Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Celtics try to run their winning streak to 12 games, the Tar Heels take on the Terrapins, and the Penguins visit Montreal.

Tipping Off in the NBA

With their early-January swoon now well behind them the Celtics will be gunning for their 12^th consecutive victory on Tuesday night when they play on the road against the Sixers. Boston improved to 40-9 straight-up and 28-21 against-the-spread on the season with a 109-101 win over Minnesota on Sunday, with Kevin Garnett sidelined for the game with the flu. Philadelphia fell 85-83 to New Jersey in their last contest, and they now sit at just 23-23 SU and 22-23-1 ATS this year.

A Western Conference clash between the Spurs and Nuggets in Denver highlights the rest of the NBA slate for Tuesday night. LeBron James and his Cavaliers will try to boost their lucrative 31-15 ATS record when they play host to the Raptors, while the Timberwolves will play in Indiana, and Chicago is at Houston. As well, the Nets round out the action for the night by hosting the Bucks.

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The March to Madness

Coming off an easy 93-76 win over N.C. State, North Carolina will take the court in Chapel Hill on Tuesday night for a game against Maryland. Tyler Hansbrough picked up 31 points and six rebounds for the Tar Heels in their win over the Wolfpack, which put them at 19-2 SU and 10-10 ATS on the season. The Terrapins (14-7 SU, 7-6-2 ATS) are coming off a 73-68 win over the Hurricanes.

Marquette will head to Rosemont to meet lowly DePaul on Tuesday night, while Ohio State hosts Purdue, and Kentucky gets a visit from Mississippi State. As well, struggling Georgetown will try to get back on track against Rutgers. The Hoyas have now lost five games in a row to sit at 12-8 SU and 6-9-1 ATS on the season. The Scarlet Knights (10-12 SU, 9-7 ATS) beat DePaul in their last game.

A Trip Around the Rink

Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins will try to add to the Canadiens‘ woes on Tuesday night when they arrive in Montreal for a 7:30pm ET puck drop. The Habs lost 3-1 to rival Boston on Sunday afternoon, and they also lost key center Robert Lang indefinitely with a serious achilles injury. The Penguins are coming off a wild 5-4 loss to the Maple Leafs on Saturday night to end January 24-22-5.

Alexander Ovechkin had a hat trick against the Senators in a 7-4 Capitals win on Sunday; he’ll take his show to New Jersey to play the Devils on Tuesday. Also on the NHL’s slate for the night: St. Louis at Columbus, Tampa Bay at the Islanders, Florida at Toronto, Los Angeles at Ottawa, Phoenix at Nashville, Atlanta at the Rangers, Chicago at Edmonton, Calgary at Dallas, and Carolina at Vancouver.

Rounding Out the Slate

If you bet on the Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday night you saw them blow their chance to cover the posted spread in the fourth quarter of the OVER result. That means you only have one more chance to make up for that lost NFL cash this season: The Pro Bowl. The annual NFC/AFC matchup is set to kick off at 4:30pm ET on Sunday from Hawaii, with wagering lines trickling out this week.

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What started out with a very profitable preseason winds up by sweeping the conference championships, though splitting the Super Bowl. But that’s what we are paid to do and that’s what we do. So let’s focus on the immediate future, which is basketball.

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The Steelers and Cardinals will finally get down to business on Sunday when they meet in Tampa Bay for Super Bowl XLIII.  For the rundown on all the top sports picks and more it’s OffshoreInsiders.com   

Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup.

The Gridiron Spotlight

After two weeks of hype and speculation there’s not much left to cover for the Super Bowl XLIII matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. The line is still sitting at Pittsburgh -7 at most books, with the total on the high side at 46.5 points. The Steelers are 2-0 against-the-spread so far in the playoffs, covering a pair of 6-point spreads against the Ravens and Chargers. The Cards are 3-0 against the number in the postseason, which includes winning outright as an underdog twice.

Friday’s final injury report had Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward pegged as PROBABLE. Ward is the only player listed on Pittsburgh’s release; quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is rumored to have sore ribs, but he doesn’t appear on the injury report. The Cardinals have RB J.J. Arrington (knee), P Ben Graham (left groin), and DE Travis LaBoy (biceps) all listed as QUESTIONABLE heading into the game, while DE Antonio Smith (knee) is the team’s lone PROBABLE entry.

Game time for Sunday is set for 6:00pm ET, but introductions and other procedural matters should push kickoff to sometime around 6:20pm ET. Coverage is provided by NBC this year, and the halftime show is headlined by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Prop bets abound at online sportsbooks, so there’s plenty of research to do in the hours leading up to the game. That includes looking into which color Gatorade will be dumped on the victorious head coach in the fourth quarter, so call up your locker room sources.

Other Notable Events

The NBA gets most of its schedule out of the way before the Super Bowl kicks off on Sunday, with Minnesota at Boston, Orlando at Toronto, and Cleveland at Detroit the afternoon matchups. Those three games all feature Eastern Conference division leaders. The league’s night contest, though, won’t detract from the NFL title game, as it’s a matchup between the lowly Thunder and Kings.

The Rest of the Schedule

Top-ranked Duke fell 70-68 to Wake Forest in their last contest, so they’ll be looking to get back on track on Sunday afternoon when they host Virginia. Three other ranked college hoops teams are in action on Sunday, with Penn State at No. 9 Michigan State, Iowa at No. 19 Illinois, and Cincinnati at No. 21 Villanova.

Finally, the Bruins and Canadiens will continue their rivalry in Montreal on Sunday afternoon in one of just three NHL games on the ice. Ottawa and Washington will also play a matinee, while Nashville will travel out to Edmonton.

A Peek at the Future

The NHL’s Monday schedule has just three games, with the top matchup seeing Buffalo on the road in Anaheim . . . the Magic will host the Mavericks in NBA action on Monday, while the Lakers will be in New York and Portland will be on the road in New Orleans . . . No. 2 UConn will take on No. 7 Louisville in college hoops action on Monday, while No. 3 Pittsburgh gets a visit from Robert Morris.

Super Bowl kickoff time is 6:28 EST. We have the official betting preview of the Steelers-Cardinals.

BetUs Sportsbook has the Super Bowl morning line at Pittsburgh  -6.5 -115 while Bookmaker has the Vegas odds for the Super Bowl at the Steelers -7 -105. The best proposition bets are on the fantasy football betting odds section.

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We’ll bet you’ve heard, the Pittsburgh Steelers are taking on the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. Unlike the other four million previews from both the dinosaur and pajamas media, we are going to break it down from the standpoint of the bettor…and for the better.

The sportsbooks do not agree on the Vegas spread. Bodog Life has Pittsburgh -7 +105 while BetUs Sportsbook has Pittsburgh -6.5 -115. Bookmaker has the total at 46.5. 

The Steelers are 14-4 straight up and they have covered 7-of-8. Arizona is 12-7 straight up and against the spread, winning and covering four straight. They have gone over 12-of-16.

Pittsburgh’s most impressive numbers are on defense. They allow just 3.2 yards per rush to teams normally getting 4.1 and 4.9 yards per rush to 6.3. They hold squads to a full 1.1 yards per play below their normal average.

Arizona gets 3.4 yards per rush to teams normally getting 4.1, but 7.5 yards per pass to 6.5 and 6.0 yards per play to 5.4.

Both Pittsburgh’s offensive and Arizona’s defensive averages are right in line with their opponent’s normal average.

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Some spread betting trends says that Arizona is 1-9 against the spread off four or more consecutive spread wins. Pittsburgh has covered seven straight postseason games.