2011 February at LinesMaker

NBA Betting Favorite Boston Beats Sacramento

The Boston Celtics rolled past the Sacra­mento Kings 95–90 on tues­day, cour­tesy of Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo who scored 22 and 17 points with 10 assists respectively. With almost 75% of Lines­Maker bet­tors bet­ting on their side, the Boston Celtics were the clear favorites against Sacra­mento to win this game. Listed at  –6.5 on the NBA lines, Boston delighted the NBA bet­ting enthu­si­asts by defeat­ing the Kings. Kevin Gar­nett added 12 for Boston, which ended its road trip at 3–1. Paul Pierce scored  on a jump shot with just 7 min­utes remain­ing in the third to help... 

Chicago Beats Columbus in NHL Betting

Jonathan Toews net­ted a goal to go with two assists to rally the Chicago Black­hawks over the Colum­bus Blue Jack­ets, 7–4, on Tuesday. Attract­ing nearly 75% of the NHL bet­ting action, the Chicago Black­hawks were the clear favorites to beat Colum­bus among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With –131 NHL odds, Chicago lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Blue Jack­ets (+121). Lag­ging behind 3–2 in the begin­ning of the sec­ond period, Chicago shot four goals in a row. Toews scored on a goal with 40 sec­onds remain­ing in the sec­ond... 

No. 3 Texas Overpowers Texas A&M in NCAA Basketball Betting

No. 3 Texas over­whelmed No. 16 Texas A&M, 69–49, as Jor­dan Hamil­ton chipped in 20 points on Monday. Draw­ing more than 65% of the NCAA bas­ket­ball bet­ting action, the Texas Long­horns were the favorites to win over Texas A&M among Lines­Maker bet­tors. With the col­lege bas­ket­ball lines at –1, Texas lived up to the expec­ta­tions of the major­ity of bet­tors by defeat­ing the Aggies. Hamil­ton gath­ered six rebounds for the Long­horns (19–3, 7–0 Big 12), in their rare road win. Cory Joseph scored 11 points in their first tri­umph at Col­lege Sta­tion... 

New Jersey Overwhelms NBA Betting Favorite Denver

The New Jer­sey Nets reg­is­tered a 115–99 win over the Den­ver Nuggets on Mon­day, cour­tesy of Brook Lopez and Travis Out­law who scored 27 and 21 points apiece. With around 80% of the NBA bet­ting action on their side, the Den­ver Nuggets were the clear favorites to win against New Jer­sey among Lines­Maker bet­tors. Listed at –3 on the NBA lines, Den­ver turned out to be the cause of huge dis­ap­point­ment for the major­ity of bet­tors as it suc­cumbed to a loss at the hands of the under­dog Nets. Devin Har­ris scored a career-high 18 assists for the Nets, while six...