2011 February at BetLM

NBA Betting: New York Tops Atlanta

Amare Stoudemire and Wil­son Chan­dler together col­lected 43 points to spark the New York Knicks to a 102–90 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday. Draw­ing around 70% of the NBA bet­ting action, the New York Knicks were the clear favorites against Atlanta among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –2.5, most bet­tors were happy when New York defeated the Hawks. Com­ing back from an injury that led to him miss­ing the win at New Jer­sey on Sat­ur­day, Stoudemire scored 23 points and seven rebounds for New York. Chan­dler com­pleted 9-of-15 shots and pulled in 20... 

Philadelphia Downs Florida in NHL Betting Action

James van Riems­dyk net­ted a goal in the sec­ond to give Philadel­phiaa 3–0 lead as the Philadel­phia Fly­ers ral­lied over the Florida Pan­thers to reg­is­ter a 4–2 win on Wednesday.  Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Philadel­phia Fly­ers were the clear favorites against Florida among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NHL lines at –121, Philadel­phia delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Pan­thers (+112). Danny Briere found an empty-net for his 28th goal of the sea­son with just 22 sec­onds remain­ing in the game. Briere also... 

NCAA Basketball Betting: Villanova Overwhelms Seton Hall

James Bell poured in game-high 21 points to help the No. 14 Vil­lanova Wild­cats in ral­ly­ing over the Seton Hall Pirates to a 60–57 win on Tuesday. With nearly 75% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Vil­lanova Wild­cats were the clear favorites against Seton Hall among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –3.5 on col­lege bas­ket­ball lines, Vil­lanova rejoiced the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Pirates. Con­nect­ing on 4-of-6 from beyond the arc, Bell scored eight point late in the game to help Vil­lanova (20–6, 8–5 Big East) seal their third vic­tory... 

NBA Betting: Miami Tops Indiana

The Miami Heat defeated the Indi­ana Pac­ers 110–103 on Tues­day, thanks to Dwyane Wade and LeBron James who chipped in 41 points and 27 points, apiece. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Miami Heat were the clear favorites against Indi­ana to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the NBA lines at –5.5, Miami rejoiced the major­ity of bet­tors by ral­ly­ing over the Pacers. Wade com­pleted 16-of-29 field goal and went 8-of-10 from the free-throw line along with haul­ing in 12 rebounds for Miami. James scored 10 of his points late in the game and added five... 

Toronto Rallies over NHL Betting Favorite Boston

The Toronto Maple Leafs rolled over the Boston Bru­ins 4–3 Tues­day, cour­tesy of Mikhail Grabovski and Phil Kessel who net­ted a pair of goals each. Draw­ing around 80% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Boston Bru­ins were the clear favorites against Toronto among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With –214 NHL odds, Boston failed to delight the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Maple Leafs (+196). Den­ning Sei­den­berg of the Bru­ins was off the ice for cross­check­ing, while Kessel scored on the power play in the mid­dle of third period to tie the game 3–3. Grabovski reg­is­tered... 

NBA Betting: San Antonio Tops New Jersey

Manu Gino­bili pumped in 8 points in a fourth-frame surge en route to 22 points, as the San Anto­nio Spurs rolled past the New Jer­sey Nets, 102–85, Monday. With almost 75% of the NBA bet­ting action on their side, the San Anto­nio Spurs were the clear favorites against New Jer­sey among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –8 on NBA lines, San Anto­nio rejoiced the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Nets. Tim Dun­can pumped in 15 points to go with 11 rebounds for San Anto­nio. Tony Parker and George Hill both chipped in 13 points for the Spurs, who aug­mented their NBA-best... 

Kansas State Defeats NCAA Basketball Betting Favorite Kansas

Jacob Pullen chipped in 38 points with five 3-pointers to help the Kansas State Wild­cats take over the top-ranked intrastate com­peti­tor Kansas Jay­hawks, 84–68, on Monday. Attract­ing around 85% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Kansas Jay­hawks were the favorites against Kansas State to win among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –6, Kansas dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors for los­ing to the Wildcats. Com­plet­ing 5-of-6 bas­kets from beyond the art and 15-of-19 from the free throw line, Pullen had five assists for the... 

Phoenix Downs NHL Betting Favorite Washington

The Phoenix Coy­otes ral­lied over the Wash­ing­ton Cap­i­tals 3–2 Mon­day, cour­tesy of Ray Whit­ney who net­ted a goal and an assist. Draw­ing almost 60% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Wash­ing­ton Cap­i­tals, with +100 NHL odds, were the favorites against Phoenix among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. How­ever, they failed to delight the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the under­dog Coy­otes (-108). Whit­ney scored with less than 3 min­utes remain­ing in the sec­ond to help the Coy­otes take a 2–1 lead. Ver­non Fid­dler had another goal... 

Golden State Wins Over NBA Betting Favorite Oklahoma City

Monta Ellis chipped in 33 points with seven assists to ignite the Golden State War­riors to a 100–94 win over the Okla­homa City Thunder. Draw­ing around 75% of the NBA bet­ting action, the Okla­homa City Thun­der, with NBA lines at –2, were the favorites against Golden State among Lines­Maker bet­tors, if not the odd­mak­ers. How­ever, Okla­homa City dis­ap­pointed the major­ity of bet­tors as they lost to the Warriors. Stephen Curry poured in 23 points and dished off 13 assists for Golden State, which have suc­ceeded in five out of six games played so far. David Lee pulled... 

NHL Betting: Anaheim Shocks Edmonton

The Ana­heim Ducks ral­lied over the Edmon­ton Oil­ers 4–0 on Sun­day, even as Bobby Ryan and Jonas Hiller scored twice and had fifth shutout of the sea­son, respectively. Attract­ing almost 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Ana­heim Ducks were the clear favorites against Edmon­ton to win among major­ity of bet­tors. With the NHL lines at –135, Ana­heim delighted the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Oil­ers (+125). With less than 4 min­utes left in the sec­ond, Ryan reg­is­tered his 26th goal of the sea­son, as Ana­heim clinched a 3–0 lead. Just 5 min­utes...