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Top-seeded Cavs pay a visit to CelticsBasketball Betting Lines04/04/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Now that the Cleveland Cavaliers have clinched the Eastern Conference's top seed for the playoffs, they'll try to keep the momentum going Easter Sunday on the road against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. The Central Division-champion Cavaliers have won three in a row and 11 of their last 12 games, including Friday's hard-fought 93-88 victory versus the Atlanta Hawks at Quicken Loans Arena in the finale of a perfect three-game homestand. Superstar and MVP candidate LeBron James scored 18 of his 27 points in the second half, and also added 13 rebounds and six assists for the Cavs, who got 24 points out of Mo Williams and are closing in on home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. "What a good game. Atlanta is a good team; they have been playing well," Cavs head coach Mike Brown said. "I thought that our guys did a great job of bringing the juice tonight: bringing the energy, effort and focus." J.J. Hickson secured a game-high 16 rebounds for Cleveland, which has won 10 in a row at home and reached the 60-win plateau for a second straight season. The Cavaliers are trying to become only the second team in NBA history to put together consecutive 65-win seasons. The only team to accomplish the feat was the Chicago Bulls in 1995-96 (72) and 1996-97 (69). Cleveland is an NBA-best 26-12 away from home. It needs one more road win to tie the franchise road record of 27 victories, set last season. Since the 2008-09 season, the Cavaliers are an NBA-best 53-26 as the guest. In injury news, forward Antawn Jamison is probable for Sunday with an arm ailment. He had 12 points and seven boards versus the Hawks. Boston will close out a six-game homestand Sunday and fell to 2-3 on the residency following Friday's 119-114 overtime loss versus Houston. Rockets guard Aaron Brooks hit a game-tying three-pointer with nine seconds left in regulation and finished with 30 points against the Atlantic Division-champion Celtics, who are winless in their last three outings and 1 1/2 games behind Atlanta for the third seed in the East. Celtics guard Rajon Rondo set a team record for assists in a season. Rondo entered the game one behind Bob Cousy, who had 715 in 1959-60, and finished with 10 in setting the new mark. Rondo ended with 23 points and Paul Pierce netted a team-high 27, but missed a potential game-winning shot at the end of regulation. Boston is 23-15 in Beantown this season. In other news, veteran big man Kevin Garnett was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Friday for criticizing game officials and using inappropriate language in a post-game interview on March 31. Garnett was upset how Thunder star Kevin Durant was sent to the free throw line 15 times in a 109-104 setback on Wednesday. Cleveland has won two of the first three matchups with Boston this season and 13 of the past 19 meetings between the teams. The Cavs, though, have lost 17 of their last 22 visits to TD Garden.
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College Football Betting Tips From a ProWhile the NFL is the sport wagered on the heaviest, college football betting lines has become more and more popular as people realize it’s a game that can be beat. The NCAA football season gets longer each year with the addition of numerous bowl games and with that comes more opportunities for more money in your pocket, if handled correctly. Betting on college football is not the same as with the NFL, so make sure you separate the two. Because of the vast number of teams, the parity between college football programs is slight and thus, you are going to see some high numbers in the NCAA. Teams favored by more than 40 points are not uncommon especially early in the season when teams playing their non-conference schedules. The best advice when trying to tackle these enormous spreads and is to just stay away. A team that is favored by 40 points is favored by that many for a reason while teams getting 40 points are bad enough that they shouldn’t be touched. Set yourself a spread limit. Getting rid of these games will cut down on the number of contests that you need to handicap while staying away from backdoor or front-door covers. What is a backdoor and front-door cover you ask? A backdoor cover is a team that is getting beat by more than the spread, but scores late to get within that number thus covering the spread. A front-door cover is just the opposite where the favorite scores late and covers the number they are favored by. These front-door and backdoor covers are common when second and third string players enter games in college football and it can be the worst nightmare for some bettors. These players can also be your best friend, but ask any bettor and he will give you more instances on losing in this situation than winning. It just seems to work out that way even though everything evens out in the end. College football betting has some of the softest lines of any sport and it’s being able to find these lines that will make you a successful college football handicapper. The NFL and NBA have the tightest lines around and while those sports can be beat by looking at situations and systems, college football doesn’t quite work that way. It’s much more manual, but when done correctly, it’s much more gratifying as well. Getting into the nuts and bolts of college football means looking at the many stats in order to beat the number. As opposed to pro football, college football is less dependent on situations and angles and more on certain statistics. Rushing offense and defense, pass efficiency offense and defense and turnover margins are huge. These are vital in the NFL, but even more so when it comes to college football. Being able to run the ball in college football has always been a key factor in the overall success of a team. The same adage also goes for teams who have the ability to stop the run. Putting these two factors together can produce some positive results in a team’s record both straight up and against the spread. These numbers show huge differences in teams and the spread may not take those into effect, which is where the value comes into play. Passing yardage numbers both for and against can be a misinterpreted statistic. However, pass efficiency has always been one of the best ways to look at a teams’ passing game ability both offensively and defensively. But is it really a true indication of how they perform? I wouldn’t say so since they are raw passing numbers with nothing else taken into consideration. I use pass efficiency ratings when doing my handicapping but I adjust my numbers based on a number of factors including power ratings, strength of schedules, personnel and injuries. This gives a much better picture of a team’s ability to pass effectively and also being able to defend the pass. Tweaking pass efficiency stats instead of raw passing yards is the key. Turnovers are the single most frustrating, and at times the most gratifying, aspect of a college football lines, mostly because they are so unpredictable. They are part of the game and most of the time nothing can be done to control them. However, turnovers are contagious and they can carry over from game to game and season to season. It’s important to know how to forecast these unforeseen events and how to use them to your advantage. You can find ways to give yourself an edge by looking at past histories of teams and coaches and how they have fared in turnover wars in the past. Instead of turnovers hurting you at the wrong times, find ways to use them to your advantage. As you can see, college football handicapping is very labor intensive and isn’t just based on where teams are ranked in the AP and coaches polls. Experience, coaching and match-ups are all important since unlike the NFL, college teams turn over much more often with new personnel at most positions every single year. Keeping current on this information is vital. Betting NCAA football can be lucrative if done correctly, but more importantly, it’s just plain enjoyable because it can be beat. College football is one of the best sports to watch with some of the best rivalries taking place in all of sports. The only downfall is that a championship isn’t decided on the field but on a computer-based system that is the Bowl Championship Series. That will change someday and we will all be better off for it. To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your NCAA college football betting needs. Mysportsbook.com online sportsbook accepts Visa and Mastercard credit cards. 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