{"id":1355,"date":"2007-10-29T21:45:27","date_gmt":"2007-10-30T02:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/opening-day-nba-betting-notes\/"},"modified":"2007-10-29T21:45:27","modified_gmt":"2007-10-30T02:45:27","slug":"opening-day-nba-betting-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/opening-day-nba-betting-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Day NBA Betting Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Here are sports betting news and notes for opening night<br \/>\nof the NBA<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Blazers-Spurs<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> head<br \/>\ncoach <span class=SpellE>Nate<\/span> McMillan said he will not announce his<br \/>\nstarting five until <span class=SpellE>tipoff<\/span> claiming the media<br \/>\nattention would make it a distraction for the players. They brought in Steve<br \/>\nBlake to compete with incumbent Jarrett Jack.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'><br \/>\n<\/span>Most importantly, Martell Webster has a tremendous preseason averaging<br \/>\n17.7 points per game while shooting 58 percent from the field. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">Sportsbooks<\/a> has<br \/>\nthe Spurs as a 13.5 point favorite with a total ranging from 189 to 189.5. With<br \/>\ninjuries to Jacque Vaughn and <span class=SpellE>Beno<\/span> <span\nclass=SpellE>Udrih<\/span>, rookie Darius Washington will be the only point<br \/>\nguard on the Spurs bench. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Spurs are 19-7 ATS in the head-to-head meeting, with<br \/>\nthe home team covering 6-of-8. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jazz-Warriors<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><br \/>\nis a 3.5 point favorite at <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/partners.betus.com\/members_home.aspxhttp:\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/default.aspx\">BetUs<br \/>\nSportsbook<\/a> with a total of 214.5. Jazz backup small forward Matt <span\nclass=SpellE>Harpring<\/span> is a game time decision. Because of the <st1:State><st1:place>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nwildfires causing cancellation of the preseason game to the Lakers, <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Golden<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has played once in the last<br \/>\n11 days. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The founder of <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/betonsports360com_1.html\">forensic<br \/>\nhandicapping<\/a>, Stevie Vincent has the first of many Level 5 winners in pro<br \/>\nbasketball this year on the over\/under. <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=90\">Mastering<br \/>\nover\/under<\/a> picks has been <span class=SpellE>Stevie\u2019s<\/span> forte. Get<br \/>\nthis winner now. <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to<br \/>\npurchase<\/a> <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rockets-Lakers<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Lakers are without second leader scorer from last year<br \/>\nLamar Odom. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.bodoglife.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sportsbook\">NewBodog<\/a> has <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nas a five point road favorite with a total of 195.5. The Lakers Kobe Bryant is<br \/>\nprobable with a sprained right wrist. <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nhas a new coach, the much more offensive minded Rick <span class=SpellE>Adelman<\/span>.<br \/>\nThe series has been close, last year each team won twice, each winning in<br \/>\novertime in <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tinsel<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Town<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>.<br \/>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Lakers have covered 9-of-13 in the series. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='background:yellow'>GodsTips has full-season<br \/>\nNBA packages! Get from today until Apr.16, 2007 the last day of the NBA regular<br \/>\nseason for just $1,599. Yes, this is every play, every sport: not just NBA, but<br \/>\nalso NFL and college football through their postseasons, all college hoops<br \/>\nuntil the national championship game, NHL and even some early 2008 MLB!<br \/>\nRemember, this is through the end of the REGULAR season. Through the NBA<br \/>\npostseason packages up too. <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to<br \/>\npurchase<\/a><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are sports betting news and notes for opening night of the NBA Blazers-Spurs Portland head coach Nate McMillan said he will not announce his starting five until tipoff claiming the media attention would make it a distraction for the players. They brought in Steve Blake to compete with incumbent Jarrett Jack. Most importantly, Martell &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/opening-day-nba-betting-notes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Opening Day NBA Betting Notes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[183,184,182,178,185],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blazers-spurs","tag-jazz-warriors","tag-nba","tag-nba-betting","tag-rockets-lakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}