Boozer, Jazz rout Grizzlies

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03/01/2007 - Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Boozer scored 24 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to an easy 104-88 win over the Memphis Grizzlies at the FedExForum.

Matt Harpring added 25 points and Mehmet Okur chipped in with 16 for Utah, which has won two of its last three games. Derron Williams had 14 points and 10 assists for the Jazz, who have won nine of their last 11.

Pau Gasol deposited 28 points and grabbed 13 boards for Memphis, which has lost two in a row. Mike Miller added 17 points for the Grizzlies, who have lost five of six.

Trailing 67-63 with 4:59 left in the third period, Utah embarked on a 33-10 run spanning from the end of the third quarter to the middle of the fourth to open up a commanding 95-77 advantage with 5:10 left to play in the contest.

Memphis never threatened thereafter.

Memphis opened the game with a 10-0 burst, capped by a Gasol finger-roll. Moments later two Rudy Gay free throws put the Grizzlies ahead 18-2 a little over midway through the first stanza.

Utah fought back with a 9-0 surge late in the quarter and trailed 25-17 after one period.

Hakim Warrick's jumper extended the Grizzlies' lead to 48-33 with 2:58 left in the second session but Utah used an 11-1 run, capped by an Okur jumper at the buzzer to pull within 49-44 at the intermission.

Gasol scored 22 points in the half.

The Jazz stayed close throughout the third and Okur's jumper tied it a 67 with 3:02 left to play. Matt Harpring then gave Utah its first lead of the game, as the Jazz scored 15 of the final 19 points in the period and took a 77-71 advantage into the final quarter.

Game Notes

Memphis guard Chucky Atkins left the game late in the first with a sprained right ankle and did not return...Utah outrebounded Memphis 46-37...Utah committed 18 turnovers...Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko recorded his 600th career steal in the first half.

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2007 NFL Football Betting Preview


“You play to win the game!”

Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.

The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.

The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.

Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?

Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.

New York Giants betting lines

Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.

Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.

Dallas Cowboys betting lines

Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.

The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.

Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.

Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.

Oakland Raiders betting lines

This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.

First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”

The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason. 

Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.

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