atlanta among Lines­Maker bet­tors but not the oddsmaker. Baltimore dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors when they lost to the Falcons. Hav­ing a late surge, the Ravens scored two touch­downs within 5 min­utes, while Joe Flacco had a 9-yard scor­ing pass to Todd Heap... 

Tennis Betting: Djokovic, Federer, Murray Proceeds in Paris Masters‎

Defend­ing cham­pion Novak Djokovic, Roger Fed­erer and Andy Mur­ray all won the sec­ond round at the Paris Mas­ters on Wednesday. Receiv­ing a first-round bye, top-seeded Fed­erer bounced back after los­ing points on serve with an ace in the last game of the open­ing set, as he trounced home favorite Richard Gas­quet, 6–4, 6–4. With this win, the 16-time Grand Slam champ Fed­erer improved his all-time mark against Gas­quet to 7–1. In the third round, Radek Stepanek of the Czech Repub­lic will chal­lenge Fed­erer. The Lines­Maker ten­nis bet­ting lines have the Swiss...